Len Simon was one of the original staff at Fox Animation Studios, where he served as a lead animator on Anastasia and was promoted to Animation Director — overseeing all character animation on Bartok the Magnificent and Titan A.E.

His feature credits span more than a dozen classically animated films, including Prince of Egypt, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Curious George, Fat Albert, 8 Crazy Nights, and the Oscar-nominated Klaus. His experience covers every stage of production, from storyboard and development through post-production. He has run Len Simon Animation for over 26 years and was honoured as Professor at Sheridan College, one of the world’s top animation schools.

Key credentials:

• Anastasia (1997) — Fox Animation Studios founding staff. Lead animator → promoted to Animation Director. Tohle je jeho defining credit.
• Titan A.E. (2000) — Animation Director. Sci-fi. Opět v roli šéfa celé character animation.
• Klaus (2019) — Netflix / SPA Studios. Oscar-nominovaný za nejlepší animovaný film. Jeho nejnovější velký titul a nejsilnější pro současný market.
• Prince of Egypt (1998) — DreamWorks. Biblický epos, úplně jiný žánr.
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) — DreamWorks. Přírodní adventure, minimální dialog — čistá performance animation.
• Curious George (2006) — Universal. Family comedy.
• Disenchanted (2022) — Disney+. Live-action / animation hybrid. Nejnovější studio credit.

What you’ll work on with Len:

• Developing a structural understanding of movement that survives any software change
• Learning to see and fix animation problems before they become rendering problems
• Building the analytical vocabulary that separates a technically proficient animator from a genuinely skilled one