Andy Bialk

{{short description|American animator and character designer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Andy Bialk

| birth_name = Andrew D. Bialk

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|16}}

| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

| education =

| occupation = Animator, storyboard artist, character designer

| yearsactive = 1991–present

| spouse = Halle Pickering

| children = Lena Bialk
Rose Bialk

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Andrew D. Bialk (born November 16, 1971) is an American animator, storyboard artist and character designer. He is best known for his work as a character designer on the Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls. He was also known for portraying a high school student in the music video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Education

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

1995-1996The Cartoon Cartoon Showlayout artist
1996-2003Dexter's Laboratorycharacter designer/background designer/model designer/layout artist/storyboard artist
1997Nightmare Nedbackground layout
1998-2004The Powerpuff Girlsmodel/character supervisor
1999Oh Yeah! Cartoonsstoryboard artist {{small|("Playing a Hunch")}}
2001Samurai Jackproperty designer
2004-2007Foster's Home for Imaginary Friendscharacter designer
rowspan="2"| 2005Star Wars: Clone Warscharacter layout
The X'sadditional character designer
rowspan="2"| 2005-2006Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!lead character designer
Johnny Testcharacter designer
rowspan="3"| 2010The Penguins of Madagascarcharacter designer
The Ricky Gervais Showcharacter designer
Sym-Bionic Titancharacter designer
2010-2011Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporatedbackground painter
2012-2013DreamWorks Dragonscharacter designer
2013The Awesomesoriginal character design
2014-2015Mickey Mousecharacter designer
2015-2016Shimmer and Shineart director/original character design

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2002The Powerpuff Girls Moviecharacter designer
2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africacharacter designer
rowspan="3"| 2010How to Train Your Dragoncharacter designer
Shrek Forever Aftercharacter designer
Megamindcharacter designer
rowspan="1"| 2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wantedcharacter designer (uncredited)
2013Free Birdscharacter designer (uncredited)
rowspan="2"| 2014The Lego Movieconcept artist and designer
The Book of Lifecharacter designer
rowspan="2"| 2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Watercharacter designer
Hell and Backlead character designer
2017The Emoji Movievisual development artist
rowspan="2"| 2018The Grinchcharacter designer
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versevisual development artist
rowspan=“2”| 2021Vivocharacter design

=Music videos=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Song

! Artist

! Role

1991

| Smells Like Teen Spirit

| Nirvana

| High School Teenager

rowspan=2|1992

| Smells Like Nirvana

| "Weird Al" Yankovic

| Extra

100%

| Sonic Youth

| Extra

Awards and nominations

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YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2004Annie AwardsOutstanding Character Design in an Animated Television ProductionThe Powerpuff Girls
{{small|"Save Mojo"}}
{{nom}}
2010Emmy AwardsOutstanding Individual Achievement in Animation - Character DesignThe Ricky Gervais Show
{{small|"Charity"}}
{{won}}{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/outstanding-individual-achievement-animation |title=Outstanding Individual Achievement Animation |work=Television Academy |publisher=emmys.com |accessdate=July 7, 2016}}
2011Annie AwardsOutstanding Character Design in a Television ProductionThe Ricky Gervais Show{{nom}}
rowspan="2"| 2013Annie AwardsOutstanding Character Design in an Animated Television ProductionDragons: Riders of Berk
{{small|"Alvin and the Outcasts"}}
{{nom}}
Emmy AwardsOutstanding Individual Achievement in Animation - Character DesignDragons: Riders of Berk
{{small|"We Are Family (Part 2)"}}
{{won}}{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/15/entertainment/la-et-st-first-emmy-awards-of-the-season-20130814 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918194250/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/15/entertainment/la-et-st-first-emmy-awards-of-the-season-20130814 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2013 |title=First Emmy Awards of the season are mostly for work in animation |date=August 15, 2013 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=July 7, 2016}}
2014Annie AwardsOutstanding Character Design in an Animated Television ProductionThe Awesomes{{nom}}

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