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Canadian animation director
Rob Coleman
Born (1964-04-27 ) April 27, 1964 (age 60) Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canadian Education Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation), Concordia University (Montréal, Canada), 1987 Occupation Creative Director / Animation Director Years active 1987-present Employer Industrial Light & Magic Known for Visual Effects & Character Animation
Rob Coleman (born April 27, 1964) is a
Canadian animation director; he is currently the creative director at
Industrial Light & Magic's
Sydney branch. Previously, he was the Head of Animation at the award-winning Australian visual effects and animation studio,
Animal Logic from 2012-2021.
Coleman is a two-time Oscar nominee for his animation work on
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and has been nominated for two
BAFTA Awards for his work on
Men in Black and The Phantom Menace .
Prior to moving to Australia, Coleman spent 14 years at
Industrial Light & Magic and
Lucasfilm Animation , (1993-2007) working most notably with
George Lucas on the Star Wars prequels as animation director and on
The Clone Wars animated series. He was chosen as one of the most creative people in the entertainment industry when he was added to Entertainment Weekly 's "It List" in 2002 as their "It CG-Creature Crafter" for his work on digital
Yoda .
Oscar history
Both nominations were in the category of
Best Visual Effects
Selected filmography
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987-1988, TV series, animation/live action coordinator - 22 episodes)
Maverick (1994, computer graphics animator: ILM)
The Mask (1994, computer graphics animator)
Star Trek Generations (1994, computer effects artist: ILM)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994, computer graphics animator)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995, computer graphics artist)
Dragonheart (1996, supervising character animator)
Men in Black (1997, animation supervisor)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, animation director)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002, animation director)
Signs (2002, animation supervisor)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005, animation director: ILM)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008, film, animation consultant)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008, TV series, animation consultant, 8 episodes)
Happy Feet Two (2011, animation director)
The Lego Movie (2014, head of animation: Animal Logic)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017, animation supervisor)
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017, head of animation: Animal Logic)
Peter Rabbit (2018, animation director)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019, head of animation: Animal Logic)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021, head of animation: Animal Logic)
DC League of Super-Pets (2022, head of animation: Animal Logic)
References
External links
1970s 1980s 1990s
Stan Winston (1991)
Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
Dennis Muren ,
Stan Winston ,
Phil Tippett , and
Michael Lantieri (1993)
John Bruno (1994)
Stan Parks (1995)
Volker Engel ,
Clay Pinney ,
Douglas Smith , and
Joe Viskocil (1996)
Phil Tippett ,
Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.,
John Richardson (1997)
Volker Engel ,
Patrick Tatopoulos ,
Karen E. Goulekas , and
Clay Pinney (1998)
Rob Coleman ,
John Knoll ,
Dennis Muren , and
Scott Squires (1999)
2000s
Scott E. Anderson ,
Craig Hayes ,
Scott Stokdyk , and
Stan Parks (2000)
Dennis Muren ,
Scott Farrar ,
Stan Winston ,
Michael Lantieri (2001)
Rob Coleman ,
Pablo Helman ,
John Knoll , and
Ben Snow (2002)
Jim Rygiel ,
Joe Letteri ,
Randall William Cook , and
Alex Funke (2003)
John Dykstra ,
Scott Stokdyk ,
Anthony LaMolinara , and
John Frazier (2004)
Joe Letteri ,
Richard Taylor ,
Christian Rivers , and
Brian Van't Hul (2005)
John Knoll ,
Hal T. Hickel ,
Charles Gibson , and
Allen Hall (2006)
Scott Farrar ,
Scott Benza ,
Russell Earl , and
John Frazier (2007)
Nick Davis ,
Chris Corbould ,
Timothy Webber , and
Paul J. Franklin (2008)
Joe Letteri ,
Stephen Rosenbaum ,
Richard Baneham , and
Andrew R. Jones (2009)
2010s
Chris Corbould ,
Andrew Lockley ,
Paul J. Franklin , and
Peter Bebb (2010)
Dan Lemmon ,
Joe Letteri ,
R. Christopher White , and
Daniel Barrett (2011)
Janek Sirrs ,
Jeff White ,
Guy Williams , and
Dan Sudick (2012)
Tim Webber ,
Chris Lawrence ,
Dave Shirk , and
Neil Corbould (2013)
Paul J. Franklin ,
Andrew Lockley ,
Ian Hunter , and
Scott R. Fisher (2014)
Roger Guyett ,
Patrick Tubach ,
Neal Scanlan , and
Chris Corbould (2015)
John Knoll ,
Mohen Leo ,
Hal Hickel , and
Neil Corbould (2016)
Christopher Townsend ,
Guy Williams ,
Jonathan Fawkner , and
Dan Sudick (2017)
Dan DeLeeuw ,
Matt Aitken ,
Russell Earl , and
Dan Sudick (2018/19)
Roger Guyett ,
Neal Scanlan ,
Patrick Tubach , and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)
2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.