Peter Chung

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name = Peter Chung


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hangul = 정근식
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rr = Jeong Geunsik
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Peter Kunshik Chung (born April 19, 1961 in Seoul, South Korea, as 정근식 (Chung Geun-sik, or alternative spelling Jeong Geun-Sik or Chung Geun-sik) [http://people.naver.com/search/people_detail.nhn?id=6882&frompage=nx_people] ) is a Korean American animator. He is best known as the creator and director of "Æon Flux", which ran as shorts on MTV's Liquid Television before launching as its own half-hour television series. He studied animation at CalArts from 1979-81, one year at the Character Animation program, and another year in the program in Experimental Animation.

Chung's directing credits include the "Matriculated" segment from "The Animatrix", and, most recently, '. Chung served as lead character designer for two animated series, "Phantom 2040" and '. Both series feature lean angular characters inspired by the art of Egon Schiele, a look which has become Chung's trademark character design. He also, along with Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo, co-designed the characters in the Nickelodeon series Rugrats, as well as directed the pilot for this series, "Tommy Pickles And The Great White Thing" and the opening sequence.

Chung's animation, particularly "Æon Flux" and "Matriculated", tends toward the artistically and thematically experimental and is an example of progressive animation. Chung's stylistic influences uniquely include European expressionism such as Moebius combined with Japanese animation. Currently, among other unannounced projects, he is working on new direct-to-video episodes of "Æon Flux" and a full-length animated feature entitled "Luvula". In addition, it is announced that he will be directing a three-part episode for GameTaps' .

In the animation field, he admires Yoshinori Kanada, Koji Morimoto, and Igor Kovalyov.

Ralph Bakshi, one of the first to hire Chung, has stated that one of Chung's favorite artist is Toulouse Lautrec.

Chung has also been a participant in online forums, where users and asked and discussed with him about his creative work and creative process. Two of the most prominent forums include ILX and [http://community.livejournal.com/monican_spies/ Monican Spies] .

Peter Chung was married in 2005.

Quotes

* "For me, a degree of ambiguity, or mystery, is the key ingredient of any artistic statement."

*"I often remind myself that animation is the creation of the illusion of spontaneity. Because nothing is in fact less spontaneous than the process of animating."

*"The task of the animator, to breathe life into his characters, requires concentration akin to that of an actor whose performance has been entirely scripted down."

Filmography

*"Tomb Raider ReVisioned" (2007) (first episodes in 3 parts) - Story and Designer
* "Æon Flux (film)" (2005) (film) - Characters (from TV series)
* "" (2004) (OVA) - Director, Character designer
* "Matriculated" (2003) (short) (segment of The Animatrix) - Director, Script, Design
* "Party 7" (2000) (film) - Animator: credit sequence
* "The Rugrats Movie" (1998) (film) - Storyboards
* "Alexander Senki" (1997) aka "Alexander" (International) and "Reign: The Conqueror" (USA) (film) (OVA) - Character designer
* "Last Man Standing" (1996/II) (film), Production assistant: second unit
* "Æon Flux" (1995) (TV series) - Director, Producer, Scripts, Character design
* "Phantom 2040" (1994) (TV series) - Character design
* "Rugrats" (1991) (TV series) - Animator: main title animation, pilot, character design
* "C.O.P.S. (animated TV series)" (1988) - Character design, Opening title direction, Overseas animation supervision
*"Ring Raiders" (1989)
* "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987) (TV Series) - Art direction, Opening title design
* "" (1986) (film) - Storyboard artist
* "Transformers" (1984) (TV Series) - Storyboard artist
* "Fire and Ice" (1983) (film) - Animator, Layout artist

External links

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* [http://www.acmefilmworks.com/director/0/3/chung.html# Peter Chung at Acme Filmworks]
* [http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.4/3.4pages/3.4chung.html "The State of Visual Narrative in Film and Comics"] , an article by Chung. "Animation World Magazine", Issue 3.4, July 1998.
* [http://showcase.awn.com/showgallery.php?cat=523 AWN gallery]
* [http://www.catsuka.com/focuson_anim.php?id=chung_peter CATSUKA-Peter Chung] Detailed work history, as well as illustrations and videos of Chung's work. fr icon
* [http://www.lacinemathequedetoulouse.com/colloque/hybridation/intervenants/peter_chung_cv.html La Cinémathèque de Toulouse - Colloque] fr icon

Interviews

* [http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/~stamps/PWS06_chung.mp4 University of Michigan presentation] October 5, 2006.
* [http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Media/Tv/chung.iv Interview with Peter Chung by Ed Stastny]
* [http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/%20Aeon%20Flux%20creator%20Peter%20Chung/ Suicide Girls interview]
* [http://www.animationarena.com/chronicles-of-riddick-dark-fury.html Animation Arena Interview] . Done between the release of "The Animatrix" and "Dark Fury".
* [http://brightlightsfilm.com/51/chungiv.htm Bright Lights Film interview]
* [http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/interview.asp?z=y&CTR=1058738 Barnes & Noble interview]
* [http://avclub.com/content/node/22517 Onion A.V. Club Interview] . April 30, 2003.
* [http://community.livejournal.com/monican_spies/44607.html LJ monican_spies interview] January 4, 2006.