Animation Producer
Academic:
BFA University of Texas at Arlington
Josh Prikryl, independent animation producer from the U.S., lives in Hong Kong with his wife and son. During his 17 year career as animator, lead, and production manager, Josh has helped produce well over one hundred half-hours of CG television, as well as several features and videogame titles. As VP of overseas production for Mike Young Productions, he helped deliver multiple animation tv shows in studios all across asia. Most recently, Josh line-produced "Tinkerbell: The Lost Treasure," a Disney Toon Studios DTV feature. He is currently a consulting producer for overseas animation projects, and in his spare time, Josh works on his own cg creations.
Nov 2007-Sept 2008 Prana Studios 每 Los Angeles, California (Mumbai)
Line Producer
Tinkerbell: North of Neverland 75 minute DTV feature.
Handle supervision and organization with crew of 160. Worked on schedule, budget, and
tracked overages. Work in conjunction with Disney Toon Studios Producer, Sean Lurie.
Completed trailer for this film in May 2008.
Dec 2004-Nov 2007 Mike Young Productions 每 Los Angeles, California (Multiple countries)
VP of Overseas Productions
Bratz 52-episodes (x 22 minutes) Supervised entire first season (26 CGI eps) and add＊l DTV
features including ※Rock Angels§ and ※Passion 4 Fashion - Diamondz§
Jakers 46-episode (x 22 minutes) Supervised over 13 x 22 minute episodes
Pet Alien 104-episodes (x 11 minutes) Supervised over 20 x 11 minute episodes
Quantum Ray 26-episode (x 22 minutes) Supervised start up and 13 of these episodes
Growing Up Creepie 52-episode (x 22 minutes) worked on multiple episodes
Overseas producer & cg director, representing MYP with outsource studios.
Responsibilities include CG production strategy, scheduling with overseas studios, pre-visualization on all episodes (storyboard translation to 3D), internal animation approval,
some color shot approval, and regular negotiation of production issues.Supervised in-house at multiple overseas studio locations, in multiple countries.
Oct 2003-Dec 2004 Reel FX Creative Studios 每 Dallas, Texas
Production Manager and Producer
GI Joe: Valor Vs Venom 80 minute DTV for Hasbro
Action Man: Ultimate X 80 minute DTV for Hasbro
Red Star Producer on this 6-minute videogame cinematic for Acclaim
Halloweentown managed CG production for this made-for-TV Disney feature
Ninja Battles 30 minute DTV for Hasbro
Maintained staff of 35 in-house, including daily communication with 5 CG leads and multiple producers.Ensured communication flow with all departments: 2d, CG, and Flame artists, as well as 30+ off-site freelancers.Supervised and scheduled multiple commercials(20+) and DTV animation productions, from design through post-production. Handled all CGI bidding, budgeting and scheduling, as well as some invoices and expense reports during the numerous productions.
Sept 2002 每Dec 2002 Mike Young Productions 每 Los Angeles, California (Crest/Mumbai)
CG Consultant
Jakers TV series development
March 2002 每 Aug 2002 Creative Capers Entertainment - Glendale, California(also Taipei)
CG Consultant
Bionicle: Mask Of Light 80 minute DTV for Lego
June 2000 每 Jan 2002 Mike Young Productions 每 Los Angeles, California(DCDC/HongKong)
CG Director
Butt Ugly Martians 26-episode (x 22 minutes) for Nickelodeon / Universal
Dive Olly Dive TV series development & demo
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June 1997 每 June 2000 Netter Digital Entertainment - Los Angeles California
CG Director and Animator
Voltron: The Third Dimension 26-episode (x 22 minutes) CG director
Babylon 5 Season 4 & two made-for-TV features animator / visual FX artist
From Dusk Till Dawn 2 animator
From Dusk Till Dawn 3 animator
Bats animator / visual FX artist
Max Steel facial lead, animator, & mocap editor
Dan Dare mocap editor
June 1994每 June 1997 Acclaim Entertainment (Iguana ) - Austin, Texas
CG Animator
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (first version) video game for N64
Quarterback Club ＆98 video game for multiple platforms
Quarterback Club ＆96 video game for multiple platforms (2d)
March 1991 每 June 1994 Heart Of Texas Productions - Austin, Texas
2d Animator and Commercial Director
Completed work on over 35 commercials in the traditional 2D animation method
Your Mother directed this first place Telly award winner in 1992
Tex Lezar directed this first place Telly award winner in 1992
Completed work on over 35 commercials in the traditional 2D animation method
EDUCATION University of Texas at Arlington BFA 每 graduated in 2004, Cum Laude
ADDITIONAL CREDITS 每 partial list
Velocity Trap 每feature film animation at United Film Organization
Roughneck Chronicles 每 cg animator on TV series for Sony
Xyber 9 每 cg animator on TV series at Saban Entertainment
Nascar Racers 每 cg animator on TV series at Saban Entertainment
Crack Dot Com 每 videogame animator for David Taylor, co-author of ＆Doom＊ and ＆Quake＊
Beavis And Butthead 每 animated short for MTV music awards with Mike Judge
IMDB listing:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697490/
