Dan Shefelman

DAN SHEFELMAN
7 NORTH COTTENET STREET
IRVINGTON, NY 10533
(914) 591-2214
dshefelman@gmail.com
www.danshefelman.com

Digimax Studio / China Film Group 1/2010 – Present Co-Director / Screenwriter
CG Feature scheduled for international release in 2013. Co-wrote an original screenplay. Supervising Digimax Studio's team of 60 animators and designers in creating the first internationally released CG feature from Taiwan.

Cartoon Network / World Leaders Entertainment 8/2009 – 1/2010 Storyboard Artist
Venture Brothers and Robotomy

New York University Kanbar Institute of Film and Television 9/2006 – Present Adjunct Instructor
Teach animation writing and storyboarding.

Lumenas Animation Studio 10/2008 – 4/2009 Screenwriter / Storyboard Artist
Worked with the director and producer to develop the characters and story line for The Legend of Santa Claus – currently in development.

CNN 2/2008 – 12/2008 Web cartoon creator / director
Created Red and Blue – the animated political cartoon featured on the homepage of CNNPolitics.com during the 2008 Presidential Election.

Dan Shefelman Studio 1/1999 – Present Creative Director
Produced and directed an award winning commercial for Nick-at-Nite which won the ASIFA Award for Humor, the Promax Award for on-air promos and was nominated for ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annie Award. Co-wrote and directed an online interactive film for Samsung entitled Anyfilms which ran on their website from 2005 until early 2007. Directed a stop-motion animated theatrical PSA for the New York State Division of Human Rights campaign to fight discrimination.

Blue Sky Studios / Fox Animation 11/1999 – 6/2007 Writer and Lead Story Artist
Developed the story and characters of Blue Sky Studio’s ICE AGE, the animated hit which won the hearts of audiences around the globe grossing $382 million worldwide box office and was nominated for an OSCAR in 2002. Co-wrote the animated short film GONE NUTTY which was nominated for an OSCAR in 2004. Senior member of the story team that developed the story and characters for Robots, which has grossed $260 million worldwide. Developed story for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. Developed story for The Legend of the Leaf Men – now greenlit with Fox.

MTV Animation 3/1995 – 10/1999 Design Director and Story Artist
Starting with MTV’s first feature, JOE'S APARTMENT, as a story artist – worked closely with the director, John Payson, to create some of the most innovative combinations of live action and computer animation at the time. The animation by Blue Sky Studios won numerous industry awards and propelled Blue Sky to their current success. Design director of THE HEAD, a surreal short form series which was part of MTV's ODDITIES. First story artist brought in by the BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD creator, Mike Judge, to develop the look of MTV's first animated feature: BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA. The movie earned a record breaking $20 million opening weekend and went on to gross $63 million at the box office. Instrumental as a story artist working with The Head creator Eric Fogel to plan the stop-motion action sequences for MTV’s smash hit CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH.

Freelance Art Director – New York, NY 1/1993 – 3/1995 Created TV advertising campaigns for clients including Windex, Volkswagen, Tyco Toys, Ore Ida, Purina, New York Life, Starter, Black and Decker, Time-Warner, New Amsterdam Beer and NFL.

VH1 – New York, NY 3/1992 – 1/1993 Caricaturist
Created over 600 caricatures of celebrities for VH1’s innovative game show RUMOR HAS IT. The caricatures were featured in 26 episodes both as graphics and props for the show in which contestants were challenged to match the correct gossip / rumor with the celebrity caricature.

Jumbo Pictures / Nickelodeon – New York, NY 3/1990 – 3/1992 Design Director
Responsible for creating the look of Nickelodeon's hugely popular animated series, DOUG. Supervised a team of 12 artists designing sets, props and characters for 26 episodes. Doug was nominated twice for an Emmy and won the Cable Ace Award.

New York Newsday – New York, NY 5/1986 – 3/1992 Political Cartoonist
Wrote and illustrated cartoons satirizing New York's society and politics. Appearing on the editorial page, the cartoons had a daily circulation of 750,000. Created a business comic strip, Funny Money, which was syndicated in 50 newspapers nationally by King Features.

Austin American-Statesman – Austin, TX 6/1984 – 5/1986 Political Cartoonist

Landed the sought after position of political cartoonist for Austin’s premiere daily newspaper. Syndicated worldwide by Copley News Service.

AWARDS
• 2006 One Show Interactive Bronze Award for Samsung Anyfilms campaign (writer, creative consultant). • 2006 Art Directors Club merit award for www.anyfilms.net. • 2003 Oscar Nomination for Animated Short Film – Gone Nutty (co-writer). • 2002 Oscar Nomination Animated Feature – Ice Age (Story boards). • 1999 ASIFA Award for Excellence in Humor – Jeffersons’ Starship Nick-at-Nite on-air promo (designer/director) • 1999 ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Award nomination for On-Air Promo – Jeffersons’ Starship. • 1999 Promax Gold Award for On-Air Promo – Jeffersons’ Starship. • 1992 Emmy Nomination for Nickelodeon's DOUG.

EDUCATION
Kenyon College – BA in Political Science.