Jill Culton
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| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
| Occupation | Film director, executive producer, writer, animator, character designer, storyboard artist |
| Employer | DreamWorks Animation[1] |
| Notable work | Open Season |
Jill Culton is an American animator, who is best known for her directorial debut on Sony's first animated film, Open Season, becoming the first female principal director of a big budget, computer-animated feature.[2]
Previously, she studied at the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts, where she later taught animation.
She was also a storyboard artist for various Pixar films such as Toy Story,Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life and also co-wrote the original treatment for Monsters, Inc., and continued to become the Head of Development.
She animated on Toy Story and served as a Directing Animator at Turner Features for the film Cats Don't Dance.
Along with Anthony Stacchi, she helped to develop Curious George while working at Industrial Light & Magic.[3][4]
In 2003, Culton joined Sony Pictures Animation, which launched a year before to produce CG animated films.[5] During her years at Sony, Culton, along with directing Open Season and executive producing Open Season 2, also developed Hotel Transylvania.
As of 2010, Culton is at DreamWorks Animation,[6] where she is writing and directing an animated film about a little girl and a Yeti, tentatively titled Everest.[1][7]
Filmography
- The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (animator: Calvert/Cobbler Productions)
- Toy Story (1995) (story artist)
- Cats Don't Dance (1997) (supervising animator: Supporting Animal Characters, storyboard artist)
- A Bug's Life (1998) (additional storyboard artist)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) (character designer: new characters, story artist)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (story, development story supervisor, visual development)
- Open Season (2006) (director, story)
- Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2006) (director, writer)
- Open Season 2 (2007) (executive producer)
- Surf's Up (2007) (special thanks)
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