Jeff
Snow is an award-winning animator who was noted in elementary and high
school for being an amazing cartoonist. However, his formal training is
as a jazz musician. After earning his degree in jazz performance at the
University of North Texas, and spending some time playing in the band
on cruise ships, Jeff decided to return to his true avocation of drawing
amazing cartoons. So he went to Southern California and knocked on a lot
of studio doors.
After an initial stint as key animator for the noted "Batman"
series on Fox in the early 1990's, Jeff continued to work for television
series for studios like Film Roman, Warner Brothers, and Marvel. He broke
into feature animation in the mid-1990's and worked for the Walt Disney
Studios as a storyboard artist on a number of features. These included
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Mu-Lan," "Hercules,"
and "Tarzan." He left Disney in 1998 to work at DreamWorks,
where he was nominated for an Annie award for his work on "The Road
to El Dorado." His most recent DreamWorks credits include story credits
on "Shrek II" and "Shark Tale." He is currently Head
of Story for an upcoming DreamWorks animated feature.
Jeff's strengths in drawing and in developing strong stories are obvious
in "Beasts in the Closet," which has been gathering enthusiastic
reviews from all around the country.
