Paul Young (producer)

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Paul Young is an Irish animator, illustrator, cartoonist, producer, and director. [1] He is the CEO of Cartoon Saloon, a four-times Academy Award nominated and BAFTA nominated Irish animation studio. [1] He co-founded the studio in 1999 with Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey. In 2015 he was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. [2] He has been a board member of Animation Ireland. [3]

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Education

Whilst travelling, having completed a degree in Art and Design at the University of Ulster, Young discovered he could make more money selling caricatures to tourists on the beach than selling sandwiches and was inspired to pursue animation as a career, enrolling on the animation degree course at Ballyfermot College of Further Education in Dublin on his return. [4] On the course Young met Tomm Moore and they co-founded Cartoon Saloon in 1999, after their graduation, along with Nora Twomey, fellow alumni. [4]

Career

In the early days of Cartoon Saloon, the studio employed 12 animators and relied on commercial and corporate work including web-site design and CD ROM production with Young focusing on illustration whilst Tomm Moore undertook the animation. [5] At that time the studio was searching for funding and according to Young “He found himself drawn toward the business side of the venture, mainly because his desk was next to the phone.” [4]

In 2007 Young was executive producer of Skunk Fu! which went on to receive a BAFTA nomination in 2008 and to be distributed world-wide including to Cartoon Network and the BBC. [1] Young produced the Oscar-nominated animated feature films The Secret of Kells , Song of the Sea [1] and Wolfwalkers .

Accolades

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Newenham, Pamela (6 July 2015). "EY Entrepreneur of the Year industry finalist: Paul Young, Cartoon Saloon". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Concannon, Jamie (9 June 2019). ""We weren't getting paid enough," Paul Young on knowing your worth in business". Joe . Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "About Animation Ireland". Animation Ireland. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Pollock, Sean (2 February 2020). "A nation of animation: How Irish studios can sketch a bright future". Irish Independent . Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Flynn, Roddy; Tracy, Tony (9 August 2019). Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema (second ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 83-. ISBN   978-1-5381-1958-7. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Children's | Animation in 2008 | Nominees". BAFTA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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