Fred Cline
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Fred Cline is a production designer, art director, writer, actor, storyboard artist. As a teenager, he was
introduced to film animation by Lee and Mary Blair
, retired artist/
animators from his hometown of Santa Cruz, California. Fred
graduated from the film school of California Institute of the Arts
with a degree in Character Animation.
From there he worked on theatrical features at Walt Disney Feature Animation
during the
revival boom of the studio initiated by the success of The Little
Mermaid in 1989. His debut as Art Director was the film, "Rover
Dangerfield" produced by Hyperion Entertainment and distributed by
Warner Bros. Fred Cline was the Production Designer on Bebe's Kids,
a Hyperion/Paramount film which, for the first time in a major
studio's theatrical release, featured a majority black character
cast. He was the Production Designer on the Paramount/Nickelodeon
film, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", the first theatrical computer
graphics animated feature to use inexpensive, off-the-shelf software
(Newtek's "LightWave 3D").
His live-action debut as Production Designer was the independent feature, "The Civilization of Maxwell Bright" starring Patrick Warburton and Eric Roberts, winner of the Grand Prize at the
Florida Film Festival. Fred moved from art direction to storyboard with the film, "The Ant Bully" from Warner Bros.
introduced to film animation by Lee and Mary Blair
Mary Blair
Mary Blair , born Mary Robinson, was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella...
, retired artist/
animators from his hometown of Santa Cruz, California. Fred
graduated from the film school of California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
with a degree in Character Animation.
From there he worked on theatrical features at Walt Disney Feature Animation
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Walt Disney Animation Studios is an American animation studio headquartered in Burbank, California. The studio, founded in 1923 as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by brothers Walt and Roy Disney, is the oldest subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
during the
revival boom of the studio initiated by the success of The Little
Mermaid in 1989. His debut as Art Director was the film, "Rover
Dangerfield" produced by Hyperion Entertainment and distributed by
Warner Bros. Fred Cline was the Production Designer on Bebe's Kids,
a Hyperion/Paramount film which, for the first time in a major
studio's theatrical release, featured a majority black character
cast. He was the Production Designer on the Paramount/Nickelodeon
film, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", the first theatrical computer
graphics animated feature to use inexpensive, off-the-shelf software
(Newtek's "LightWave 3D").
His live-action debut as Production Designer was the independent feature, "The Civilization of Maxwell Bright" starring Patrick Warburton and Eric Roberts, winner of the Grand Prize at the
Florida Film Festival. Fred moved from art direction to storyboard with the film, "The Ant Bully" from Warner Bros.