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
Year | Work | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Automan | special effects animator | TV series |
1984 | The_Philadelphia_Experiment_(film) | special effects animator | Theatrical Movie |
1985 | Misfits of Science Starchaser:_The_Legend_of_Orin | special effects director computer graphics planner | TV series Theatrical Movie |
1986 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side Big Trouble in Little China | special effects assistant special effects animator | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
1987 | A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_3:_Dream_Warriors | special effects animator | Theatrical Movie |
1988 | This Is America, Charlie Brown | animator | TV series |
1989 | Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Cathy's_Valentine | special effects animator animator | Theatrical Movie TV Short |
1990 | The Simpsons | animator & character layout | TV series |
1991 | Little_Dracula_(TV_series) An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | storyboard artist special effects animator | TV series Theatrical Movie |
1992 | The Rugrats Cool World | storyboard revisions effects animator | TV series Theatrical Movie |
1993 | Demolition_Man_(film) Addams Family Values | special effects animator special effects animator | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
1994 | Forrest Gump The Mask | Digital animator Digital roto & paint | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
1995 | Mortal Kombat | Digital animator | Theatrical Movie |
1996 | Goosebumps:_Escape_from_Horrorland | Digital artist | Video game |
1997 | Nemesister | Comic artist | Comic Book |
1998 | Godzilla | Technical director | Theatrical Movie |
1999-2000 | Mission_Hill_(TV_series) | Prop design supervisor | TV series |
2001 | The Oblongs | Prop design supervisor | TV series |
2002 | Lil'_Pimp | storyboard artist | Theatrical Movie |
2003 | I_Want_a_Dog_for_Christmas,_Charlie_Brown | assistant animator | TV Short |
2004 | Hi_Hi_Puffy_AmiYumi | Digital Artist | TV series |
2005 | Astrothrill | Director | Video Short |
2006 | The_Adventures_of_Chico_and_Guapo | Layout artist | TV series |
2007 | Slacker_Cats | animator | TV series |
2008 | Spaceballs:_The_Animated_Series | animator | TV series |
2009 | Dixie Dynamite | animator | Theatrical Movie |
2010 | Bunraku_(film) The_Kustomonsters | visual effects Director / Creator | Theatrical Movie TV Series |
2011 | Woodstock Manor | Director | TV Short |
2012 | Christmas in the Trenches | Director | TV Short |
2013 | Lucky Penny | Director | TV Short |
2014 | Rainbow_Brite_(2014_TV_series) Cacophony Timbuktu | Art Director / Development Director Director | TV series TV Short TV Short |
2015 | The Kustomonsters Movie | Writer/Director | TV movie |
2016 | The_Kustomonsters | Director/ Creator | TV series |
2017 | Nemesister: Rio Underground | Director | TV Short |
2018-2019 | The_Kustomonsters | Director/ Creator | TV series |
2020 | Kustomonsters 2 | Writer/Director | TV movie |
2021 | Nemesister: Nem A Go Go Kustomonsters 3 | Director Director | TV Short TV Movie |
Published works
- Nemesister (1997) (Cheeky Press)
- Astrothrill (1999) (comicbook/CD) (Fluxus Records)