Marco Marenghi is a Welsh film animator/director who was born in
Rhondda in Wales. He graduated from the
University of Wales with an
HNC in Electronics,
and he worked for a
microelectronics
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firm in Rhondda. He was laid off due to redundancy, and he briefly worked as a TV repairman before becoming unemployed. His wife encouraged him to take an animation course at the
University of Glamorgan.
After graduating with an
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Transport
* Haneda Airport, serving Tokyo, Japan
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* Henderson Executive Airport, in Nevada, United States
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in Animation,
he worked for
Framestore
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for four years on projects including the James Bond film ''
Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) and the BBC television miniseries ''
Walking with Dinosaurs
''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. Envi ...
'' (1999).
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hired Marenghi to work on films including ''
Minority Report
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'' (2002). He moved to
Sony Pictures Imageworks, where he worked as animation supervisor on films including ''
I Am Legend'' (2007) and ''
Ghost Rider'' (2007).
He also worked as an animation director for
Animal Logic for the film ''
Walking with Dinosaurs
''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. Envi ...
'' (2013).
The BBC featured Marenghi's dramatic career change and inspirational story in the documentary On Show: The Marco Marenghi Story (2004).
In 2008 Marenghi received the Friz Frieling lifetime Achievement Award in Animation and in 2009 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Technology from the University of South Wales.
Marenghi lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.
Filmography
* ''
Ghost Rider'' (2007) – animation supervisor
* ''
I Am Legend'' (2007) – animation supervisor
* ''
Speed Racer'' (2008) – animation supervisor
* ''
Valkyrie
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'' (2008) – character animator
* ''
2012
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'' (2009) – animator
* ''
Alice in Wonderland
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'' (2010) – supervising animator
* ''
Green Lantern'' (2011) – supervising animator
* ''
Walking with Dinosaurs
''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. Envi ...
'' (2013) – animation director
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Welsh film directors
British animated film directors
Welsh animators