Craig Clark

American animator and musician (born 1960)

Craig Clark (born 1960 in Santa Monica, California) is an American animator, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), a comic book artist (Nemesister and Astrothrill), and an album cover artist (The Nymphs on Geffen Records).

## Biography

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Clark began his career as a child actor at the age of 8, when he starred in an educational film called "Forgive and Forget" directed by voice actor Shep Menken in 1968. Switching to animation at age 14, he was discovered by animators Corny Cole (Looney Tunes) and Duane Crowther (Yellow Submarine), and was mentored by longtime Disney animator Amby Paliwoda (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). Clark was one of the original animation and layout artists on the first three seasons of The Simpsons, and has gone on to animate on various other animated projects such as several Peanuts TV specials for Bill Melendez productions, and many special effects feature films, such as Forrest Gump, The Mask, Godzilla, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Big Trouble in Little China, Cool World, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Poltergeist II: The Other Side.

Clark has produced and directed The Kustomonsters animated show for the web and TV through Cheeky Entertainment, and has aired on AMGTV in U.S. syndication and also streaming TV service OSI74. Clark also released a Kustomonsters feature film in 2015 and currently runs on Tubi, Amazon Prime, OSI74 Roku, and more. A second Kustomonsters feature, Kustomonsters 2, was released in 2020, and is streaming on Tubi. Amazon Prime, OSI74 and others. A third Kustomonsters movie is in production for 2024.

## Filmography

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Caption text  Year | Work | Role | Notes

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1983 | Automan | special effects animator | ABC TV series
1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment
A Nightmare on Elm Street | special effects animator
uncredited storyboard artist | Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1985 | My Science Project
Misfits of Science
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | special effects animator
special effects director
computer graphics planner | Theatrical Movie
NBC TV series
Theatrical Movie
1986 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Solarbabies
Big Trouble in Little China
Slimer!
Kissyfur | special effects assistant
special effects animator
special effects animator
assistant animator
assistant animator | Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
ABC TV series
NBC TV series
1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
My Demon Lover | special effects animator
special effects animator | Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1988 | Hobgoblins
This Is America, Charlie Brown
Garfield's Babes and Bullets | rotoscope artist
animator
animator | Theatrical Movie
CBS TV series
CBS TV Short
1989 | Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Cathy's Valentine | special effects animator
animator | Theatrical Movie
CBS TV Short
1990 | The Simpsons
Hollywood Dog | animator & character layout
rotoscope artist | Fox TV series
Fox TV movie
1991 | Little Dracula
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | storyboard artist
special effects animator | Fox Kids TV series
Theatrical Movie
1992 | The Rugrats
Cool World
Frosty Returns
P.J. Sparkles | storyboard revisions
effects animator
animator
storyboard artist | Nickelodeon TV series
Theatrical Movie
TV short
TV short
1993 | Rocko's Modern Life
Freaked
Knott's Mystery Lodge
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!
Demolition Man
Addams Family Values | storyboard artist
animator
special effects animator
special effects animator
special effects animator
special effects animator | Nickelodeon TV series
Theatrical Movie
Knott's Berry Farm attraction
Disneyland attraction
Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1994 | Forrest Gump
The Mask | Digital animator
Digital roto & paint | Theatrical Movie
Theatrical Movie
1995 | Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins | Digital animator
3D animation artist | Theatrical Movie
Direct-to-video Movie
1996 | Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland | Digital artist | Video game
1997 | Nemesister
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Comic artist
3D pre-viz | Comic Book
Video Game
1998 | Godzilla
The Visitor | Technical director
FX Animator | Theatrical Movie
Fox TV series
1999-2000 | Mission Hill | Prop design supervisor | The WB/Adult Swim TV series
2001 | The Oblongs | Prop design supervisor | The WB/Adult Swim TV series
2002 | Lil' Pimp | storyboard artist | Theatrical Movie
2003 | VH1 ILL-ustrated
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown | character artist
assistant animator | VH1 TV series
ABC TV Short
2004 | LeapFrog: Talking Words Factory II - Code Word Caper
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Storyboard Artist
Digital Artist | Direct-to-video movie
Cartoon Network TV series
2005 | The Origin of Stitch
Astrothrill | Digital Coloring
Director | Video Short
Video Short
2006 | The Adventures of Chico and Guapo | Layout artist | MTV2 TV series
2007 | Slacker Cats
The Off Mikes
Bufu | animator
animator
animator | ABC Family TV series
ESPN.com web shorts
BET web shorts
2008 | LeapFrog: Sing and Learn with Us!
Spaceballs: The Animated Series | animator
animator | Direct-to-video Movie
G4 TV series
2009 | Dixie Dynamite | animator | Theatrical Movie
2010 | Sule and the Case of the Tiny Sparks
Bunraku
The Kustomonsters | animator
visual effects
Director / Creator | TV Short
Theatrical Movie
AMGTV TV Series
2011 | Woodstock Manor | Director | TV Short
2012 | Christmas in the Trenches
Chloe's Closet | Director
Storyboard Artist | TV Short
PBS Kids Sprout TV series
2013 | Baby Owl
Lucky Penny | Animation Support
Director | TV Short
TV Short
2014 | Rainbow Brite
Stick Together
Cacophony
Timbuktu | Art Director / Development
Animator
Director
Director | Feeln TV series
TV Short
TV Short
TV Short
2015 | The Kustomonsters Movie | Writer/Director | TV movie
2016 | The Kustomonsters | Director/ Creator | AMGTV TV series
2017 | Nemesister: Rio Underground | Director | TV Short
2018 | Let's Go Luna! | Storyboard Artist | PBS TV series
2018-2019 | The Kustomonsters | Director/ Creator | OSI74 TV series
2020 | Kustomonsters 2 | Writer/Director | TV movie
2021 | From Slave to Queen
Nemesister: Nem A Go Go
Kustomonsters 3 | Guest Animator
Director
Director | TV Short
TV Short
TV Movie
2022 | Hey AJ! | Director | Disney Junior TV series

## Published works

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* Nemesister (1997) (Cheeky Press)
* Astrothrill (1999) (comicbook/CD) (Fluxus Records)

ISBN 1-929197-00-4 and ISBN 978-1-929197-00-2

## External links

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* Official website
* Craig Clark at IMDb
* – Toon In Podcast Interview

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