Chris Butler (born January 1, 1974)
is an English animator, writer and director, known for his works at
Laika
Laika (russian: link=no, Лайка; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecra ...
, such as ''
ParaNorman
''ParaNorman'' is a 2012 American stop-motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler (the latter's feature directorial debut), and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, J ...
'' and ''
Missing Link'', which were both nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films. An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by- ...
.
He studied animation at the
University for the Creative Arts
The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England.
It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Ins ...
in south England
and is an alumnus of
Hugh Baird College
Hugh Baird College is a college and University Centre situated in Merseyside, England. It is one of the largest providers of education and training in the area, delivering over 300 courses to more than 5,000 students. The college offers courses fr ...
in Merseyside.
Filmography
Character designer
* ''
The Tigger Movie
''The Tigger Movie'' is a 2000 animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation with animation production by Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc., written and directed by Jun Falkenstein from a story by Eddie Guzeli ...
'' (2000) (Also sequence co-director)
* ''
Missing Link'' (2019)
Storyboard artist
* ''
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series'' (2002-2004) (10 episodes)
* ''
Tarzan 2'' (2005)
* ''
Corpse Bride
''Corpse Bride'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride'') is a 2005 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based o ...
'' (2005)
* ''
The Tale of Despereaux
''The Tale of Despereaux'' (, ) is a 2003 children's fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo. The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux Tilling, as he sets out on his quest to rescue a beautiful human princess from the r ...
'' (2008) (Uncredited)
* ''
Coraline
''Coraline'' () is a dark fantasy horror children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing ''Coraline'' in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best ...
'' (2009) (Storyboard supervisor)
References
External links
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1974 births
21st-century LGBT people
Living people
British animated film directors
Animation screenwriters
English designers
English screenwriters
English male screenwriters
English film directors
Gay artists
British gay writers
Laika (company) people
Radio presenters from Liverpool
English expatriates in the United States
British storyboard artists
LGBT animators
LGBT film directors
British LGBT screenwriters
English LGBT writers
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