Shin Neung-kyun (born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is an animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in

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. He founded Akom in 1985.

Career

In the 1970s, Shin worked as an animator at the

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and Marvel Productions, where he worked on the '' Pink Panther'' films and '' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends''. While at DFE, he also contributed to the animation of the

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blades in the original '' Star Wars''. Much of the animation Shin's studio has produced has been for American

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. Some of Akom's credits are: ''

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'', '' Batman: The Animated Series'', '' X-Men'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Shin's most well-known accomplishment is his direction of the television series '' The Transformers'' and '' The Transformers: The Movie''. Shin also directed the first season of the Canadian animated TV series, '' Toad Patrol''. Beginning in 1999, Shin worked on the animated feature film '' Empress Chung''. The film was largely animated in

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, and in August 2005 became the first movie ever to open simultaneously in North and South Korea. In 2009, he was elected president of the

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, a post he held through 2012.Board Elects New Officials
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''China Daily'', March 5, 2005. * 1939 births International Animated Film Association Living people People from North Hwanghae South Korean animators South Korean businesspeople South Korean animated film directors {{animator-stub