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Director's BIO

Nicolás P. Villarreal was born and raised in La Plata, Argentina. He studied at the
Escuela of Animacion y Cinematografía de Avellaneda where he earned a degree in 2D
Animation. While studying animation he was taken under the wing of Miguel Alzugaray,
a well-known fine artist from Argentina. He continued studying animation and fine art
painting until he entered the Master’s Program at the Academy of Art University in San
Francisco. Villarreal graduated with honors in the Spring of 2002, and since then he has
been working as a traditional animator, character designer, sculptor and Visual
Development artist for films and video games including Walt Disney Studios, Sony
Computer Entertainment, Jim Henson Studios, Sega, Reel FX, Digital Domain, Duncan
Studios and Amazon Studios among others. He has given presentations at Pixar
Animation Studios, Dreamworks Animation, Apple, Stanford University, The Sydney
Opera House and several universities in South America and Europe as well as a TEDx
talk.

Contacts

nicolas.villarreal@gmail.com