Enrique Gato
{{Short description|Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer}}
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| birth_name = Enrique Gato Borregán
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
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| nationality = Spanish
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| occupation = Director
Producer
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Enrique Gato Borregán (born 26 April 1977 in Valladolid, Castile and León) is a Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer known as the creator of Tadeo Jones. With this character (including two CGI animated shorts and one animated feature) he won three Goya Awards.[http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/premios-goya/enrique-gato-goya-mejor-director-novel-animacion-tadeo-jones/1692871/ Enrique Gato, Goya al mejor director novel por la animación de "Tadeo Jones"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816041509/http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/premios-goya/enrique-gato-goya-mejor-director-novel-animacion-tadeo-jones/1692871/ |date=2013-08-16 }}, RTVE 2013, 18 February.[http://www.premios-cine.com/goya/nominados-goya/goya-enrique-gato.html Enrique Gato: Ganador del Goya al Mejor Director Novel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511193636/http://www.premios-cine.com/goya/nominados-goya/goya-enrique-gato.html |date=2013-05-11 }}, 2013, 6 February.
Biography
Gato was born in Valladolid and he grew up in Madrid. Since his childhood he has had an interest in comics (featuring Mort & Phil, The Adventures of Tintin, Asterix, and Superlópez) and was attracted to animation and technology, especially action-adventure Hollywood movies from variety of filmmakers, including the works of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis. When the first personal computers arrived, he began to make his own videogames with an Amstrad CPC 6128.[http://biografia.cine.hispavista.com/n1002229-enrique-gato Biografía de Enrique Gato] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014101840/http://biografia.cine.hispavista.com/n1002229-enrique-gato |date=2012-10-14 }}, Hispavista.com.[http://filasiete.com/en-primera-persona/enrique-gato/ Entrevista: Enrique Gato, director de “Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones”: “Siempre me ha gustado Indiana Jones. Y creí que resultaría apetecible un personaje en el que se uniera acción y comedia a partes iguales”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627114035/http://filasiete.com/en-primera-persona/enrique-gato/ |date=2013-06-27 }}, Fila7.com Interview. 2013, 1 March
In 1995 he started his Informatics Engineering studies at university,[http://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/2013/01/25/enrique-gato-director-de-las-aventuras-de-tadeo-jones-coordinador-de-animacion-de-trazos/ Enrique Gato, director de ‘Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones’, coordinador de Animación de Trazos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403035633/http://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/2013/01/25/enrique-gato-director-de-las-aventuras-de-tadeo-jones-coordinador-de-animacion-de-trazos/ |date=2013-04-03 }}, Panorama Audiovisual, 2013, 25 January. where he learned to develop game engines to preview his own works and understand how to make 3D geometric previews using several programs like Maya, 3D Studio Max and Softimage.
While he was in university, he was hired by Artek, a company specializing in computer graphics. Once in there, he learned to work with programs such as TrueSpace and LightWave 3D, around the same time that Pixar was releasing its first works of CGI animation.
Filmography
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| 2022 | Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet | Director | Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, La Tadeopelícula AIE, Anangu Grup, Telecinco Cinema, Paramount Pictures |
| 2017 | Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas{{cite web|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|title=Paramount Takes Worldwide Distribution On Spain’s ‘Capture The Flag’, ‘Tad’ Sequel|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/paramount-takes-worldwide-distribution-on-spains-capture-the-flag-tad-sequel-807135/|publisher=Deadline|access-date=July 21, 2014|date=July 21, 2014|archive-date=July 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728053753/http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/paramount-takes-worldwide-distribution-on-spains-capture-the-flag-tad-sequel/|url-status=live}} | Co-director | Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, El Toro Pictures, Tadeo Jones y el Secreto de Midas AIE, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 CATS Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| 2015 | Capture the Flag | Director | Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Los Rockets AIE La Película, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 CATS Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| 2012 | La mano de Nefertiti | Executive producer | El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films |
| 2012 | Tad, The Lost Explorer | Director | El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Media Networks, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios |
| 2007 | Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito | Director | La Fiesta Producciones |
| 2006 | Commandos 3 | Animator | Videogame Pyro Studios |
| 2005 | Praetorians | Animator | Videogame Pyro Studios |
| 2004 | Tadeo Jones | Director | La Fiesta Producciones |
| 2002 | Superlópez | Director | Personal project |
| 2001 | Bicho | Director | Personal project |
| 1999 | Pepe pescador | Animatic | Short film to Daniel Martínez Lara |
| 1997 | Starship Trappers | Director | Personal project |
| 1994 | Toy Jístory | Director | Personal project |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name |1955897}}
- {{Official website|http://www.xaloc.net}}
{{Goya Award for Best New Director}}
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Category:Spanish film directors