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Shawn P. Krause | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Known for | Up Cars 2 Inside Out |
Shawn P. Krause is an animator of Pixar Animation Studios and once a Creative Director of Animation and Story at Spire Animation Studios. [1]
In 1987, he attended University of Missouri and graduated with Bachelor's Degree of Fine Art with a Minor in Art History and Archaeology in 1992. A year later, he attended California Institute of the Arts where he created one of his student films, The Bicycle Thieves, his first year short film that caught the attention of Pete Docter, and it also made it into CalArts Producer's Show. [2] [3] After that, he was hired at Pixar in 1994 to worked on commercials such as storyboarded Chips Ahoy! commercials, co directed a Twizzlers commercial, and directed a commercial of Levi's. [4] After worked at commercials, he alongside fellow animator Bob Peterson get an offer which he eventually started worked as animator on the studio's first film, Toy Story and numerous Pixar projects. [4] His contributions including led the animation teams for three Pixar features: Up, Cars 2 and Inside Out . As one of supervising animators of Inside Out, he won on 14th VES Awards in a category of Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature for animating the feature's main character, Joy. [5] In 2016, he became a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [6] In August 2020, he become Creative Director of Animation and Story at Spire Animation Studios and returned to Pixar in May 2023. [3]
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