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Gregg Azzopardi

Animation professor

Education

  • M.F.A., animation, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., character animation, California Institute of the Arts
  • A.A., advertising design, State University of Farmingdale

Credentials

  • Professor of animation, Sept. 2008-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
  • Freelance storyboard artist, 2008, RIO, Blue Sky Animation Studios, Greenwich, CT
    Worked with director Carlos Saldannah and a small team to get the film greenlit and into production.
  • Lab instructor, April 2007-June 2008, Full Sail College, Winter Park, FL
  • Senior animator, June 2007-Sept. 2008, N. Space, Inc. Orlando, FL
    • In-game animation, Marvel Ultimate Alliance Civil War, Sony PlayStation
    • In-game and cinematic animation, Star Wars Force Unleashed, Nintendo DS
    • In-game animation, Call of Duty 4, Nintendo DS
  • Co-founder and production executive, 2004-2007, Project Firefly Animation Studios, Orlando, FL
    • Managed and oversaw production and directed the animation of various 3D and traditional in-house and outsourced theatrical, commercial, television, and web-based projects
    • Instrumental in all production software, pipeline, and infrastructure meetings, negotiations, and decisions.
    • Instrumental in all phases of negotiations with investors, studio executives, and vendors.
    • Generated new business initiatives in tandem with the goals and growth of the company.
    • Director of Universal Studios 3D theme park ride. Instrumental in all production, pipeline, and infrastructure meetings. Managed and oversaw production and direction, 2006
    • Production executive/co-director, Disney Interactive Group, Disney.com revamp, 2006
    • Production director, Polygon Web Creations, 35 pieces of content for the web, 2005-2006
    • Production director, American Greetings Interactive, content for the web, 2005-2006
    • Production executive/animation supervisor, Curious George, Universal Pictures. Instrumental in all production, pipeline, and infrastructure meetings, negotiations, and decisions. Managed and oversaw production and direction, 2006.
    • Director of animation, Farm Force, winner of 2005 Nicktoons Viewer’s Choice Award
  • Various roles, 1994-2004, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Orlando, FL
    • Digital character animator, A Few Good Ghosts
    • Character animator, Brother Bear, lead character team for Kenai
    • Character animator, Lilo and Stitch promotional trailers, animated Jasmine and Belle
    • Character animator, Lilo and Stitch, place on lead character team of Lilo
    • Character animator, How to Haunt a House, animated Goofy and Donald
    • Rough animation artist, Tarzan
    • Rough animation artist/character animator, The Legend of Mulan
    • Animation artist, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    • Animation artist, Pocahontas, placed on lead character team of Pocahontas
    • Animator, Stitch’s Escape (pre-show), Walt Disney Imagineering
    • Animator, Ariel’s Grotto (ride animation), Walt Disney Imagineering

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Nicktoons Animation Film Festival, The People’s Choice Award for Farm Force, 2005
  • Cats Don’t Dance, Hanna-Barbera/Turner Pictures Animation Program, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
  • Recipient of the Walt Disney Scholarship Fund