About
Russ Edmonds
Acton, California
AFFILIATIONS
Member of The Animation Guild (TAG)
Member of the Creative Talent Network (CTN)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Nominated for an Annie Award, ASIFA-Hollywood as Supervising Animator, Phoebus, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Animation.
Russ is a professional animator turned professional storyteller. He is presently working as a story artist but is well recognized for his work as a supervising character animator on many of the Disney classic films. His career spans almost three decades and has animated on thirteen feature films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Tarzan. Russ was nominated for an Annie Award for animation of the character Phoebus in the feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also owned and operated his own animation studio, Edmonds Studios, where he directed commercials and collaborated with other studios on various smaller projects. He has instructed animation at some of the leading film schools such as CalArts and UCLA, passing on his own knowledge and the knowledge from Disney's Nine Old Men. One of Russ' passions is animals. He owned a horse and cattle ranch where he studied locomotion and behavior in wild and domestic animals. Russ is living with his wife Angela, horses, and dogs, in Southern California.
Russ is focusing his energy toward pre-production work in story. He is storyboarding for studios as well as writing, designing, and boarding shorts and feature length animated projects.
Russ is also writing a book on animal animation, locomotion, and behavior. This book is intended to help the production and pre-production artists create believable animal characters filled with personality. In his spare time, Russ and Angela are writing and illustrating a series of children’s picture books.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov 2021 - Present
ALCON ENTERTAINMENT
Story Artist
Project G
Dec 2020 - Oct 2021
WARNER ANIMATION GROUP
Story Artist
Project T
Mar 2019 - Dec 2020
ALCON ENTERTAINMENT
Story Artist
Project G
Aug 2018 - May 2019
SKYDANCE ANIMATION
Story Artist
Project S
June 2016 - July 2018
DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Story Artist
Beyond The Sky
November 2014 – June 2016
PARAMOUNT ANIMATION
Story Artist
Wonder Park
Fin
2014 – 2015
TITMOUSE ANIMATION STUDIO
Storyboard Artist
Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja
2013 – Present
STORY ARTIST, CHARACTER DESIGNER, ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR
in the Los Angeles Area
• Story Artist – Liquid Animation - Polly Pocket
• Animator – Liquid Animation - Disney
• Storyboard Artist – Renegade Animation
• Animator – Duncan Studio
• Character Designer – The Prophet – The Prophet Screen Partners
• Animator – Passion Pictures
• Animator – Cartoons in the Basement
• Illustrator – Renegade Animation
2009 – 2013
WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS
PRODUCTION POSITION CHARACTER
Winnie The Pooh Animator Pooh, Tigger
The Princess and the Frog Lead Animator, Character Designer Marcel, Stella
King of the Elves Character Designer
Get a Horse Traditional Animator Mickey, Minnie, Pete
Paperman Final Line Artist
Marc Davis 2d-3d Line Test Storyboard Artist, Visual Development
The Waterhole Visual Development
The Loon and the Turtle Visual Development
The Lion Who Lost His Main Visual Development Artist
Pet Shop Director, Storyboard Artist,
Visual Development, Animator
Wild About Safety:
Timon & Pumbaa Animator Timon, Pumbaa
2003 – 2009
EDMONDS STUDIOS ANIMATION
Storyboard Artist, Designer, Animator – Commercials, Bumpers, Interstitials for PBS Kids, Mattel, General Mills through multiple companies including Curious Pictures, Calabash Animation, Disney Toon Studios, Fallon Worldwide, Little Airplane Productions, Psyop, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Project Firefly Animation Studios
Writer, Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Designer, Animator – Television Commercials for Northern CA companies including St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Auto Doctor, Tuscan Brewing Company, and Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Animator – Flash animator Mr Men and Slacker Cats series Renegade Animation
Storyboard Artist – Bubble Guppies series Wildbrain
Animator – “George” and “Ted” Curious George Universal Studios
1987 – 2003
WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION
PRODUCTION POSITION CHARACTER
Home On the Range Supervising Animator, Character Designer Rico, Willies Brothers
Atlantis Supervising Animator, Character Designer Vinny
Tarzan Supervising Animator, Character Designer Kala
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Supervising Animator, Character Designer Phoebus
The Lion King Supervising Animator, Storyboard Artist Sarabi, Infant Simba
Aladdin Animator Aladdin
Beauty And The Beast Supervising Animator, Storyboard Artist Phillippe
The Rescuers Down Under Supervising Animator, Character Designer Cody
The Little Mermaid Supervising Animator, Storyboard Artist Max
Oliver And Company Animator Oliver, Dodger
1986
STEVEN SPIELBERG’S AMAZING STORIES
Animation – Animator “Dog” Family Dog
EDUCATION
California Institute of the Arts
BA in Fine Arts for Character Animation
Penn State University
Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering