Steve Dildarian
{{short description|American actor, filmmaker, and painter}}
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Steve Dildarian is an American filmmaker, actor, animator, painter, and former advertising copywriter. He is the creator and voice of Tim in the animated television series The Life & Times of Tim.{{Citation | last = Itzkoff | first = Dave | title = The Real Life and Times of the Man Who Isn't Tim | newspaper = The New York Times | pages = E1 | date = October 1, 2008 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/arts/television/01tim.html}} He is also the creator and voice of Tom in the HBO Max series Ten Year Old Tom.
Biography
Dildarian grew up in East Brunswick Township, New JerseyGacser, Ava. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231139/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1697501971.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25,+2008&author=AVA+GACSER&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=East+Brunswick+native+creates+new+animated+comedy+series&pqatl=google "East Brunswick native creates new animated comedy series"], Home News Tribune, September 25, 2008. Accessed February 13, 2011. and graduated from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University).{{Citation | last = HBO | first = The Life & Times of Tim | title = Voice and Crew | url = http://www.hbo.com/the-life-and-times-of-tim/characters#/the-life-and-times-of-tim/characters/tim/bio/steve-dildarian.html | access-date = November 19, 2008}} During his advertising career, he worked for several ad agencies, including BBDO and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. In 2006, Dildarian created an animated short film called Angry Unpaid Hooker, which won the best animated short at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and is the basis for The Life & Times of Tim. Dildarian's animation is characterized by a raw, minimalist, two-dimensional style - similar to Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head series. Along with MJ Otto, Dildarian also starred in a web series entitled KAB man. The series was commissioned by Keep America Beautiful (KAB) to raise awareness about environmental issues. It is composed of three five-minute episodes available on YouTube and on KAB man's companion website, www.kabman.org.{{Citation | last = Cavna | first = Michael | title = Comic Riffs: The Interview - HBO Animator Steve Dildarian | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = September 19, 2008 | url =http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2008/09/the_interview_hbo_animator_ste.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204105/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2008/09/the_interview_hbo_animator_ste.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =March 8, 2012 }}
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External links
- {{official website|https://stevedildarian.com/}}
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Category:American people of Armenian descent
Category:American animated film producers
Category:Animators from New Jersey
Category:People from East Brunswick, New Jersey
Category:Rowan University alumni
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Television producers from New Jersey
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