Lee Sheppard

Lee Sheppard (born August 22, 1974) is an Australian cartoonist and animator. He currently resides in Sydney, Australia and is developing and writing projects for animated film & television.

Personal

Sheppard was born in Paddington, New South Wales to Barry Ernest Sheppard and Margaret Crichton-Reid.

Education

Sheppard spent 2 years studying Fine Arts at Paddington Art School under tuition by Stephen Wesley Gorton in 1993, then Classical Advanced Animation studies at Enmore Design Centre in 1995, and later on Screenwriting for Children's Animated Television Series at the [http://www.aftrs.edu.au/ Australian Film Television Radio School (AFTRS)] in 2007 [ [http://www.toonstudio.com.au/about.php Toon Studio :: About ] ] .

Career

Sheppard's early career began while drawing political comics for Fairfax community newspapers in his late teens. He then worked as an animator on numerous animated children's TV series such as Wicked! Gloria's House and Crocadoo [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2698435/ Lee Sheppard (II) ] ] . He was also the comic strip artist for political cartoon [ [http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/behind_the_lines/about_the_artists National Museum of Australia - About the artists ] ] , Cactus Island, a strip based on the multi-award winning radio show [http://www.cactus.com.au/ "How Green was my Cactus"] . Sheppard used the pseudonym D. Denko instead of his real name in this comic strip. Cactus Island was syndicated through [http://www.auspacmedia.com.au/ Auspac Media] , which was published in regional newspapers across Australia between 1999 to 2006.

In 1994 he was nominated as a member [ [http://www.abwac.org.au/membersearch/2005/07/lee_sheppard.php ACA Member Profile Search: Lee Sheppard ] ] by Jim Russell (The Potts) to join the [http://www.abwac.org.au/ Australian Cartoonists' Association] (ACA). Lee was on the committee for 5 years, where he has held the positions of Secretary, NSW State Vice President and Deputy President. And in 1998 he was again nominated by Jim Russell to the ranks of the [http://www.reuben.org/ National Cartoonists Society] in the United States [ [http://www.leesheppard.com/about/index.shtml About (Lee Sheppard) ] ] .

Sheppard is also a member of the [http://www.afi.org.au/ Australian Film Institute] and [http://www.awg.com.au/ Australian Writer's Guild] .

Awards

In 2003, Sheppard won the Stanley Award's [http://www.abwac.org.au/stanleys.htm Best Cartoon on the Night] [http://www.abwac.org.au/stanleys.htm] , in Ettalong.

References

Sources

* http://www.abwac.org.au/stanleys.htm
* http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/behind_the_lines/about_the_artists/
* http://www.abwac.org.au/downloads/Inkspot41.pdf

External links

* [http://www.leesheppard.com LeeSheppard.com]
* Lee Sheppard's [http://www.toonstudio.com.au/blog Blog]
* [http://www.toonstudio.com.au/ Toon Studio]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2698435/ Lee Sheppard] on [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDB.com]
* [http://www.cactus.com.au/cartoons.htm "How Green was my Cactus"]