David Krentz

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David Krentz
Alma mater California Institute of the Arts [1]
Known for Paleoart, Marvel films, Disney films, animation, storyboards, directing and character design
Website www.davidkrentz.com

David Krentz is a Canadian-American paleoartist, character designer, animator, storyboard artist, writer and director specializing in dinosaurs. [2] Krentz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1969. As an animator for Walt Disney Pictures, Krentz has worked on Disney animated feature titles such as Fantasia 2000 , Disney's Dinosaur , [1] Treasure Planet , and John Carter , as well as productions for other studios such as Escape from Planet Earth . [3] He has also contributed character designs and computer-generated models for films such as the 2013 BBC reboot of Walking with Dinosaurs , including close to 20 ZBrush models. [3]

In addition to his work on films, Krentz has contributed his character design expertise to television shows such as the Discovery Channel's four-part nature documentary Dinosaur Revolution and its feature film version, Dinotasia , which was created from unused sequences of the show. [4] Krentz was also the co-director and art director for both of these productions. [5] More recently, he has worked as a writer and storyboard artist for the Adult Swim animated production Primal . For his work as a storyboard artist on the episode "Plague of Madness", he has won two Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. [6] For the same episode, he was also listed as a recipient of the award for Outstanding Animated Program. [7]

His 3D modeling of dinosaurs was preceded by his paleoart, in which he has an avocational interest in sculpting of dinosaurs. [1]

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