Tod Carter (born November 18 in
Chicago, Illinois) is an American
animation director,
writer and
storyboard artist who contributed to feature films and many direct-to-video productions.
Carter's contributions can be seen in ''
Space Jam'' and Disney sequels for ''
Hunchback of Notre Dame
''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...
'', ''
Little Mermaid'', ''
Tarzan'', and ''
The Fox and the Hound''. He has also contributed as the head of writing and story development for many films and projects for
Big Idea Productions
Big Idea Entertainment, LLC (formerly known as Big Idea Productions, Inc. and Big Idea, Inc.; also simply as Big Idea) is an American Christian animation company, best known for its computer-animated ''VeggieTales'' series of Christian-them ...
, producers of the highly successful ''
VeggieTales'', ''
3-2-1 Penguins
''3-2-1 Penguins!'' is an American sci-fi computer-animated Christian children's television series, initially launched on November 14, 2000 as a direct-to-video episode by Big Idea Entertainment with videos released between 2000 and 2003. The dir ...
'' and ''
Larryboy
''Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures'' (also known as ''Larryboy'') is an American animated direct-to-video children's series developed by Tom Bancroft (a former animator for Disney) as a spin-off of the ''VeggieTales'' franchise created by Big Idea ...
'' series.
He currently directs animated projects for Brain Freeze Entertainment, a company which he founded in 2008.
Carter's animation work also includes ''
Quest for Camelot'', which was nominated for an
Annie Award
The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally desi ...
for "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature."
["". Annie Awards. Retrieved on October 10, 2008.]
References
External links
Tod Carter's Official Site*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Animators from Illinois
American film producers
American animated film directors
Artists from Chicago
University of Illinois Chicago alumni
American film directors
Walt Disney Animation Studios people
American storyboard artists
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