Carlos Grangel

Carlos Grangel
Born

Carlos Grangel is a Spanish character designer for animated films.

Career

He started out as a comic book artist, drawing Fix und Foxi for the German market from the mid-80s to 1994 and Disney comics (Brer Rabbit) for the Dutch market in 1994/95. Afterwards he moved to DreamWorks Animation, where his credits include The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Shark Tale (2004) and Madagascar (2005). He also worked on Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005).

He owns Grangel Studios along with his brother Jordi.[1][2][3][4][5]

Filmography

Recognition

  • 2003, won Annie Award for 'Individual Achievement in Character Design' for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).
  • 2005, nominated for Annie Award for 'Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Shark Tale (2004)
  • 2006, nominated for Annie Award for 'Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Corpse Bride (2005)

References

  1. ↑ Solomon, Charles (14 August 2005). "How a Puppet Master Brings Life to the Comically Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "eDIT 9. Presents Trends in Animation". DesignTaxi. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Grau, Anna (25 December 2009). "Niño grande en un museo de adultos". ABC. Spanish. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Spanischer Meister der Trickfiguren : Carlos Grangel – Schöpfer der "Corpse Bride"". Deutschlandradio Kultur. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  5. ↑ LUZÁN, JULIA (16 October 2005). "Un dibujante de cine". El País. Retrieved 19 March 2010.