Gregory Tiernan (born June 19, 1965) is an Irish-born, Canadian-based
animator, director and voice artist. Along with his wife Nicole Stinn,
he founded Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc. in 2003, through which he
introduced CGI to the Thomas & Friends series. Prior to this, Tiernan
collaborated on various projects with filmmaker Don Bluth, Walt Disney
Animation Studios and Klasky Csupo, Inc.Tiernan made his feature film
debut with the long-gestating R-rated animated film Sausage Party
(2016), joining Conrad Vernon to direct production of a story
conceived by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill.Tiernan was
trained in traditional animation for feature film in his native
Ireland, at Don Bluth's now-defunct Dublin-based Sullivan Bluth
Studios. There, he worked with Bluth in various capacities on the
films An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988) and All
Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). Tiernan later worked on one episode of the
British children's animated series Danger Mouse for Cosgrove Hall,
several episodes of Garfield & Friends, the 1983 animated series of
the comic series Lucky Luke, Ralph Bakshi's live action and animation
mixed feature film Cool World (1992) and two animated feature films
from Germany Der kleene Punker (1992) and Felidae (1994) which was
later released on YouTube premieres on 7 August 2013 in the USA, UK,
Canada and any of countries lot of views in audiences for older teens
and up. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles and became a sequence
director for Klasky Csupo. In addition to working on several episodes
of Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, he made sequence contributions to
the feature film spin-offs off both programs.Tiernan's Hollywood years
also saw him work extensively with Disney. His first projects included
several titles in the company's PC games library, including projects
associated with Disney's Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994),
Hercules (1997) and Tarzan (1999). Also through Disney, he contributed
storyboards to Mr. Magoo (1997), one of his few live-action projects.
animator, director and voice artist. Along with his wife Nicole Stinn,
he founded Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc. in 2003, through which he
introduced CGI to the Thomas & Friends series. Prior to this, Tiernan
collaborated on various projects with filmmaker Don Bluth, Walt Disney
Animation Studios and Klasky Csupo, Inc.Tiernan made his feature film
debut with the long-gestating R-rated animated film Sausage Party
(2016), joining Conrad Vernon to direct production of a story
conceived by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill.Tiernan was
trained in traditional animation for feature film in his native
Ireland, at Don Bluth's now-defunct Dublin-based Sullivan Bluth
Studios. There, he worked with Bluth in various capacities on the
films An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988) and All
Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). Tiernan later worked on one episode of the
British children's animated series Danger Mouse for Cosgrove Hall,
several episodes of Garfield & Friends, the 1983 animated series of
the comic series Lucky Luke, Ralph Bakshi's live action and animation
mixed feature film Cool World (1992) and two animated feature films
from Germany Der kleene Punker (1992) and Felidae (1994) which was
later released on YouTube premieres on 7 August 2013 in the USA, UK,
Canada and any of countries lot of views in audiences for older teens
and up. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles and became a sequence
director for Klasky Csupo. In addition to working on several episodes
of Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, he made sequence contributions to
the feature film spin-offs off both programs.Tiernan's Hollywood years
also saw him work extensively with Disney. His first projects included
several titles in the company's PC games library, including projects
associated with Disney's Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994),
Hercules (1997) and Tarzan (1999). Also through Disney, he contributed
storyboards to Mr. Magoo (1997), one of his few live-action projects.
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