Bio
Francis Glebas, Phd. In Fantasy
Francis is an award winning director, storyboard artist, visual development artist, development writer, teacher, lecturer, consultant, ventriloquist and world’s worst magician.
Francis has directed Fantasia 2000’s Donald Duck Sequence and Piglet’s BIG Movie and Gnomon’s VES tribute to John Lasseter. He’s storyboarded on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet, Fox and the Hound 2, Tom and Jerry, Space Chimps, The Wild Bunch, Curious George 2, Tinkerbell 1 & 2, Rio and Ice Age 4, plus a bunch of commercials and music videos.
He’s taught at UCLA, NYIT, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Woodbury University, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Imagineering. And offered consulting services for UCLA, the Irish government, the Korean government, General Motors Innovation Zone, Z.com, and Los Alamos Laboratories.
Francis is an award winning director, storyboard artist, visual development artist, development writer, teacher, lecturer, consultant, ventriloquist and world’s worst magician.
Francis has directed Fantasia 2000’s Donald Duck Sequence and Piglet’s BIG Movie and Gnomon’s VES tribute to John Lasseter. He’s storyboarded on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet, Fox and the Hound 2, Tom and Jerry, Space Chimps, The Wild Bunch, Curious George 2, Tinkerbell 1 & 2, Rio and Ice Age 4, plus a bunch of commercials and music videos.
He’s taught at UCLA, NYIT, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Woodbury University, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Imagineering. And offered consulting services for UCLA, the Irish government, the Korean government, General Motors Innovation Zone, Z.com, and Los Alamos Laboratories.
Memberships
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Visual Effects Society The Animation Guild Creative Talent Network Board Member Animated Athletics 2nd Screen Global Committee member |
Education
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Bachelors in filmmaking specializing in Animation
Masters of Communication Arts specializing in Instructional Design Master of Business Administration (incomplete, went to work for Disney Workshop in Clinical Hypnosis (Eriksonian) PhD in Fantasy, Dissertation Crying to Wake psychological thriller screenplay Walt Stanchfield's Gesture drawing classes |
Pratt Institute
New York Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology Syossett Hypnosis Trainers Lost in Paradise Walt Disney Feature Animation |
1975
1982 1988 1985 2012 1990-1999 |
Publications
Directing the Story; Professional Storyboarding and Storytelling Techniques for Animation and Live Action. Focal Press 2008
The Animator's Eye: Adding Life to Animation with Timing, Layout, Design, Color and Sound. Focal Press 2012
Iggy's Incredibly Easy Way to Write a Story: The Visual Way to See Your Story Structure. CreateSpace Independent Publishing 2012
The Fundamentals of Classical Animation. Completed as part of a masters thesis. Unpublished. 1980
The Animator's Eye: Adding Life to Animation with Timing, Layout, Design, Color and Sound. Focal Press 2012
Iggy's Incredibly Easy Way to Write a Story: The Visual Way to See Your Story Structure. CreateSpace Independent Publishing 2012
The Fundamentals of Classical Animation. Completed as part of a masters thesis. Unpublished. 1980
