David Krentz | |
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Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts [1] |
Known for | Paleoart, Marvel films, Disney films, animation, storyboards, directing and character design |
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David Krentz is a Canadian-American paleoartist, character designer, animator, storyboard artist, writer and director specializing in dinosaurs. [2] Krentz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1969. As an animator for Walt Disney Pictures, Krentz has worked on Disney animated feature titles such as Fantasia 2000, Disney's Dinosaur, [1] Treasure Planet, and John Carter, as well as productions for other studios such as Escape from Planet Earth. [3] He has also contributed character designs and computer-generated models for films such as the 2013 BBC reboot of Walking with Dinosaurs, including close to 20 ZBrush models. [3]
In addition to his work on films, Krentz has contributed his character design expertise to television shows such as the Discovery Channel's four-part nature documentary Dinosaur Revolution and its feature film version, Dinotasia, which was created from unused sequences of the show. [4] Krentz was also the co-director and art director for both of these productions. [5] More recently, he has worked as a writer and storyboard artist for the Adult Swim animated production Primal. For his work as a storyboard artist on the episode " Plague of Madness", he has won two Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. [6] For the same episode, he was also listed as a recipient of the award for Outstanding Animated Program. [7]
His 3D modeling of dinosaurs was preceded by his paleoart, in which he has an avocational interest in sculpting of dinosaurs. [1]