Craig Kellman

Craig Kellman
Born (1971-09-28) September 28, 1971 (age 53)
Los Gatos, California, U.S.
Other namesCraig D. Kellman
Occupations
  • Animator
  • character designer
  • director
Years active1990–present
Known forSamurai Jack
The Powerpuff Girls
Madagascar
Hotel Transylvania
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Trolls

Craig Kellman (born September 28, 1971) is an American animator, character designer and director. He is best known for his work on Madagascar (2005), Hotel Transylvania (2012), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), Trolls (2016), The Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack.

Background

Kellman attended the California Institute of the Arts as a part of their character animation program. At 18, he started work in animation on Bobby's World. He would go on to produce and direct The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat at 23 and work on major animated series, such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and HBO's The Ricky Gervais Show.[1]

Awards and nominations

Kellman has received multiple awards and nominations for his works in animation. He has been nominated twice for an Emmy, winning one 2017 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation" for episode "XCII" of Samurai Jack.[2] Kellman also won an Annie Award for "Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production" for his work on the episode "XCVI",[3] as well as one for " Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production" for Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas in 2016.

Filmography

Year Title Credit(s) Notes
1990 Adventures of the Gummi Bears Layout artist Uncredited
1991 Adventures in Dinosaur City Character designer, designer
A Wish for Wings That Work Animator
1992 Bulimiator Director
1993 Bonkers Character designer 4 episodes
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Character designer
1993–1994 Animaniacs Model designer 3 episodes
1994 The Ren & Stimpy Show Storyboard artist 1 episode
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Storyboard artist
1990–1995 Bobby's World Model designer, models, storyboard artist 24 episodes
1992–1995 Batman: The Animated Series Character designer 23 episodes
1994–1995 The Critic Character designer 22 episodes
1995 Pinky and the Brain Models 3 episodes
1995–1997 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Character designer, background artist, layout artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, voice director 12 episodes
1995–1997 What a Cartoon! Layout artist, character designer, storyboard artist 6 episodes
1997 Loose Tooth Visual development artist
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Character designer Credited as "Craig D. Kellman"
1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Character design Credited as "Craig D. Kellman"
1998–1999 Toonsylvania Layout artist, character layout 8 episodes
1999 Mickey Mouse Works Storyboard artist 1 episode
Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip Models, production designer
2000 Hairballs Character layout artist, additional animator, director
2000–2001 Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Models 5 episodes
2001 Imp, Inc. Animation layout
Captain Sturdy: Back in Action Layout artist, character layout, storyboard artist, art director, production designer
The Flintstones: On the Rocks Character designer
1998–2002 The Powerpuff Girls Models, art director 26 episodes
2002 The Powerpuff Girls Movie Character designer, development
Oh Yeah Cartoons! Character designer 1 episode
Dexter's Laboratory: Chicken Scratch Layout
1996–2003 Dexter's Laboratory Layout artist 2 episodes
2003 The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas Character designer
2004 Home on the Range Additional visual development artist
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Conception character designer
2005 Madagascar Lead character designer
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper Character designer
HBO First Look Self "Madagascar: Welcome to the Jungle" episode
2006 How to Eat Fried Worms Layout Via Orphanage Animation Studios
2004–2007 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Animation director, character designer, director, creative producer 25 episodes
2007 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Character designer 2 episodes
Bee Movie Additional character designer
The Modifyers Additional character design Credited as "Craig D. Kellman"
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Character designer
The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! Character designer
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Character design
Joey to the World Creator, director
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Storyboard artist
SpongeBob SquarePants Storyboard director 1 episode
Merry Madagascar Character design
The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares? Self Video documentary short
2008–2010 The Penguins of Madagascar Character designer 33 episodes
2010 The Ricky Gervais Show Character designer, director 13 episodes
2011 McBusters Voice (judge) Appeared in McBusters 3
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol Additional voices
2012 Hotel Transylvania Character designer, voice actor Voice of "Guy in Crowd" and "Hydra"
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Character design
2013 Madly Madagascar Character designer
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Additional voices
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Character designer, voice actor Voice of "Flintly McCallahan" and "Idea Pants Guy"
Super Manny Voice
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Character designer
Penguins of Madagascar Character designer
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas Character designer
Steve's First Bath Writer
2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 Character designer
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Sponge Out of Water Art department Designed and supervised by Rap Battle Sequence
2016 Sausage Party Lead character designer
The Angry Birds Movie Additional artist
Ask the StoryBots Additional character design, writer, developer 6 episodes
Trolls Character designer
2017 Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short Character design
2001–2017 Samurai Jack Character designer, property designer 17 episodes
2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Character designer, voice actor Voice of "Mr. Hydraberg"
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Character design for Spider-Ham
A Wizard's Tale Character designer
2019 The Addams Family Character designer
Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham Lead character designer
2020 The Willoughbys Character designer
2021 Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short Film Character design
The Addams Family 2 Designer
The Loud House Movie Additional character design
2022 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania Character designer
DC League of Super-Pets Character designer
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Character designer: Mass Animation
Strange World Character designer Uncredited
2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Character design
Trolls Band Together Character design

References

  1. ^ Griswold, Christine (Mar 16, 2015). "Emmy and Annie Award Nominee Craig Kellman, Character Designer". Artzray. Retrieved Sep 16, 2021
  2. ^ "Awards and Nomination" Television Academy. Retrieved Nov 17, 2021
  3. ^ (Feb 4, 2018) "We Bare Bears Wins 2018 Annie Award For Best Animated Television Production For Children" RegularCapital. Retrieved Oct 18, 2021


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