Nelson Shin

Animator

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Nelson Shin

신능균
申能均[1]
Born|

Shin Neung-kyun

1939 (age 85-86)

Heizan, Kōkai, Chōsen (nowadays Pyongsan, North Hwanghae, North Korea)

Nationality| South Korean
Occupation(s)| Animation director, producer
Years active| 1970–present

Shin Neung-kyun (Korean: 신능균; RR: Sin Neunggyun; born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is a South Korean animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985.

## Career

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In the 1970s, Shin worked as an animator at the DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Productions, where he worked on the Pink Panther films and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. While at DFE, he also contributed to the animation of the lightsaber blades in the original Star Wars.[2]

Much of the animation Shin's studio has produced has been for American television series. Some of Akom's credits are: The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men, Invasion America and Arthur. Shin's most well-known accomplishment is his direction of the television series The Transformers and The Transformers: The Movie.[3] Shin also directed the first season of the Canadian animated TV series, Toad Patrol.

Beginning in 1999, Shin worked on the animated feature film Empress Chung. The film was largely animated in North Korea, and in August 2005 became the first movie ever to open simultaneously in North and South Korea.

In 2009, he was elected president of the International Animated Film Association, a post he held through 2012.[4]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1974  | The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | assistant animator  |
The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg | animator  |
Heist and Seek |
The Big House Ain't a Home |
Mother Dogfather |
Bows and Errors |
Deviled Yeggs |
1975  | Watch the Birdie |
Saltwater Tuffy |
M-O-N-E-Y Spells Love |
Rock-A-Bye Maybe |
Haunting Dog |
Eagle Beagles |
Pink DaVinci |
Pink Streaker |
Salmon Pink |
Goldilox & the Three Hoods |
Pink Elephant |
Keep Our Forests' Pink |
Rockhounds |
Bobolink Pink |
It's Pink, But Is It Mink? |
The Scarlet Pinkernel |
1976  | Sherlock Pink |
Rocky Pink |
1978  | Pinktails for Two |
Pink in the Woods |
Pink Lightning |
Pink Pictures |
Cat and the Pinkstalk |
Pink Daddy |
The Pink of Bagdad |
Pink Press |
1986  | The Transformers: The Movie | director

co-producer

1994  | The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure | animation producer  |
1995  | The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving | animation producer  |
1996  | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | animation producer  |
2007  | The Simpsons Movie | animation producer  |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1974  | The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head | animator  | TV special
1975  | The Hoober-Bloob Highway | animator  | TV special
1977  | My Mom's Having a Baby | animator  | TV special
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special | animator  | TV special
1978  | Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird | animator  | TV special
The Pink Panther in: A Pink Christmas | animator  | TV special
1980  | The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks | animator  | TV special
Daffy Duck's Easter Show | animator  | TV special
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? | animator  | TV special
1981  | Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother | director  | TV special
The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight | sequence director

animator

| TV special
1983  | The Charmkins | sequence director  | TV special

## References

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1. ^ '배트맨·코난' 탄생시킨 세계 애니메이션 代父 '에이콤' 프러덕션 넬슨 申 회장, 《경향신문》, 1997.07.24.. Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved March 2, 2021 - via Naver News.
2. ^ Kim, Myung; Jaffe, Sam (2010). "15: "Whither than North"". The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise. AMACOM. p. 251\. ISBN 978-0-8144-1490-3.
3. ^ "SCREEN: 'TRANSFORMERS,' ANIMATION FOR CHILDREN (Published 1986)". The New York Times. 9 August 1986. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
4. ^ Board Elects New Officials[permanent dead link‍]

## External links

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* "'The Simpsons' Made in South Korea", China Daily, March 5, 2005.
* Nelson Shin at IMDb

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Films directed by Nelson Shin

* The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
* Empress Chung (2005)
* The Frog Kingdom (2013)

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