Ricardo Curtis

Ricardo Curtis born July 14 1972 is one of the animation industrys most successful professionals and has played a pivotal role in the production of over 20 successful feature films Jamaican born and Toronto native Curtis relocated to Los Angeles after graduating from Sheridan Colleges Classical Animation Program Working with Pixar DreamWorks Animation Studios Fox Miramax and Warner Bros he contributed to a number of projects as a story artist The Incredibles Monsters Inc Head of Story Book of Life Horton Hears A Who Supervising Animator Osmosis Jones and was an animator and designer on The Iron Giant Curtis returned to Canada in 2004 to launch House of Cool with Wesley Lui As CoFounder and Creative Director his keen eye for talent and artistry have cultivated longterm relationships with Dreamworks Netflix Disney 20th Century Fox Paramount Universal and Apple Curtis has developed and sold properties to Disney Bravo DHX and Teletoon earning accolades at MIPCOM for his work He has produced written and directed short films pilots television series specials a novel and commercials Curtis is a member of Sheridan Colleges board that sets the educational curriculum as well as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Most recently Ricardo directed Ice Age The Great Eggscapade for FoxBlue Sky Studios Curtis has written and is slated to direct an original House of Cool property currently titled Amoeba and Night of the Zoopocalypse