James Parris

Animator: James Parris

James Parris Character Animator / Storyboards / Illustrations

James Parris was born in 1969 to A Doctor/Nurse couple in Queens, New York.His leap into commercial art began at the prestigious High School of Art & Design in Manhattan, where he majored in Illustration, internalizing the principles of design, along with drawing and painting technique.He continued his studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, honing his craft and attaining a BFA in communications design.

After freelancing for a few years as an illustrator/storyboard artist in New York, James was approached by Walt Disney Feature Animation and asked to relocate to their fledgling east-coast facility in Orlando.As a Disney animator, James was a prominent artistic voice, contributing to the box-office triumph of 'The Lion King' in 1993, and staying on through the production of 'Tarzan' in 1998.James' ultimate goal of live-action filmmaking brought him to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

After brief stints at the Dreamworks Animation studio, MTV, Duck Soup and SimExDigital Studios, he was invited to join the Digital Character team at Sony PicturesImageworks to help bring another box-office smash - 'Spider-Man', to life.Asa visual effects concept artist, James helped develop many of the effects usedin Fox's 'X-Men 2' at Cinesite Digital Studios, as well as creating animatedeffects for the 'Nightcrawler' character.At Digital Domain, James worked underthe Direction of Alex Proyas to give life to 3-d androids for Fox's 'I, Robot',and is currently developing animated elements at Electronic Arts for a new ‘James Bond'-themedvideo game.

Visual Effects artist, former Disney Animator and filmmaker James Parris, presents a compilation of short films, centered around the battle of the sexes ... among them is his short film '180'.

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James Parris was born in 1969 in New York City.His leap into commercial art began at the prestigious High School of Art & Design in Manhattan, where he majored in Illustration, internalizing the principles of design, along with drawing and painting technique.He continued his studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, honing his craft and attaining a BFA in communications design.

After freelancing for a few years as an illustrator/storyboard artist in New York, James was approached by Walt Disney Feature Animation and asked to relocate to their fledgling east-coast facility in Orlando.As a Disney animator, James was a prominent artistic voice, contributing to the box-office triumph of 'The Lion King' in 1993, and staying on through the production of 'Tarzan' in 1998.James' ultimate goal of live-action filmmaking brought him to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

After brief stints at the Dreamworks Animation studio, MTV, Duck Soup and SimEx Digital Studios, he was invited to join the Digital Character team at Sony Pictures Imageworks to help bring another box-office smash - 'Spider-Man', to life.As a visual effects concept artist, James helped develop many of the effects used in Fox's 'X-Men 2' at Cinesite Digital Studios, as well as creating animated effects for the 'Nightcrawler' character.At Digital Domain, James worked under the Direction of Alex Proyas to give life to 3-d androids for Fox's 'I, Robot', and his most recent work can be seen in X-Men: The Last Stand, as well as ‘Snakes on a Plane'.