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Elana Pritchard

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Elana Pritchard, cartoonist/animator.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I was an assistant in a hair salon, hostess in a restaurant, a cashier in a newsstand, I sorted mail, I was a nanny, an assistant preschool teacher, and an usher for the Big Apple Circus.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I worked as one of the animators on Ralph Bakshi’s upcoming film, Last Days of Coney Island. It was an amazing project to work on because all of the animation is hand drawn with a pencil, which is such a rare opportunity for a person my age right now. Plus, Continue reading

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Izabela Bzymek

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Izabela Bzymek, currently i am animating on the feature” the nut job” Warner bros.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I was a knife seller..cutco knives, a dollarama teller, a Licks ice scream scooper…

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Directing and Animating on an NFB film “Oma’s Quilt”, animating on “Escape from Planet Earth”.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born in Poland.. in my arts `Canterbury arts“ high school two Disney guys came and made a

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Titmouse’s 5 second Animation Night

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Ever wonder what sort of morbid, politically incorrect thoughts are going on in your quiet coworker’s brain? Curious to see how others around you interpret this mystery of a world that we’ve all been mercilessly tossed into…through cartoons? Are you in the mood to laugh, cry, frown, smirk, and sneeze, for 5 seconds (or longer) at a time? Want to see lots of different colors, creatures, and designs dance across the silver screen? Then five-second day is your jam, and the Egyptian Theatre is your toasted sourdough bread.

Titmouse Inc. proudly presents a day of cartoons, created by the employees for your viewing pleasure. Other than creating at least five seconds of content, there really are no rules or limitations. Both the general public and Titmouse’s animation gurus are welcome to attend this annual celebration, which will be held at the Egyptian Theatre on Friday, February 20th at 7:30pm. The employees have worked tirelessly to dazzle you with their creativity, so please come out and support them and keep the tradition alive!

 

If you happen to inexplicably wake up in NYC or Vancouver on the day of the screening, our sister studios are having screenings as well:

 

Los Angeles:

Where: The Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

When: Friday, February 20th – 7:30pm

Cost: $11 general, $9 students & seniors, $7 members

Tickets: http://www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatrehollywood_aaofx/theaterpage?date=2/20/2015

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NYC:

Where: The School of Visual Arts Theatre – 333 West 23 Street, New York NY

When: Friday, March 6th – 8:00pm

Cost: $10 general/$5 students

Tickets: http://svatheatre.com/events/titmouse-5-second-animation-night/

 

Vancouver:

Where: The Rio Theatre – 1660 E. Broadway Vancouver, BC

When: Thursday, March 12th – 7:30pm

Cost: $5

*19+ event, ID required

Tickets: purchase at box office 

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Dave Thomas

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Dave Thomas, and I am a Producer and Director on Nickelodeon’s TUFF Puppy and The Fairly Oddparents.


What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I always had fun jobs. I worked in a comic book store, and a baseball card shop. But my best non animation job was as a waiter at Farrell’s Old Timey Ice Cream Parlor. We’d bang drums, sound sirens and run sundaes around the place. I was even there when a car smashed through the front of the building and into the candy shop. Some mother left her kid in the car with the engine running while she ran inside. The kid put the car in gear and WHAM! The crazy part is this happened all the time – twice while I worked there. And again after I left!

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
There was a web cartoon Tod Polson and I collaborated on in the early days of the internet called “Mantelope.”Art: Tod Polson. We were working on a TV series for Wildbrain, who were also making internet cartoons for CartoonNetwork.Com. They more or less demanded we pitch something as a condition of continued employment. Since we were overwhelmed with the series, we intentionally pitched the stupidest thing we could think of, hoping they’d hate it and we wouldn’t have to do it. (“Half Man, Half Antelope – MANTELOPE!”)But Cartoon Network did like it, and Wildbrain gave us three weeks to ram the whole thing out! We had to move quick, but I have really fond memories of making it. And in the end we made something we’re all pretty proud of.I’m also really proud of El Tigre, (a show I was Supervising Producer/Director on.)We had an amazing collection of super talented artists and writers who all worked really hard to try to make something good. I’ve never seen so many talented people so happy to be working so hard.That’s all due to the creators, Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua, who were absolutely the best. They created not only a great show, but a creative environment that inspired everyone to do their best work. And it paid off:In 2007 the crew of El Tigre brought home 4 Emmy awards – the most of any Nickelodeon show ever.

How did you become interested in animation?
It began with watching Warner Bros. cartoons on Saturday morning with my older sister. I idolized her, and loved anything she did. Since she loved cartoons, I loved cartoons. It was that simple.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from San Diego, and grew up surrounded by animation and comic books. The Spike and Mike Festival is based there, and then there’s Comic Con, which was enormous even then. I also lived near an animation gallery and got to meet Chuck Jones and a number of the Nine Old Men. All of that made me feel like this was a very real and attainable thing to do. My lucky break came when Continue reading

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Joel Trussell

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Joel Trussell.  Director and such.  Currently directing Tom Hanks’ “Electric City” series at Six Point Harness in Hollywood.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Tip of the iceberg…

I waited tables at a Japanese hibachi restaurant.

I served Bloody Mary’s for breakfast on a golf course.

I reluctantly danced the “Macarena” while serving crab legs at a seafood restaurant.

I worked in the firearm, exercise equipment and toy department at a Service Merchandise store.

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What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
For 7 years I worked out of my house in Tennessee directing music videos and commercials which I dug pretty well.  I guess the “War Photographer” video I directed for Jason Forrest (DJ Donna Summer) was spread the furthest, but I had fun doing them all.

http://joeltrussell.com/#/motion/music-videos/jason-forrest-

How did you become interested in animation?
Fate.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I lived most of my life in the Continue reading