Geefwee Boedoe
{{Short description|American animator and illustrator}}
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Jeffrey Border, known professionally as Geefwee Boedoe, sometimes credited as Gee Fwee Boedoe, is an American animator and illustrator.
Career
Geefwee Boedoe first worked as an animator for Disney and Pixar, collaborating on movies like Monsters, Inc., where he did the main title design, Finding Nemo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Beauty and the Beast. He is sometimes credited as Gee Fwee Boedoe. Some of his work was shown in a travelling Pixar exposition,[http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue81/8711 Exhibition review] in RealTime Arts #81 and in the book "The Art of Finding Nemo".[http://mag.awn.com/index.php?article_no=1746<ype=Special%20Features Book review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430094816/http://mag.awn.com/index.php?article_no=1746 |date=2009-04-30 }} at Animation World Magazine
He wrote and illustrated his first book, Arrowville, published by Laura Geringer and HarperCollins, in 2004. It is a book for 4- to 8-year-olds in the vein of Dr. Seuss.[http://www.powells.com/biblio?PID=719&cgi=product&isbn=006055598X Book info from Powell's Books]
Accolades and awards
Arrowville was selected as one of the 10 best illustrated children's books of 2004 by The New York Times Book Review,[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E1D7173CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63 New York Times] list of 10 best illustrated children's books and won the 2004 Reuben Award for Book Illustration from the National Cartoonists Society.[http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/book.asp National Cartoonists Society] list of winners of the Book Illustration Award
His animated short film Let's Pollute was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) {{when|date=February 2023}} for an Oscar for the Best Short Film, Animated category.{{cite web | url = http://oscar.go.com/nominations/category/short-film-animated/synopsis/lets-pollute/687284 | title = Oscar Short Film (Animated) | access-date = 2011-01-25 | publisher = The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences & ABC}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.geefwee.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|0091161}}
- {{YouTube|handle=geefweeboedoe4176}}
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Category:American illustrators
Category:American animated film directors
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people
Category:Film and television title designers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:DreamWorks Animation people
Category:Blue Sky Studios people
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