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Kirk Tingblad began his career animating commercials and animating on tv specials and features from his studio in Minnesota. He moved to Chicago to work as a Director/Animator for STARTOONS working on TINY TOON ADVENTURES, TAZMANIA, And ANIMANIACS, for With he received a GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARD..
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Kirk Tingblad. Animation Department: Johnny Bravo. Kirk Tingblad began his career animating commercials and animating on tv specials and features from his studio in Minnesota. He moved to Chicago to work as a Director/Animator for STARTOONS working on TINY TOON ADVENTURES, TAZMANIA, And ANIMANIACS, for With he received a GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARD.. Starting a wave of former STARTOONS ...
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Kirk Tingblad (born circa 1961) was active in animation from 1987 to 2019. During his over thirty year career, he worked on three films and multiple television series. On The Mighty B!, he served as storyboard artist for the season 2 episode "Tour D'Alcatraz."
Tingblad was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Prior to his animation career, he studied at the Joe Kubert School for a semester before transferring to the University of Minnesota, studying graphic design.
He directed editorial cartoons for the Dayton Daily News, which were televised on The Today Show. At Warner Bros., Tingblad directed episodes of Pinky and the Brain. He served as an animation director on Timon & Pumbaa.
1.Owens, John (July 5, 1992). DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE. The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 21, 2020. Quote: "'It`s laid-back here,' said 31-year-old Kirk Tingblad of Park Forest, a director and animator at the studio who came to Startoons after working as a free-lancer in Minneapolis.
2.Kirk Tingblad. May 17, 2011. Animation Insider. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
3.Van Riper, A. Bowdoin (September 16, 2011). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and TV. Page 11. Scarecrow Press. International standard book number 9780810881280.
4.Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, A-L. Page 499. McFarland & Company.
5.Senn, Bryan (November 1, 2013). The Most Dangerous Cinema: People Hunting People on Film. Page 258. McFarland & Company. International standard book number 9781476613574.
6.Tingblad, Kirk. Kirk Tingblad. LinkedIn. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
Liked by Kirk Tingblad Here is a design I did for WB back in 2001 on the theatrical shorts. I was going full Chuck Jones like the background characters for Pepe Le Pew.
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Apr 14, 2012 · KATIE CHATS: KATIE UHLMANN Chats with EMMY WINNING Animation Director KIRK TINGBLAD about his many projects including: SCOOBY DOO! MYSTERY INCORPORATED, T...
May 17, 2011 · I’ve met Bob Clampet and his amazing hair at the Minneapolis Comic-con in the late 70’s. I’ve met Virgil Ross, Chuck Jones, Ollie Johnson, Frank Thomas, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbara, and several other greats of animation. John K once asked me why i would work for the big studios? “Mostly for the money, mostly”, was all I could come ...
