Craig Clark

Craig Clark (born 1960 in Santa Monica, California) and raised in Malibu, California, is an American animator, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), a comic book artist (Nemesister and Astrothrill), and an album cover artist (The Nymphs on Geffen Records).

Biography Clark began his career as a child actor at the age of 8, when he starred in an educational film called "Forgive and Forget" directed by voice actor Shep Menken in 1968. Switching to animation at age 14, he was discovered by animators Corny Cole (Looney Tunes) and Duane Crowther (Yellow Submarine), and was mentored by longtime Disney animator Amby Paliwoda (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)at Duck Soup Producktions. Clark was one of the original animation and layout artists on the first three seasons of The Simpsons at Klasky Csupo, and has gone on to animate on various other animated projects such as several Peanuts TV specials for Bill Melendez productions, and many special effects feature films, such as Forrest Gump, The Mask, Godzilla, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Big Trouble in Little China, Cool World, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure , Mortal Kombat (1995 film) and Poltergeist II: The Other Side.

Clark has produced and directed The Kustomonsters animated show for the web and TV through Cheeky Entertainment, and has aired on AMGTV in U.S. syndication and also streaming TV service OSI74 Roku. Clark also released three Kustomonsters feature films currently running on Tubi, Amazon Prime, OSI74 Roku, and more. A fourth Kustomonsters movie is in production called Kustomonsters 4; Bikini Wars.

Filmography + Year Work Role Notes 1983 Automan special effects animator ABC TV series 1984 The Philadelphia ExperimentA Nightmare on Elm Street special effects animatoruncredited storyboard artist Theatrical MovieTheatrical Movie 1985 My Science ProjectMisfits of ScienceStarchaser: The Legend of Orin special effects animatorspecial effects directorcomputer graphics planner Theatrical MovieNBC TV seriesTheatrical Movie 1986 Poltergeist II: The Other SideSolarbabiesBig Trouble in Little ChinaSlimer!Kissyfur special effects assistantspecial effects animatorspecial effects animatorassistant animatorassistant animator Theatrical MovieTheatrical MovieTheatrical MovieABC TV seriesNBC TV series 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsMy Demon Lover special effects animatorspecial effects animator Theatrical MovieTheatrical Movie 1988 HobgoblinsThis Is America, Charlie BrownGarfield's Babes and Bullets rotoscope artistanimatoranimator Theatrical MovieCBS TV seriesCBS TV Short 1989 Bill and Ted's Excellent AdventureCathy's Valentine special effects animatoranimator Theatrical MovieCBS TV Short 1990 The SimpsonsHollywood Dog animator & character layoutrotoscope artist Fox TV seriesFox TV movie 1991 Little DraculaAn American Tail: Fievel Goes West storyboard artistspecial effects animator Fox Kids TV seriesTheatrical Movie 1992 The RugratsCool WorldFrosty ReturnsP.J. Sparkles storyboard revisionseffects animatoranimatorstoryboard artist Nickelodeon TV seriesTheatrical MovieTV shortTV short 1993 Rocko's Modern LifeFreakedKnott's Mystery LodgeHoney, I Shrunk the Audience!Demolition ManAddams Family Values storyboard artistanimatorspecial effects animatorspecial effects animatorspecial effects animatorspecial effects animator Nickelodeon TV seriesTheatrical MovieKnott's Berry Farm attractionDisneyland attractionTheatrical MovieTheatrical Movie 1994 Forrest GumpThe Mask Digital animatorDigital roto & paint Theatrical MovieTheatrical Movie 1995 Mortal KombatMortal Kombat: The Journey Begins Digital animator3D animation artist Theatrical MovieDirect-to-video Movie 1996 Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland Digital artist Video game 1997 NemesisterThe Lost World: Jurassic Park Comic artist3D pre-viz Comic BookVideo Game 1998 GodzillaThe Visitor Technical directorFX Animator Theatrical MovieFox TV series 1999-2000 Mission Hill Prop design supervisor The WB/Adult Swim TV series 2001 The Oblongs Prop design supervisor The WB/Adult Swim TV series 2002 Lil' Pimp storyboard artist Theatrical Movie 2003 VH1 ILL-ustratedI Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown character artistassistant animator VH1 TV seriesABC TV Short 2004 LeapFrog: Talking Words Factory II - Code Word CaperHi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Storyboard ArtistDigital Artist Direct-to-video movieCartoon Network TV series 2005 The Origin of StitchAstrothrill Digital ColoringDirector Video ShortVideo Short 2006 The Adventures of Chico and Guapo Layout artist MTV2 TV series 2007 Slacker CatsThe Off MikesBufu animatoranimatoranimator ABC Family TV seriesESPN.com web shortsBET web shorts 2008 LeapFrog: Sing and Learn with Us!Spaceballs: The Animated Series animatoranimator Direct-to-video MovieG4 TV series 2009 Dixie Dynamite animator Theatrical Movie 2010 Sule and the Case of the Tiny SparksBunrakuThe Kustomonsters animatorvisual effectsDirector / Creator TV ShortTheatrical MovieAMGTV TV Series 2011 Woodstock Manor Director TV Short 2012 Christmas in the TrenchesChloe's Closet DirectorStoryboard Artist TV ShortPBS Kids Sprout TV series 2013 Baby OwlLucky Penny Animation SupportDirector TV ShortTV Short 2014 Rainbow BriteStick TogetherCacophonyTimbuktu Art Director / DevelopmentAnimatorDirectorDirector Feeln TV seriesTV ShortTV ShortTV Short 2015 The Kustomonsters Movie Writer/Director TV movie 2016 The Kustomonsters Director/ Creator AMGTV TV series 2017 Nemesister: Rio Underground Director TV Short 2018 Let's Go Luna! Storyboard Artist PBS TV series 2018-2019 The Kustomonsters Director/ Creator OSI74 TV series 2020 Kustomonsters 2 Writer/Director TV movie 2021 From Slave to QueenNemesister: Nem A Go Go Guest AnimatorDirector TV ShortTV Short 2022 Hey AJ! Director Disney Junior TV series 2023 Kustomonsters 3 Writer/Director TV movie 2024 Bewitched MGC Director TV/ Web pilot 2025 Kustomonsters 4 Writer/Director TV movie

Published works Nemesister (1997) (Cheeky Press) Astrothrill (1999) (comicbook/CD) (Fluxus Records) and