Craig Clark
Craig Clark (born 1960 in Santa Monica, California) is an American animator, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), a comic book artist (Nemesister and Astrothrill), and an album cover artist (The Nymphs on Geffen Records).
Biography[edit]
Clark began his career as a child actor at the age of 8, when he starred in an educational film called "Forgive and Forget" directed by voice actor Shep Menken in 1968. Switching to animation at age 14, he was discovered by animators Corny Cole (Looney Tunes) and Duane Crowther (Yellow Submarine), and was mentored by longtime Disney animator Amby Paliwoda (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). Clark was one of the original animation and layout artists on the first three seasons of The Simpsons, and has gone on to animate on various other animated projects such as several Peanuts TV specials for Bill Melendez productions, and many special effects feature films, such as Forrest Gump, The Mask, Godzilla, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Big Trouble in Little China, Cool World, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
Clark has produced and directed The Kustomonsters animated show for the web and TV through Cheeky Entertainment, and has aired on AMGTV in U.S. syndication and also streaming TV service OSI74. Clark also released a Kustomonsters feature film in 2015 and currently runs on Tubi, Amazon Prime, OSI74 Roku, and more. A second Kustomonsters feature, Kustomonsters 2, was released in 2020, and is streaming on Tubi. Amazon Prime, OSI74 and others. A third Kustomonsters movie is in production for 2024.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Work | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Automan | special effects animator | ABC TV series |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment A Nightmare on Elm Street |
special effects animator uncredited storyboard artist |
Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
| 1985 | My Science Project Misfits of Science Starchaser: The Legend of Orin |
special effects animator special effects director computer graphics planner |
Theatrical Movie NBC TV series Theatrical Movie |
| 1986 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side Solarbabies Big Trouble in Little China Slimer! Kissyfur |
special effects assistant special effects animator special effects animator assistant animator assistant animator |
Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie ABC TV series NBC TV series |
| 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors My Demon Lover |
special effects animator special effects animator |
Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
| 1988 | Hobgoblins This Is America, Charlie Brown Garfield's Babes and Bullets |
rotoscope artist animator animator |
Theatrical Movie CBS TV series CBS TV Short |
| 1989 | Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Cathy's Valentine |
special effects animator animator |
Theatrical Movie CBS TV Short |
| 1990 | The Simpsons Hollywood Dog |
animator & character layout rotoscope artist |
Fox TV series Fox TV movie |
| 1991 | Little Dracula An American Tail: Fievel Goes West |
storyboard artist special effects animator |
Fox Kids TV series Theatrical Movie |
| 1992 | The Rugrats Cool World Frosty Returns P.J. Sparkles |
storyboard revisions effects animator animator storyboard artist |
Nickelodeon TV series Theatrical Movie TV short TV short |
| 1993 | Rocko's Modern Life Freaked Knott's Mystery Lodge Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! Demolition Man Addams Family Values |
storyboard artist animator special effects animator special effects animator special effects animator special effects animator |
Nickelodeon TV series Theatrical Movie Knott's Berry Farm attraction Disneyland attraction Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump The Mask |
Digital animator Digital roto & paint |
Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins |
Digital animator 3D animation artist |
Theatrical Movie Direct-to-video Movie |
| 1996 | Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland | Digital artist | Video game |
| 1997 | Nemesister The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
Comic artist 3D pre-viz |
Comic Book Video Game |
| 1998 | Godzilla The Visitor |
Technical director FX Animator |
Theatrical Movie Fox TV series |
| 1999-2000 | Mission Hill | Prop design supervisor | The WB/Adult Swim TV series |
| 2001 | The Oblongs | Prop design supervisor | The WB/Adult Swim TV series |
| 2002 | Lil' Pimp | storyboard artist | Theatrical Movie |
| 2003 | VH1 ILL-ustrated I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown |
character artist assistant animator |
VH1 TV series ABC TV Short |
| 2004 | LeapFrog: Talking Words Factory II - Code Word Caper Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi |
Storyboard Artist Digital Artist |
Direct-to-video movie Cartoon Network TV series |
| 2005 | The Origin of Stitch Astrothrill |
Digital Coloring Director |
Video Short Video Short |
| 2006 | The Adventures of Chico and Guapo | Layout artist | MTV2 TV series |
| 2007 | Slacker Cats The Off Mikes Bufu |
animator animator animator |
ABC Family TV series ESPN.com web shorts BET web shorts |
| 2008 | LeapFrog: Sing and Learn with Us! Spaceballs: The Animated Series |
animator animator |
Direct-to-video Movie G4 TV series |
| 2009 | Dixie Dynamite | animator | Theatrical Movie |
| 2010 | Sule and the Case of the Tiny Sparks Bunraku The Kustomonsters |
animator visual effects Director / Creator |
TV Short Theatrical Movie AMGTV TV Series |
| 2011 | Woodstock Manor | Director | TV Short |
| 2012 | Christmas in the Trenches Chloe's Closet |
Director Storyboard Artist |
TV Short PBS Kids Sprout TV series |
| 2013 | Baby Owl Lucky Penny |
Animation Support Director |
TV Short TV Short |
| 2014 | Rainbow Brite Stick Together Cacophony Timbuktu |
Art Director / Development Animator Director Director |
Feeln TV series TV Short TV Short TV Short |
| 2015 | The Kustomonsters Movie | Writer/Director | TV movie |
| 2016 | The Kustomonsters | Director/ Creator | AMGTV TV series |
| 2017 | Nemesister: Rio Underground | Director | TV Short |
| 2018 | Let's Go Luna! | Storyboard Artist | PBS TV series |
| 2018-2019 | The Kustomonsters | Director/ Creator | OSI74 TV series |
| 2020 | Kustomonsters 2 | Writer/Director | TV movie |
| 2021 | From Slave to Queen Nemesister: Nem A Go Go Kustomonsters 3 |
Guest Animator Director Director |
TV Short TV Short TV Movie |
| 2022 | Hey AJ! | Director | Disney Junior TV series |
Published works[edit]
- Nemesister (1997) (Cheeky Press)
- Astrothrill (1999) (comicbook/CD) (Fluxus Records)
ISBN 1-929197-00-4 and ISBN 978-1-929197-00-2
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