Eric Armstrong
Eric Armstrong (born December 11, 1963 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a Canadian animator .
Life
Armstrong studied traditional animation (in Cels ) and computer animation at Sheridan College . He then worked at Industrial Light and Magic from 1990 to 1995 , initially as an animator and later as an animation director on real films. Among other things, he was involved in films such as Jurassic Park and Casper . In 1995 Armstrong went to Sony Pictures Imageworks and worked as an animation director on films such as Anaconda and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone .
Making his film director debut in 2002, Sony Pictures Imageworks' first fully computer-animated film, The Chubbchubbs! , for which Armstrong received an Oscar in 2003 . From 2004 Armstrong worked for Electronic Arts as an animator and worked on various video games. Armstrong has been a freelance animator since 2008.
Filmography
- 1986: The Care Bears (TV series)
- 1987: My Pet Monster (TV series)
- 1991: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- 1993: Jurassic Park
- 1994: Flintstones - The Flintstones (The Flintstones)
- 1995: Jumanji
- 1995: Casper
- 1997: Anaconda
- 1997: Contact
- 1999: Stuart Little
- 2000: Hollow Man - Invisible Danger (Hollow Man)
- 2001: evolution
- 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- 2002: The Chubbchubbs! (The ChubbChubbs!)
- 2002: Stuart Little 2
- 2010: I'm Here (short film)
Awards
- 2003: Oscar , Best Animated Short Film category , for The Chubbchubbs!
- 2003: BAFTA nomination, Best Animated Short Film, for The Chubbchubbs!
- 2003: VES Award from the Visual Effects Society for Stuart Little 2
literature
- Eric Armstrong . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's who in animated cartoons . Applause, New York 2006, pp. 6-7.
Web links
- Eric Armstrong in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography on berlinale.de (PDF; 127 kB)
- Homepage of Eric Armstrong
Individual evidence
- ^ Karli Vezina: Canucks run away with Oscars . March 31, 2003.
- ↑ Cf. ericarmstrong.net ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Armstrong, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brantford , Ontario |