Dino Athanassiou
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| Born | Dino Athanassiou May 21, 1962 Brixton, South London, U.K. |
| Nationality | British |
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| Years active | 1981-present |
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Constantine Dino Athanassiou (born May 21, 1962) is an Animation Director, Designer, Concept Artist, and Storyboarder in the classic Hollywood tradition of character performance, both traditionally drawn and computer-animated.
Dino was responsible for completing the episodic direction on 56 x 11 shows on the 2nd season of the CGI Peter Rabbit (TV series), for which he was nominated for the 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards [1] [2] for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program [3]. Dino and his Co-Director Simon Ward Horner won a BAA[4] for the animated television series, The Legends of Treasure Island (produced by FilmFair)– Best Children TV Series for 1996.
His works include Dreamworks’ The Road to El Dorado (2000), pirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Sinbad: Legends of the Seven Seas (2003).
He also worked on Sequence Direction, Design, Leica Reel, Animation, Clean-Up and FX for Warner Bros.’ Space Jam, as well as storyboarding of the “Fantasy Dream” scene where Michael Jordan imagines himself signing piles of autographs and eventually gets picked up by Swackhammer’s giant hand.
In 2011 Dino completed the CG animation direction on Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games, supervising two of the main climatic sequences in the film.
Dino has also worked on iconic sequences for Disney’s 2019 live action film, Aladdin, and Artemis Fowl (2020) as well as Universal's Dolittle - The Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle 2020 and Warner Bros.’ Tom and Jerry: The Movie (2021).
Early Life
Dino was born in Brixton, South London, the son of Greek Cypriot parents who moved to England in the late 40’s and married in the early 50’s.
Dino studied graphic art at the age of 16 once he left school and did a number of courses at the East Ham Polytechnic College in London.
In 1981, when attending East Ham Polytechnic College for the third and last year to attain his final degree of Graphic Design, Dino left, having been offered a full-time apprenticeship job at a small boutique animation studio, BM Animation, in Soho, London.
Early Career
After one and a half years at BM Animation, while still new in the industry, Dino decided to go freelance.
Animation in 1982 was booming, especially in London, as it was beginning its new renaissance in character animation. During that time, there were over 150 independent animation studios, mostly producing TV commercials, and Dino placed his focus on seeking work in the commercial animation industry within the Soho area of London.
Most Notable Works
Dino and his studio, Stardust Pictures, were hired to produce sequences for Dreamworks' The Road To El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Sinbad: Legends of the Seven Seas (2003). This included running a service animation studio of around 50 artists while coordinating the creative and management teams.
In 2019 Dino worked on Disney's live action Aladdin[6], directed by Guy Richie who he attended early concept and story meetings with. In the same project, Dino worked with the VFX team, led by Chas Jarrett the VFX Supervisor who encouraged him to come up with story ideas that eventually became the “Friend Like Me” sequence.
Dino had previously worked on Disney's live action movies producing gag ideas, storyboards and animatics during his time at Double Negative, working closely with head of animation - Eamonn Butler, where he was hired for his animation and storyboard skills to create ideas for another sequence for the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, eventually producing a finished rough animatic which became the basis for the “Mops Go Wild” scene, which became a homage to the original Mickey Mouse sequence where Mickey uses the magician's magic to tidy up the Wizard's Lair.
In 2004 Dino was hired as Director of Animation on Happily N’Ever After, a computer-animated fairytale feature film produced by Shrek producer, John Williams, and Directed by Paul Bolger. Subsequently Dino went on to design and direct the animation on a new production of HIT Entertainment's Thomas and Friends working in conjunction with Nitrogen Studios Canada to reimagine the classic original stop motion series as a hybrid of live action and CGI animation.
Dino worked on other live actions films like The Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time and Double Negative's production on Joe Cornish's live action cult Sci-Fi horror movie, Attack the Block.
Dino has also worked on CG series, having directed the CG animation for 26 episodes of Iconicles, a live action and CG series for Creative Media Ventures and CBBC. Starring Gavin Stenhouse as the children’s presenter, and live action directed by Richard Bradley.
Dino has also supervised the CG Animation as well as storyboarding on Lionsgate's epic live action adventure film, The Hunger Games[7] – 2011 working closely with Lionsgate’s head VFX supervisor Sheena Duggal and veteran Hollywood Director Gary Ross.
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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| 1996 | BAA-British Animation Awards[8] | Children's Choice for Best Series | The Legends of Treasure Island | Won |
| 2016 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program[9] | Peter Rabbit (TV Series) | Nominated |
Filmography
| Year of Release | Title | Credited as | Notes |
| 1985 | Asterix Versus Caesar | Lead Animator | |
| 1986 | 1001 Nights (20 minute theatrical release) | Sequence Directions, Layouts, Clean up and FX | |
| 1986 | Highlander | Effects Animation | |
| 1989 | The B.F.G. (1989 film) | Directing Animator | |
| 1989 | Asterix and the Big Fight | Animation | |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure Island | Direction, Designs and Storyboards | |
| 1996 | All Dogs go to Heaven 2 | Animation Direction (13'), Script Consultant, Storyboarding/Designs, Animation, Clean up and FX | |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Sequence Direction, Layouts, Animation, Clean up and FX | |
| 1998 | Jetsons | Directing Animator | |
| 1998 | Johnny Quest | Directing Animator | |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Storyboards, Layouts and Animation poses | |
| 2000 | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Storyboarding | |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Sequence Direction, Animation and Clean up | |
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Sequence Direction, Animation and Clean up | |
| 2002 | Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Sequence Direction, Storyboarding, Design and Timings | |
| 2003 | Sinbad: Legends of the Seven Seas | Producing, Sequence Direction, Storyboarding and Animation | |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Storyboarding | |
| 2005 | Madagascar (2005 film)[10] | Storyboarding | |
| 2005 | Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Additional Storyboard | |
| 2006 | Happily N'Ever After[11] | Animation Director | |
| 2007 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Animator | |
| 2007 | Peter and the Wolf | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2008 | The Tale of Desperaux | Storyboard | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Sequence Direction, Design and Storyboard | |
| 2010 | Sorcerer's Apprentice | Sequence Direction, Design and Storyboards | |
| 2011 | Attack the Block | Design Development | |
| 2011 | Gnomeo and Juliet | Storyboard | |
| 2011 | Iconicles | Series Diretor, Designs and Storyboards | |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Sequence Direction, Design and CG Animation Direction | |
| 2014 | Space Racers | Storyboards/Animatics | |
| 2016 | Peter Rabbit (CG series) | Episodic Director | |
| 2018 | Kiss Me First | Head of Story | |
| 2018 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Lead Story Artist | |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Story Artist | |
| 2019 | Aladdin (2019 film) | Lead Story Artist | |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Lead Story Artist | |
| 2020 | Dolittle - The Voyage of Dr. Dolittle | POSVIS Lead Story Artist | |
| 2021 | Tom and Jerry (2021 film) | POSTVIS Story Artist | |
| 2022 | School for Good and Evil | Story Artist | |
| 2007/08 | Thomas and Friends | Animation Direction, Design, Storyboards |
Other Projects
| Project Title | Credited as | Type | Notes |
| AT&T | Direction, Animation | Animated commercial | |
| Ex | Storboard, Designs | Live action Sci-Fi pilot | |
| Jekyll & Hyde (CG animated feature) | Executive Producer/Director | Pre-production development during 2005/06 | To be released |
| Out of the Blue, The Lady of Fatima | Head of Story | Theatrical feature | |
| P&G | Direction, Design and Storyboard | CGI animated commercials | |
| Project Chopin | Sequence Direction, Storyboards | ||
| Storyboards | Director | Live action commercials | |
| Thorgal (animation series) | Supervising Storyboarding, Character Designs | Pre-production work in 1998 | To be released |
| Tony the Tiger | Design and Storyboarding | Kellogs Commercial | |
| Hungry Hungry Hippos | Design and Storyboarding | Toy Commercial | |
| Cocoa Puffs Commercial | Titles | Cereal Commercial | |
| Cheerios Rollerblade | Cereal Commercial | ||
| Nicktoons | Storyboard, Design, Animation, Post | Cinema commercial Nickelodeon U.K. (1999) | |
| Alex | Animation Supervisor | Stage Play (2007) |
References
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy® Awards – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ↑ "History | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lone Star". Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ↑ "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Dino Athanassiou". British Animation Awards. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ↑ "Dino Athanassiou". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ↑ Aladdin (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-07-26
- ↑ The Hunger Games (2012) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-07-26
- ↑ "British Animation Awards".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The 43rd ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Madagascar (DreamWorks SKG)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ↑ Seitz, Matt Zoller (2007-01-04). "A Fairy Tale for Fractured Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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