Carlos Grangel
Carlos Grangel is a Spanish character designer for animated films.
Carlos Grangel
- Name
- Carlos Grangel
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain Carlos Grangel is a Spanish character designer for animated films.
- Born
- 1963 · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Honours
- Annie Award
- Languages
- Catalan
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Carlos Grangel is a Spanish character designer for animated films.
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Carlos Grangel (born 1963) is a Spanish comics artist. The comics artist was born in Barcelona.
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• Name — Carlos Grangel • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain Carlos Grangel is a Spanish character designer for animated films.
Career
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.
Filmography
Filmography
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) • Balto (1995) • The Fearless Four (1997) • The Prince of Egypt (1998) • Periwig Maker (1999) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) • Till Eulenspiegel (2003) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Corpse Bride (2005) • Hui Buh (2006) • The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
Recognition
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)
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- 1.Solomon, Charles. How a Puppet Master Brings Life to the Comically Dead. The New York Times. 14 August 2005.
- 2.eDIT 9. Presents Trends in Animation. DesignTaxi. 13 September 2006.
- 3.Grau, Anna. Niño grande en un museo de adultos. ABC. Spanish. 25 December 2009.
- 4.Spanischer Meister der Trickfiguren : Carlos Grangel – Schöpfer der "Corpse Bride". Deutschlandradio Kultur. 3 November 2005.
- 5.LUZÁN, JULIA. Un dibujante de cine. El País. 16 October 2005.
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