TOD POLSON (in brief)

Tod Polson- Designer/Director
email: tod@NobleTales.com

BFA-California Institute of the Arts- Character Animation
MFA- California Institute of the Arts- Experimental Animation

Maurice Noble Productions - Co-Creator "Noble Tales"

Director/Producer-"Pumpkin Of NyeFar."
(currently in Production-Bangkok Thailand)

Director/Producer- "Al Tudi Tuhak."
(Student Academy Award)
(Annie Award Nominee-Best Short)

Layout Assistant- "Marvin Martian" commercial
Layout Assistant- "Beethoven pitch"(Ric Schnieder)
Layout Assistant- "Whats Opera!" cel setup
Layout Assistant- "Duck Dodgers" cel setup
Layout Assistant- "Marvin Martian" cel setup

ToonZ Animation India- Color design "Safety Man" commercial
Color design "Pyromania" commercial
"Week with the Masters" guest lecturer

Thai Wang Film- Basic Animation instructor (w/h M. Oftedal)

Bangkok Computer Arts Center- Basic Animation instructor (w/h M. Oftedal)

My Web/Sam Hood- Color Design/Consultant- "My Web" browser

Wild Brain- Art Director/BG painter-"Chuck Jones Show" opener
("Annie"Award)
Art Director/Co-Creator-"Mantelope!" (w/h D. Thomas)
(Best Web Comedy-World Anim. Cel)
BG location Design- "Mr. Baby" TV series
Art Director-"Poochini" 76 -7 minute shorts
Overseas Supervisor-"Poochini"title sqnce Taiwan crew
Overseas Supervisor-"Poochini" Thailand crew
Color Consultant-"Frank Tripper: Perfect Weapon" series
Development-"Vanilla Pudding" pilot
Development-"Wambats" Burger King commercial pitch
Development-"Ritz"cracker commercial pitch
Character Design- Big Boss "Carmen San Diego" CD rom
Supervising Director-"MipCom" trailers

YWAM-Kona Hawaii Basic Cartooning instructor (w/h M. Luhn)

Film Roman- BG Layout/Layout-"The Downtowners" TV series

Kroyer Films- Co-Art Director-"Cartoon Network Interstitials" 5 spots

TerryX2- Design/Development-"Mexican Raisin" commercial pitch
Assistant Animation- "Mr. Clean" commercial

A touch Of Comfort- Development- "Touch of Comfort" Indy feature pitch

Hyperion- Director/Animator-"Family Home Ent." company Logo
Overseas Supervisor-PASI Studio- Philippines

"Tom Thumb & Thumbelina"3 song sqnces
"Oh! Christmas Tree" 40 min. special
"Happily Ever After" season 3 (2 half hours)

Overseas Supervisor- Fil-Cartoons Studio- Philippines

"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" 40 min. special
"Jingle Bells" 40 minute special
"Happily Ever After" season 3 (3 half hours)
"Happily Ever After" season 2 (13 half hours)
(Cable Ace Award- "Mother Goose")

BG location Design-"Happily Ever After" season 2 & 3

Buena Vista Television- Director/Animator- "Home Improvement" bumpers
Design- "Who's The Man" TV pilot titles.

Disney Television- Development-"Twisted Tales-3 Little Pigs"

Chuck Jones Film- Development/Color Design- "Another Froggy Evening"
"Timber Wolf"
"WWI untitled Cat feature"
"Superior Duck"
"Daffy Duck for President"
"Pussy Foot Christmas"
"Pullet Surprise"
"Big City Gumshoe"(Fossati)
"Peter and the Wolf"
("Emmy"Award-best short)

Linda Jones Ent.- Design-Limited Editions- "Bugs and Marvin"
"Taz- Hockey Rink"

Chabot College- Basic Art Instructor -2 Summer courses - (w/h M. Luhn)

Fox Television- Design- "Fox Kids TV" Interstitials

CimityArt- Director/animator- Sesame Street segments "M and U."
Design/Animator- SFX for feature "Ghost In the Machine."
Design/Storyboard- feature film trailer "Undercover Blues."
Storyboard- Live action "Honda" commercial
Storyboard- Live action "Fabio" TV show titles
Design- "All State" TV commercial
Assistant Animation-"Cocoa Pebbles/Fruity Pebbles"
Design/writer- "Rebuild L.A." campaign pitch

Studio-Q- Storyboard- Live action "Hyundai" commercial
Storyboard/Writer- Live action "Cal-Market" commercial

Colossal Pictures- Design-Directors Reel Titles
Assistant Animation-Various commercials

WhereHouse Ent.- Outside Signage and advertising for Record Chain

ColorWorld- Design for hand painted woman s clothing.

Uinta County Pioneer- "The Sticks" Weekly comic strip for news paper