EXCLUSIVE: Spire Animation Studios has hired a pair of Pixar alums for key roles, with Ricky Nierva joining as Production Designer and Michal Makarewicz now serving as Head of Character Animation. …
In their time at Spire, Nierva and Makarewicz will work closely with Creative Directors, Animation and Story Shawn Krause and Michael Surrey, Creative Directors of Development, Ted Mathot and Karen Disher, story artist Sharon Bridgeman and co-founder and CCO Brad Lewis , first turning their attention to the studio’s first animated feature“We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Ricky and Michal,” said Lewis and co-founder P.J. Gunsagar in a joint statement.
Added Makarewicz” “Spire is a melting pot of tremendous talent from the leading companies in the animation industry. It’s exciting to build something new from the ground up with all that knowledge and experience at our disposal. We get to play in a sandbox where the what-ifs are all very possible. I’m also thrilled to keep the animation industry growing, for the community as a whole, and to push the boundaries of our field in a new way with a fantastic team.
, which saw him design such iconic characters as the one-eyed monster Mike Wazowski, his furry pal Sully and the forgetful blue tang fish known as Dory. Nierva also led Pixar’s production design team on the Oscar-winningBefore joining Spire, Michal Makarewicz spent 19 years at Pixar, there working his way up to directing animator.
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