Craig Clark

Craig Clark (born 1960 in Santa Monica, California) is an American animator, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), a comic book artist (Nemesister and Astrothrill), and an album cover artist (The Nymphs on Geffen Records).

Biography

Clark began his career as a child actor at the age of 8, when he starred in an educational film called "Forgive and Forget" directed by voice actor Shep Menken in 1968. Switching to animation at age 14, he was discovered by animators Corny Cole (Looney Tunes) and Duane Crowther (Yellow Submarine), and was mentored by longtime Disney animator Amby Paliwoda. Clark was one of the original animation and layout artists on the first three seasons of The Simpsons, and has gone on to animate on various other animated projects such as several Peanuts TV specials for Bill Melendez productions, and many special effects feature films, such as Forrest Gump, The Mask, Godzilla, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Big Trouble in Little China, Cool World, and Poltergeist II: The Other Side.

Clark has produced and directed The Kustomonsters animated show for the web and TV through Cheeky Entertainment, and has aired on AMGTV in U.S. syndication and also streaming TV service OSI74. Clark also released a Kustomonsters feature film in 2015 and currently runs on Tubi, Amazon Prime, OSI74 Roku, and more. A second Kustomonsters feature, Kustomonsters 2, was released in 2020, and is streaming on Tubi. Amazon Prime, OSI74 and others. A third Kustomonsters movie is in production now.

Filmography

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YearWorkRoleNotes
1983Automanspecial effects animatorTV series
1984The_Philadelphia_Experiment_(film)special effects animatorTheatrical Movie
1985Misfits of Science
Starchaser:_The_Legend_of_Orin
special effects director
computer graphics planner
TV series
Theatrical Movie
1986Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Big Trouble in Little China
special effects assistant
special effects animator
Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1987A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_3:_Dream_Warriorsspecial effects animatorTheatrical Movie
1988This Is America, Charlie BrownanimatorTV series
1989Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Cathy's_Valentine
special effects animator
animator
Theatrical Movie
TV Short
1990The Simpsonsanimator & character layoutTV series
1991Little_Dracula_(TV_series)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
storyboard artist
special effects animator
TV series
Theatrical Movie
1992The Rugrats
Cool World
storyboard revisions
effects animator
TV series
Theatrical Movie
1993Demolition_Man_(film)
Addams Family Values
special effects animator
special effects animator
Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1994Forrest Gump
The Mask
Digital animator
Digital roto & paint
Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1995Mortal KombatDigital animatorTheatrical Movie
1996Goosebumps:_Escape_from_HorrorlandDigital artistVideo game
1997NemesisterComic artistComic Book
1998GodzillaTechnical directorTheatrical Movie
1999-2000Mission_Hill_(TV_series)Prop design supervisorTV series
2001The OblongsProp design supervisorTV series
2002Lil'_Pimpstoryboard artistTheatrical Movie
2003I_Want_a_Dog_for_Christmas,_Charlie_Brownassistant animatorTV Short
2004Hi_Hi_Puffy_AmiYumiDigital ArtistTV series
2005AstrothrillDirectorVideo Short
2006The_Adventures_of_Chico_and_GuapoLayout artistTV series
2007Slacker_CatsanimatorTV series
2008Spaceballs:_The_Animated_SeriesanimatorTV series
2009Dixie DynamiteanimatorTheatrical Movie
2010Bunraku_(film)
The_Kustomonsters
visual effects
Director / Creator
Theatrical Movie
TV Series
2011Woodstock ManorDirectorTV Short
2012Christmas in the TrenchesDirectorTV Short
2013Lucky PennyDirectorTV Short
2014Rainbow_Brite_(2014_TV_series)
Cacophony
Timbuktu
Art Director / Development
Director
Director
TV series
TV Short
TV Short
2015The Kustomonsters MovieWriter/DirectorTV movie
2016The_KustomonstersDirector/ CreatorTV series
2017Nemesister: Rio UndergroundDirectorTV Short
2018-2019The_KustomonstersDirector/ CreatorTV series
2020Kustomonsters 2Writer/DirectorTV movie
2021Nemesister: Nem A Go Go
Kustomonsters 3
Director
Director
TV Short
TV Movie

Published works

ISBN 1-929197-00-4 and ISBN 978-1-929197-00-2


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