Craig Clark (born 1960 in Santa Monica, California) is an American animator, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), a comic book artist (Nemesister and Astrothrill), and an album cover artist (The Nymphs on Geffen Records).
Clark began his career as a child actor at the age of 8, when he starred in an educational film called "Forgive and Forget" directed by voice actor Shep Menken in 1968. Switching to animation at age 14, he was discovered by animators Corny Cole (Looney Tunes) and Duane Crowther (Yellow Submarine), and was mentored by longtime Disney animator Amby Paliwoda (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). Clark was one of the original animation and layout artists on the first three seasons of The Simpsons, and has gone on to animate on various other animated projects such as several Peanuts TV specials for Bill Melendez productions, and many special effects feature films, such as Forrest Gump, The Mask, Godzilla, , Big Trouble in Little China, Cool World, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and .
Clark has produced and directed The Kustomonsters animated show for the web and TV through Cheeky Entertainment, and has aired on AMGTV in U.S. syndication and also streaming TV service OSI74. Clark also released a Kustomonsters feature film in 2015 and currently runs on Tubi, Amazon Prime, OSI74 Roku, and more. A second Kustomonsters feature, Kustomonsters 2, was released in 2020, and is streaming on Tubi. Amazon Prime, OSI74 and others. A third Kustomonsters movie is in production for 2024.
| Year | Work | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | special effects animator | ABC TV series | ||
| 1984 | special effects animator uncredited storyboard artist | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie | ||
| 1985 | My Science Project Misfits of Science | special effects animator special effects director computer graphics planner | Theatrical Movie NBC TV series Theatrical Movie | |
| 1986 | special effects assistant special effects animator special effects animator assistant animator assistant animator | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie ABC TV series NBC TV series | ||
| 1987 | special effects animator special effects animator | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie | ||
| 1988 | rotoscope artist animator animator | Theatrical Movie CBS TV series CBS TV Short | ||
| 1989 | special effects animator animator | Theatrical Movie CBS TV Short | ||
| 1990 | The Simpsons Hollywood Dog | animator & character layout rotoscope artist | Fox TV series Fox TV movie | |
| 1991 | Little Dracula | storyboard artist special effects animator | Fox Kids TV series Theatrical Movie | |
| 1992 | storyboard revisions effects animator animator storyboard artist | Nickelodeon TV series Theatrical Movie TV short TV short | ||
| 1993 | storyboard artist animator special effects animator special effects animator special effects animator special effects animator | Nickelodeon TV series Theatrical Movie Knott's Berry Farm attraction Disneyland attraction Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie | ||
| 1994 | Digital animator Digital roto & paint | Theatrical Movie Theatrical Movie | ||
| 1995 | Digital animator 3D animation artist | Theatrical Movie Direct-to-video Movie | ||
| 1996 | Digital artist | Video game | ||
| 1997 | Comic artist 3D pre-viz | Comic Book Video Game | ||
| 1998 | Technical director FX Animator | Theatrical Movie Fox TV series | ||
| 1999-2000 | Prop design supervisor | The WB/Adult Swim TV series | ||
| 2001 | Prop design supervisor | The WB/Adult Swim TV series | ||
| 2002 | storyboard artist | Theatrical Movie | ||
| 2003 | character artist assistant animator | VH1 TV series ABC TV Short | ||
| 2004 | Storyboard Artist Digital Artist | Direct-to-video movie Cartoon Network TV series | ||
| 2005 | The Origin of Stitch Astrothrill | Digital Coloring Director | Video Short Video Short | |
| 2006 | Layout artist | MTV2 TV series | ||
| 2007 | Slacker Cats The Off Mikes Bufu | animator animator animator | ABC Family TV series ESPN.com web shorts BET web shorts | |
| 2008 | LeapFrog: Sing and Learn with Us! | animator animator | Direct-to-video Movie G4 TV series | |
| 2009 | Dixie Dynamite | animator | Theatrical Movie | |
| 2010 | animator visual effects Director / Creator | TV Short Theatrical Movie AMGTV TV Series | ||
| 2011 | Woodstock Manor | Director | TV Short | |
| 2012 | Director Storyboard Artist | TV Short PBS Kids Sprout TV series | ||
| 2013 | Baby Owl Lucky Penny | Animation Support Director | TV Short TV Short | |
| 2014 | Rainbow Brite Stick Together Cacophony Timbuktu | Art Director / Development Animator Director Director | Feeln TV series TV Short TV Short TV Short | |
| 2015 | The Kustomonsters Movie | Writer/Director | TV movie | |
| 2016 | Director/ Creator | AMGTV TV series | ||
| 2017 | Nemesister: Rio Underground | Director | TV Short | |
| 2018 | Let's Go Luna! | Storyboard Artist | PBS TV series | |
| 2018-2019 | Director/ Creator | OSI74 TV series | ||
| 2020 | Kustomonsters 2 | Writer/Director | TV movie | |
| 2021 | From Slave to Queen Nemesister: Nem A Go Go Kustomonsters 3 | Guest Animator Director Director | TV Short TV Short TV Movie | |
| 2022 | Hey AJ! | Director | Disney Junior TV series |
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