Rough Draft Studios

Rough Draft Studios, Inc.
Private
Industry Film and television animation
Founded Van Nuys, California, 1991
Founder Gregg Vanzo
Headquarters Glendale, California, United States
Seoul, South Korea
Key people
 Gregg Vanzo
Scott Vanzo
Claudia Katz
Owner Government of Korea
Website www.roughdraftstudios.com

Rough Draft Studios, Inc. (RDS) is an American animation production studio based in Glendale, California, United States,[1] with a second studio in Glendale [2] and its sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul, South Korea.[3] Rough Draft Studios was founded in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California by Gregg Vanzo. The studio produces animation for film and television; including: The Simpsons Movie, Futurama, Great Britain's Full English, Napoleon Dynamite, Sit Down, Shut Up, Drawn Together, Baby Blues, The Maxx, Star Wars: Clone Wars, the Spy vs. Spy shorts on MADtv and others. The Korean studio does work on the aforementioned, as well as shows from other studios, such as The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, Gravity Falls, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Beavis and Butt-head, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Regular Show, Phineas and Ferb, Rocko's Modern Life, and many others.

It is the primary contractor and a commercials and several direct-to-video work for Paramount Pictures, Geffen Pictures, MTV Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, Cartoon Network Studios, 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Animation, Gracie Films, Film Roman, Paramount Animation, United Plankton Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Warner Bros. Pictures, Blue Sky Studios, Peanuts Worldwide, LLC, and Universal Uclick, Walt Disney Television Animation division of produced of direct-to-video film and television films coordination done of Rough Draft Korea: Stitch! The Movie, Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown, Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You! and Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne, adaptations all.

Founding

Rough Draft Studios was originally founded in a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California garage by Gregg Vanzo and his wife Nikki Vanzo. While working on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Nikki Vanzo approached John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, about taking the animation to Korea.[4] In Korea, Nikki Vanzo founded and runs Rough Draft Korea.[4]

Growth in business

After working on The Ren & Stimpy Show, many other shows requested the assistance of Rough Draft Korea in animation and ink & paint. In 1992, Rough Draft Studios began producing animation for The Simpsons and then for Beavis and Butt-Head in 1993. Also in 1993, Gregg's brother Scott Vanzo was brought on board. Rough Draft Korea quickly built a strong portfolio in the animation business with shows like their first series The Maxx in 1995, which was nominated for an Annie Award.[5] Claudia Katz, who had joined Rough Draft Studios in 1994 to produce The Maxx, and Rich Moore, joining in 1995 after having worked with Gregg on The Simpsons, completed the core of a Rough Draft Studios which would help "drive the cartoon boom of the late ‘90s".[6] It was also in 1995 that Rough Draft Studios moved to Glendale, California.

Technology

Rough Draft Studios is known for its blending of 2-D with computer animation, or non-photorealistic rendering which it first used on The Maxx and further utilized with Futurama and The Simpsons Movie.

Filmography

Films

TV series

Other

Outsourced projects

RDK, Rough Draft studios' sister studio in Korea has produced overseas animation for the following series, features and specials:

References

  1. ↑ "Studio Info". Rough Draft Studios. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  2. ↑ Spoke (2011-05-26). "Rough Draft Studios, Glendale, CA". Spoke. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  3. ↑ "ROUGH DRAFT KOREA CO., LTD. (82-2-571-4871) | South Korea Business Database". Kor.bizdirlib.com. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  4. 1 2 Loos, Ted (November 10, 2002). "Commuting the Pacific, Unseating 'The Simpsons'". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Legacy: 23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1995)". International Animated Film Society. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  6. ↑ Driver, Dustin. "Rough Draft Studios: Drawing Inspiration". Apple. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  7. 1 2 3 "Studio Info". Rough Draft Studios. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Megna Co-productions Database (over 1000 listed titles!!)". Digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  9. ↑ "a.k.a. Cartoon Inc. (1994)". YouTube. 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  10. ↑ http://turnerinfo.turner.com/PrintItem.aspx?P=CARTOON&CID01=a43346d6-b792-4da7-899d-3c1b86ab7a65
  11. 1 2 3 4 Furniss, Maureen (1999). Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics (Reprint ed.). London: John Libbey. ISBN 9781864620399. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

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