A. Three Filipino Animators who made it big in the global animation industry or Hollywood.
1. Nelson Bohol
2. Ruben Aquino
3. Armand Serrano
B. Write about their roots, how they started in the animation industry, how they got into
international success and what is their famous or recent works.
Nelson Bohol
Their Roots Pangdan, Hinabangan,
Samar
How they started Nelson admitted that he
in the animation was inspired to work in the
industry animation industry because
he grew up watching
cartoons.
How they got He said he owes his
into international “Hollywood success” to his
success mother, who was among
the fatalities of the ill-fated
M/V Doña Paz in 1987. He
also credits his success to
the hardships he faced
while struggling to finish
his architecture degree at
Manuel L. Quezon
University.
Famous/ Recent Pixar’s Nelson “Rey” Bohol
Works was part of Inside Out,
Monsters University, Brave,
WALL-E, Ratatouille, Cars,
and Finding Nemo.
Ruben Aquino
Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan
He loved cartoons and was
fascinated by the art of
animation
Ruben started at Walt Disney
Feature Animation in 1982.
After that, he slowly became
successful in the animation
industry. His success is
notable because he spent
over 30 years at Disney,
animating classic characters
like Ursula in The Little
Mermaid, Adult Simba in The
Lion King, Maurice in Beauty
and the Beast, Pleakley and
David in Lilo & Stitch, and
Eudora and James in The
Princess and the Frog.
While working for Disney,
Ruben Aquino became part
of the films Winnie the Pooh,
The Princess and the Frog,
and Lilo and Stitch.
Armand Serrano
Quezon City, Philippines
In May of 1990, Armand
started in animation as an
inbetweener at Fil-Cartoons
in Manila, a subsidiary
studio of Hanna-Barbera
Productions.
His international success
was by him working in Walt
Disney Animation Studios.
Armand is an artist who's
known for his works in
animated feature film
studios such as Walt Disney
Animation Studios and Sony
Pictures Animation. He has
been in in the animation
industry for more than 2
decades and currently
serving as Visual
Development artist for Walt
Disney Animation Studios in
Burbank, California.
One of the brains behind
films such as Big Hero 6,
Brother Bear, and Lilo and
Stitch is Walt Disney’s visual
development artist Armand
Serrano. He worked at Sony
and was part of Hotel
Transylvania and Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs
films.