Paul Harrod is an American animation director, production designer,
and art director with a special emphasis on stop motion.Paul Harrod
was born in Menlo Park, California on February 5, 1958, to Lee and
Betty Harrod.Paul Harrod attended the California Institute of The
Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1986 and a
Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1988. He was awarded numerous
scholarships and was a teaching assistant for Art School Video
Production. Harrod was also Chairman of Student Council Film Series
and he curated and presented numerous programs of experimental,
documentary and narrative cinema.Shortly after completing his MFA he
sculpted an alien make-up for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and
designed and built the sets for the opening title sequence of the 4th
and 5th season of Pee Wee's Playhouse (CBS Television) in 1989-90,
which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphics and Title Design in
1991. In 1990, he designed and art directed the "pin-screen" animated
"All I Want" music video for The Lightning Seeds (MCA Records) which
was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Short Form. In
1992 he worked with Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner designing sets for an
animated television special, "Edith Ann: Life in the Little Lane"
(Omnipotent Productions). In 1992 Harrod began working with Will
Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, art directing stop motion
commercials including Chips Ahoy, Cool Mint Listerine (Canada), Fanta,
"Fanta Si Boy" "Refrigerator Ride" (Latin America), Levis For Women
(USA), Kellogs Pop-Tarts, "Blade Runner" (USA), California Raisins,
"What's For Breakfast?" (USA). In 1995, he worked at the Aardman
Studio in Bristol, UK where he designed the first Chevron "Talking
Car" commercials. In 1995, he taught animation production and design
at Volda University College (Volda Norway) for six months, graduating
the first animation students in Norway. In 1995 he joined the crew of
Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks" at Warner Bros. Studios as stop-motion art
director, but left the production shortly before the stop-motion unit
was dissolved and the execution of Martian sequences fell to
Industrial Light and Magic.
and art director with a special emphasis on stop motion.Paul Harrod
was born in Menlo Park, California on February 5, 1958, to Lee and
Betty Harrod.Paul Harrod attended the California Institute of The
Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1986 and a
Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1988. He was awarded numerous
scholarships and was a teaching assistant for Art School Video
Production. Harrod was also Chairman of Student Council Film Series
and he curated and presented numerous programs of experimental,
documentary and narrative cinema.Shortly after completing his MFA he
sculpted an alien make-up for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and
designed and built the sets for the opening title sequence of the 4th
and 5th season of Pee Wee's Playhouse (CBS Television) in 1989-90,
which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphics and Title Design in
1991. In 1990, he designed and art directed the "pin-screen" animated
"All I Want" music video for The Lightning Seeds (MCA Records) which
was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Short Form. In
1992 he worked with Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner designing sets for an
animated television special, "Edith Ann: Life in the Little Lane"
(Omnipotent Productions). In 1992 Harrod began working with Will
Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, art directing stop motion
commercials including Chips Ahoy, Cool Mint Listerine (Canada), Fanta,
"Fanta Si Boy" "Refrigerator Ride" (Latin America), Levis For Women
(USA), Kellogs Pop-Tarts, "Blade Runner" (USA), California Raisins,
"What's For Breakfast?" (USA). In 1995, he worked at the Aardman
Studio in Bristol, UK where he designed the first Chevron "Talking
Car" commercials. In 1995, he taught animation production and design
at Volda University College (Volda Norway) for six months, graduating
the first animation students in Norway. In 1995 he joined the crew of
Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks" at Warner Bros. Studios as stop-motion art
director, but left the production shortly before the stop-motion unit
was dissolved and the execution of Martian sequences fell to
Industrial Light and Magic.
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