11/23/2008

Andrew Gordon

He has been a character animator for over ten years, and his professional career begins in Warner Bros. classic animation. He became part of Pixar Animation Studios in 1997, where he worked in Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. He was the chief animator of the "Mike wazowski" character in Monsters S.A., and he's won the Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Movie award of the Society of Visual Effects for his contribution in the "speaking whale" sequence in Finding Nemo. Andrew shares his experience teaching animation at schools such as Van Arts in Vancouver, Canada.
Andrew studied animation in Vancouver, New York and New Jersey and prior to his work at Pixar he worked in the Looney Tunes division of Warner Brothers. He was awarded "Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture" by the Visual Effects Society for his work in Finding Nemo.
Gordon has been passionate about teaching animation for over 10 years. He began teaching at the Academy of Art, teaching all levels of the animation program there. He has taught animation intensives throughout the world. Andrew is also actively involved in The Pixar Animation Internship, helping lead it for 2007, 2009 and the upcoming 2010 program. Andrew is a contributing lecturer at Animation Mentor. He is a frequent guest artist at CSU Summer Arts Program.
He is one of the founders of Spline Doctors (www.splinedoctors.com), a blog/podcast dedicated to animation education. He is currently helping develop and teach at the new animation program at California College of Art in Oakland (CCA).




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