Francis Glebas
{{short description|American speaker, writer and film director}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Francis Glebas
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|04|12}}
| occupation = Storyboard artist, Film director, writer, keynote speaker, teacher
| spouse = Denise Kress
| website = http://francisglebas.weebly.com/
}}
Francis Glebas (born April 12, 1952) is an American keynote speaker, writer, film director, storyboard artist, and teacher. He also directed in Fantasia 2000 (1999)Kuklenski, Valerie. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=20000107&id=lPRHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fe0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7164,2821685 "'Fantasia 2000' breaks many Disney rules"]. Deseret News, January 7, 2000, pp. W6, W7. Retrieved on June 16, 2013. and Piglet's Big Movie (2003).Lemire, Christy. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=20030321&id=FHohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=64kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1130,4614777 "'Piglet's Big Movie' charms its way into children's hearts" (Review)]. The Daily Gazette, March 21, 2003, p. D2. Retrieved on June 16, 2013. He worked in films such as Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Dinosaur (2000), Treasure Planet (2002), The Incredibles (2004), Space Chimps (2008), Rio (2011) and Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012).
Career
He has taught and consulted on animation, story, storytelling and storyboarding at the New York Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Gnomon School of Visual Effects and Walt Disney Imagineering.
Personal life
He has given Keynote speeches at TMRE 2016, CalArts 2016, Gnomon School of Visual Effects 2017.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
Filmography
- Aladdin (1992) - story and visual development artist
- The Lion King (1994) - story
- Pocahontas (1995) - story
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - story
- Hercules (1997) - story
- Fantasia 2000 (1999) - director - segment Pomp and Circumstance and visual development - segment Pines of Rome
- Dinosaur (2000) - additional story artist
- Treasure Planet (2002) - story artist
- Piglet's Big Movie (2003) - director
- The Incredibles (2004) - storyboard artist
- Space Chimps (2008) - story artist
- Rio (2011) - story artist
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) - story artist
Publications
- Directing the Story: Professional Storyboarding and Storytelling Techniques for Live Action and Animation, Focal Press, 2008.
- The Animator's Eye, Focal Press, 2012.
- Iggy's Incredibly Easy Way to Write a Story, 2012
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204054713/http://homepage.mac.com/fglebas1/folio/index.html Francis Glebas]
- [http://francisglebas.weebly.com/ Francis Glebas story artist]
- [http://francisglebas.blogspot.com/ Francis Glebas on Blogspot]
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Category:Animators from California
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American animated film directors
Category:American animated film producers
Category:Animation screenwriters
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American storyboard artists
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people
Category:New York Institute of Technology faculty
Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty
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