Bryce Hallett is a Canadian independent

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living and working in

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, Canada. A graduate of

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's classical

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program and

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's graphic communications program, Hallett has been creating numerous cartoons and animations since 1999 working under his business "Frog Feet Productions". His first job was creating the "Ranger Gord's Educational Films" and "Ranger Gord's Safety Tips" cartoons based on the character of the same name for ''

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'' created by

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which aired on

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and

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. Since that time, Hallett has created numerous other animated shorts for sketch comedy TV series; a list that includes animation for Gemini Nominated ''

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'' (created by Rick Green), ''Listen Missy'' (created by Jane Ford) and '' The Frantics''. He has also contributed animation to numerous music videos and TV commercials airing across

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and the United States and in films ranging from small Canadian independent films like "At Home by Myself...With You" (dir Kris Booth, 2009) and documentaries. Trained in

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and graphic design, Hallett has been known to experiment with a variety of styles and techniques including

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, watercolour and other media and various computer software. He is the illustrator of the book "Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know" written by veteran animator and "award-winning director of films for the National Film Board of Canada" Ellen Besen.David B. Lev
"Book Review: Animation Unleashed'
Animation World News Released in 2008.

Selected works

Television

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'' (Animator/ director of Ranger Gord's Educational Films, 23 episodes) (1999–2004) *''

'' (animator/ designer 11 episodes) (2003) *'' Listen Missy!'' (animator) (2004) *''

The Frantics (comedy) The Frantics is a Canadians, Canadian comedy troupe consisting of Paul Chato, Rick Green (comedian), Rick Green, Dan Redican and Peter Wildman. The group formed in 1979. In 1981, they were given a weekly radio slot on the Canadian Broadcasting Cor ...

Reunion Special'' (animator) (2005) *'' History Bites: Mother Britain'' (animator) (1 hour special) (2005) *'' History Bites: Uncle Sam'' (animator) (1 hour special) (2006) *'' History Bites: The Separatists'' (animator) (1 hour special) (2007) *'' History Bites: Celine Dion'' (animator and also appears as himself) (1 hour special) (2008) *'' What a Booty'' (Animator) (1 hour doc directed by Tantyana Terzoupoulos) (2008)

Music videos

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'' (Alice) (contributing animator) (2004) (dir by Tin Can Forest aka Marek Colek and Samantha Ferguson) *''

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'' (Why Don't You Love me?) (animator/designer/storyboards) (2005) Directed by Kris Lefcoe & Ghost Milk Studios. Animation by Ghostmilk, Bryce Hallett, Justin Lee and Chris Stone. *''

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'' (Shake That feat. Nate Dogg (contributing animator) (2006) ( dir by Plates Animation) *''Delica-m'' (Counting Stars) (Animator/Designer) (2010)

Feature films

*'' At Home by Myself...With You'' (dir Kris Booth ) (Animation by Bryce Hallett) (2009) *'' Tall Girls: A Story of Giants'' (dir Edda Baumann von Broen ) (Animation by Bryce Hallett) (2011)

Bibliography

List of books illustrated by Bryce Hallett

Notes

External links

Frog Feet ProductionsToronto Animated Image Society
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Animations on YouTube
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