Armand Serrano

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name = Armand Serrano


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ARMAND SERRANO is a feature animation visual development artist and layout journeyman. He has been in the animation industry for 18 years and currently an art director for Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, CA. He was also a layout journeyman for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Personal

Born and raised in the Philippines, Armand grew up in Quezon City and studied engineering at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1989. He worked as an apprentice engineer for a construction company only to give up that career after six months of practice to go back to drawing.

Career

In May, 1990, Armand started in animation as an inbetweener for FilCartoons, Inc., asubsidiary studio of Hanna-Barbera Studios California. After ten months as an inbetweener, he moved to layout department and that was the start of his career as a layout artist. While working for Filcartoons, he was involved in the production of "Captain Planet & the Planeteers, Johnny Quest, Addams Family, Pirates of Dark Water, Tom & Jerry Kids, Young Robin Hood, Greatest Stories from the Bible, Droopy, Police Academy, Yogi Bear, Fender Bender, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures" and "Dreamstone."

Armand moved to Philippine Animation Studio, an independent studio also in Manila doing TV series projects for Marvel Productions, in 1994. He supervised layout for overseas production of "Fantastic Four, X-Men, Biker Mice From Mars" and an animated music video for Prince.

In the spring of 1996, Armand moved to the US to work for 7th Level, Inc., a multimedia company which develops games, in Glendale, California. Same year, he completed a Layout Visualization and Background Design course at Associates in Art in Sherman Oaks, California. After a few months, he made a major step by moving to feature animated films at Walt Disney Animation Studios in February, 1997. He and his family were relocated to Orlando, Florida to work on their then-ongoing project "Mulan".

After seven and a half years and four feature films, Armand decided to move back to the west coast after Disney announced that it's closing it's doors to their Florida strudio. Sony Pictures Animation took him in to start development on "Surf's Up". Armand and his family were relocated back to Los Angeles in 2004. Armand is currently holding an art director post at Sony Pictures Animation.

Filmography

*"Open Season 2" (2009, animated film) - Visual Development
*"Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" (2009, animated film) - Visual Development
*"Surf's Up" (2007, animated film) - Visual Development
*"Brother Bear" (2003, animated film) - Layout Journeyman
*"Lilo & Stitch" (2002, animated film) - Layout Journeyman
*"Tarzan" (1999, animated film) - Layout Key Assistant
*"Mulan" (1998, animated film) - Layout Key Assistant
*"Fantastic 4" (1995, animated TV Series) - Layout Supervisor
*"X-Men" (1995, animated TV Series) - Layout Supervisor
*"Biker Mice From Mars" (1994, animated TV Series) - Layout Supervisor

External links

* [http://www.armandserrano.com Website]
* [http://www.armandserrano.blogspot.com Blogsite]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091414/ Armand Serrano at IMDb]
* [http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb005033.htm Philippine Headline News Article]
* [http://www.asianjournal.com/data/PDF/2007_LV/2007_09_06/2007_LV_09_06_Sec-2p%206.pdf Asian Journal Article]
* [http://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/docs/we_are_pinoys/archived/armand_serrano.html Armand Serrano at Good News Pilipinas]
* [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/74251/Armand-Serrano-Pinoy-sa-likod-ng-mga-sikat-na-pelikula-sa-Amerika Armand Serrano at GMANews]
* [http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/07/10/armand-serrano/ Armand Serrano in Lines & Color 1]
* [http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/08/27/armand-serrano-update/ Armand Serrano in Lines & Color 2]
* [http://surfsup.awn.com/?type=article&artID=2 Surf's Up Article on Animation World Network]
* [http://www.bastapinoy.com/orlando-edition.htm Article on Basta Pinoy News]