Michael Humphries
Associate Professor
Illustration / Entertainment Design
www.michaelhumphries.net
Biography
Disney veteran Michael Humphries has been a background artist, visual development artist and art director for Disney Feature Animation and Disney Television since 1977, and continues to do work for Disney Fine Art, Collectors Editions in addition to teaching full-time at ArtCenter since 2007.
Film Credits include: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Great Mouse Detective, The Rescuers Down Under, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Home on the Range, Fantasia 2000, Brother Bear, The Princess and the Frog, Kung Foo Panda (short), Disney shorts, "One by One" (art director) and Academy Award-nominated short film "The Little Match Girl" (art director), as well as Production Designer for Sony Pictures first feature-length animated movie "Open Season" (Annie Award nomination as Production Designer).
Lifetime member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. For screen credits for film and television visit iMDB. Michael's book "Visual Storytelling with Color and Light" is due to be released in 2020.
Classes
- ILL-207-02: Sketching for Illustration
- ILL-207-07: Sketching for Illustration
- ILL-333-01: Style
- ILL-391-01: Hist Env for Matte Painting
- ILL-018-01: Student Skills Workshop
- ILL-207-05: Sketching for Illustration
Work Includes
- Background artist/ The Great Mouse Detective, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Background artist/ visual development artist/ The Rescuers Down Under, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Background artist/ visual development artist/ The Lion King, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Background artist/ visual development artist/ The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Visual development artist/ Atlantis, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Visual development artist/ Brother Bear, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Visual development artist/ Home On the Range, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Art director/ One by One/ Fantasia Continued musical short, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Art director/ The Little Match Girl/ Fantasia Continued musical short, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Art director/ The Tin Soldier/ Fantasia 2000, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Background artist/ The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Feature Animation
- BG lead/ Kung Fu Panda short film, Dreamworks Feature Animation/ Duncan Studios
- Combat artist/ Vietnam, US Army
- Visual development artist/ The Simpsons movie, Starz Entertainment
- Art Director/ Dumbo 2, Walt Disney Studios
- Theme park illustration/ design, Landmark Entertainment Group
- Visual development artist, Walt Disney Television
- Art director/ Tom and Jerry, The Movie , Film Roman Studios
- mural designs / Disney World, Walt Disney Special Projects
- Gallery Art and Publishing, Disney Fine Art
- Production designer/ Open Season , Sony Pictures Animation
- Background artist/ Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Clients
- Mattel
- Milton Bradley Co.
- Sagebrush Fine Art Publishing
- Hasbro Toys
- Fisher-Price Toys
- Walt Disney Imagineering
- Walt Disney Publishing
- Warner Brothers Animation
- American Greetings
- Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Walt Disney TV
- Sagebrush Licensing
- Mead Publishing
- Walt Disney Special Projects
- Disney Fine Art Collectors Edition
- Threshold Animation / Theme Park illustration
Publications
- Visual Storytelling with Color and Light / CRC Publishing / release date: Nov 21, 2016
Memberships
- Society of Illustrators LA/ 1988 - present
- Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences/ lifetime member
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/ lifetime member/ Animation Peer Group Exectutive Board for 4 years
Awards
- Induction into the Hall of Fame (2000) Long Beach City College
- Annie Award Nomination/ Production Designer/ OPEN SEASON /Sony Pictures
- CLEO advertising award/Society of Illustrators/ La Paz La Party Margarita Mix Ad campaign
- Arts for the Park top 100/ 1994
Exhibitions
- www.michaelhumphries.net, ,
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