Terrance Zdunich
Terrance Zdunich | |
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| File:Terrance Zdunich.jpg Terrance Zdunich (photo by Lindsey "Moo" CG) | |
| Born | Terrance Zdunich |
| Website | http://www.terrancezdunich.com |
Terrance Zdunich (Zuh-doon-itch or Z’dew-nitch) is an American actor, writer, composer, producer and storyboard artist.
Early Career
After graduating from Otis College of Art & Design in 1998[1] Terrance took a job at Sony Animation drawing storyboards on such animated television shows as “Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles”[2] and “Max Steel”.[3] Creatively frustrated, he left animation in 2002[4] to pursue freelance illustration gigs, including work on Fox’s television series “Bones.”[5] As a storyboard artist he worked on live-action films such as “What We Do Is Secret”[6] about the punk band “The Germs”, and “Into The Wild”,[7] directed by Sean Penn. He also worked part-time teaching drawing and painting[8] in Calabasas, California.
While transitioning from studio work in animation to life as a freelance artist, Terrance enrolled in an acting class at the South Coast Repertory Theatre where he met future collaborator Darren Smith.[9] Together, they formed "The Gallery" and began writing and performing theatrical rock music in the form of ten-minute operas.[10] As a duo they played the Los Angeles club/theatre scene. Due to the positive response to their ten-minute opera, "The Necro-merchant's Debt",[11] they decided to expand the piece into a full-length theatrical format which later became Terrance’s first major work, “Repo! The Genetic Opera”.[12]
Career
Terrance, along with co-creator Darren Smith, composed and wrote both the short film and full length theatrical film Repo! The Genetic Opera[13]. Zdunich appeared in the film as the narrator Graverobber, and was also responsible for drawing all of the illustrations used in the animation sequences throughout the film.[14] He is currently writing and illustrating the 12-part graphic novel series, The Molting.[15]
Filmography
Actor
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) - GraveRobber
Writer
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Composer
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Producer
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Storyboard artist
- Firedog (2010)
- Powder Blue (2009) (uncredited)[16]
- Into the Wild (2007) (uncredited)
- What We Do Is Secret (2007)
- Bones (2006, one episode: "The Superhero in the Alley")
- I Left Me (2004) (uncredited)
- PC and the Web (2001)
- Special Unit 2 (2001, one episode: "The Brothers") (uncredited)
- Max Steel (2001, two episodes: "Shadows"; "Sphinxes")
- BigLove (2001)
- Bedazzled (2000)
- The Great American Office Worker (2000)
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (4 episodes)
- Heat Vision and Jack (TV) (1999) (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Otis List of Graduates".
- ^ "Roughnecks: The Starship Trouper Chronicles".
- ^ "Max Steel".
- ^ "Terrance Zdunich blog: Gettysburg Address 2.0".
- ^ "Bones".
- ^ "What We Do Is Secret".
- ^ "Into the Wild".
- ^ "Terrance Zdunich blog: Repossessing the Academy Awards, San Diego and Student of Grave-robbing".
- ^ "Repo! The Genetic Opera: Movie production notes page 4".
- ^ "Repo's GraveRobber Talks To IO9 About Opera, Horror And Porn".
- ^ "The Gallery: The Necromerchant's Debt".
- ^ "Repo! The Genetic Opera".
- ^ MOLTING With the REPO! Man
- ^ The Molting Issue 3: Ootheca Now Available
- ^ Exclusive Look at The Molting Issue 2
- ^ "Storyboard drawing for "Powder Blue" by Terrance Zdunich".
