Beavis and Butt-head
1993
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Yvette Kaplan. Director: Zack and Quack. Yvette Kaplan was born on 26 June 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Zack and Quack (2012), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) and Doug (1991).
- Director, Animation Department, Producer
- June 26, 1955
- Yvette Kaplan
- Fred Seibert
- How’d you find your way to animation? Did you start as a painter or illustrator, or what?
- Your first IMDB credit is on Why the Bears Dance on Christmas Eve. How does one jump from there to Beavis & Butthead?
- When I first moved to Hollywood to work in animation, all the veterans looked down on Beavis as terrible. I told them they were wrong, but I didn’t really know anything about the techniques of animation or art.
- Animation studios in New York approach series production in a dramatically different way than Hollywood. Do you prefer either one? How does it affect a director’s directing?
Yvette Kaplan. What's life without Comedy and Heart? Writer Story Consultant Pitch Development. Recognized throughout her career for her strong sense of story, visual pacing, character resonance and comedy timing, Yvette has been credited with raising the bar on many a project, adding comedy, heart, emotional honesty and visual appeal.
animated characters and stories. to life and I'd like to help you. do it too. A Little Bit About Me.... I have worked in the Animation Industry for my entire career and have had the opportunity to creatively guide and impact the many successful and iconic shows and features.
- A Frustrated Actor
- Sequence Directors
- Layout to The Finish
- A Storyteller
Yvette started as an animator nearly 20 years ago at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where she met her artist husband Mark. They have one son, Randall, who is proving to be a formidable creator in his own right, acting both on stage (at school) and on screen (doing voice work on several animated productions including the B&B series) all by t...
Sequence directors were chosen by Yvette according to their demonstrated strengths in working inside the Beavis and Butt-head universe.. Kaplan was responsible for the daily supervision of their work. Geoffrey Johnson, for example, was largely responsible for the character of Muddy (who tries to get our heroes to "do" his wife, Dallas), his portray...
In preparation for the layout phase, scene planners analyzed the exposure sheets and storyboards together with the designs worked out by Design Director Sharon Fitzgerald's staff, and the background keys researched and painted under the supervision of Art Director Jeff Buckland. Background layout, headed by Maurice Joyce, came before character posi...
Now that it's all over but the applause (and the inevitable controversy), I asked Yvette about her preparation for this job as Animation Director on Beavis and Butt-head Do America: "I learned a lot from Mike and the writers, but Ialways told stories. I used to write myself, I used to make up my own characters. As a kid, I would orchestrate the "pr...
Jul 30, 2021 · YouTube. A hub for experimentation and innovation. Beavis and Butt-Head may have been a cartoon, but it was also central to MTV's identity. Animation, it turns out, was baked into the network's...
Yvette Kaplan is known as an Director, Animation, Animation Director, Actor, Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Assistant Director, Script Consultant, Character Designer, and Head of Story. Some of their work includes King of the Hill, Happily N'Ever After, Beavis and Butt-Head, Doug, Cyberchase, Random!
