Biography

Anthony Scott has been in the Film Industry for over 30 years. In 1987, stop motion pioneer, Art Clokey, hired him to animate clay characters for the television series The New Adventures of Gumby. Soon thereafter, Anthony began working with director Henry Selick on short stop motion projects for MTV. Several commercial jobs followed, including a Selick-directed Pillsbury Doughboy reboot. When Henry began crewing up for Tim Burton and Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, he asked Anthony to join his animation team.

Since Nightmare, Anthony has animated on several stop motion feature films such as Disney’s James and Giant Peach and Monkeybone for 20th Century Fox. He supervised animation on the Academy Award nominated feature, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride for Warner Bros. in London. He also supervised animation for the Academy Award nominated film, Coraline, for Laika Entertainment and Focus Features. Coraline was Laika’s first feature film and Anthony was a key contributor in setting up and staffing the new studio.

In 2008, Anthony collaborated with Jamie Caliri on the title sequence for Showtime’s United States of Tara, earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design. He would join Caliri again animating on three spots for Children’s Medical Center, one of which won Best Animated Commercial at the 38th Annual Annie Awards. On the most recent Caliri project, Anthony was Lead Animator for the music video The Rifle’s Spiral.

Several feature film projects followed including Laika’s ParaNorman, Mark Osborne’s The Little Prince, Henry Selick’s Wendell and Wild and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which won several awards including Best Animated Feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Additionally, Anthony has spoken and participated in panel discussions at San Diego Comic-Con, CTNX, ANIMA (Argentina), and taught and spoken at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark.

Recent projects include Lead Animator on the short film by PJ Magerko-Liquorice, Brim Broome Boulevard. He was Head of Animation and Associate Producer on Andrew Duplessie’s short horror film, The Littles, which has been acquired for Feature development at Paramount and Walter Hamada’s 18hz.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anthony Scott