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Gregg Vanzo | |
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| Occupation | Animator |
| Spouse | Nikki Vanzo |
Gregg Vanzo is an American animator. He has worked on several shows, including The Simpsons and Futurama . He is also the founder of Rough Draft Studios.
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Gregg Vanzo | |
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| Occupation | Animator |
| Spouse | Nikki Vanzo |
Gregg Vanzo is an American animator. He has worked on several shows, including The Simpsons and Futurama . He is also the founder of Rough Draft Studios.
Gregg Vanzo began his career as an animator on Bill Kroyer's Technological Threat , Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories and key animator for the short Box Office Bunny before beginning work on The Simpsons in storyboards, directing, and layout artistry. From there, Vanzo became the overseas supervisor on The Critic . Vanzo went on to serve as animation executive producer for Futurama .
In 1991, with his wife Nikki, [1] Gregg Vanzo founded Rough Draft Studios in Seoul, South Korea. The studio has produced animation for such shows as The Simpsons , Futurama , Disenchantment , SpongeBob SquarePants , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , The Maxx , The Critic and many more.
Later, Rough Draft Studios opened a sister studio in Glendale, California.
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Events in 1961 in animation.
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