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AnimatorProfile:MichelGagne

MichelGagneisaCanadiancartoonist

bestknownforhishighlyunusualartstyle.Whilecapableofrealism,hespecializesincreatureswithwildlyexaggeratedandunexpectedfeatures,suchasmonsterswithmouthslargerthantherestoftheirbodies,wispsofblackshadow,orthingswithliledefinite

formapartfromeyestalksandtendrils.

EverythingMichelGagndoesisworth

seeingandowningCartoonBrew

GagneworkedforSullivanBluthStudios

forsixyears,workingonsuchfilmsasThe

LandBeforeTimeandAllDogsGoto

Heaven.

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Itakeinspiraonwheneverorwherever

itpresentsitself,beitpersonalstories,

literature,music,comics,movies,

televisionsetcThesedays,Ifindalotof

inspiraonsinScience-Ficonliterature.

WriterslikeBRBruss,JackWilliamson,H

GWells,LovecraV,PhilipWylieareall

greatstorytellinginspiraons.

GagnehasbeenrecognizedbyhispeerswithaBAFTA(BrishAcademyAward),anAnnieAward(Animaon'sHighestHonor),andhas

receivednumerousprizesandnominaonsfromtheanimaon,videogameandcomicsindustries.Heconnuestocreateanimaon,specialeffectsandconceptsforcompaniesallovertheworld.

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Gagnedoesn'trestricthisarttoanimaononly,hebelievesthatanymediumisaformofartanditsworthexploring.Heanimated

tomusic,soundeffectsandsoundtracks,heproducevisualabstractpieces.YearslaterthistypeofwasusedinacoupleofsequencesinRatatouillewhereGagneanimatedthe

visualizaonsequencetofeelthetaste.

Gagneisalsoacomicbookarst

andsculptor.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY/ILLUSTRATIONS

JerryBeckhp://www.cartoonbrew.com/tag/michel-gagne

MichelGagnehomepagehp://www.gagneint.com/

MarioPochat

hp://www.mariopochat.com/blog/2007/11/2d-or-not-2d-michel-gagne.html

AllillustraonsfromMichelGagnehomepage hp://www.gagneint.com/

Gagneisatruearst,heisunstoppable;His

enrelifeismoldedtogivewaytoart,to

produceart.Artcomesfirst.Hewishesdays

waylongerandevenmoresothatlifewaslongertobeabletocompletesomanyprojects

hehasinmind.

MarioPochat,AnimatedNews