Bev Chapman - Animation Artist

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About Bev Chapman

Highly accomplished animation professional with over twenty years of experience in both traditional and digital animation. Has worked in both primetime and children's programming with expertise in creative direction, concept and visual direction, prop, character, and background design / layout, storyboard revisions and storyboards, show creator.


Professional Qualifications

  • Excellent leader, decision maker, problem solver
  • Solid management and organizational skills
  • Dependable, hard working, meets tight deadlines
  • Works well independently or as a team member

       

 Professional Accolades

  • Primetime Emmy Honor for contribution on "The Simpsons"
  • Daytime Emmy Honor for contribution to "Rugrats"                                                                

                                    

Professional Experience

Warner Bros. Animation- Freelance prop and efx design for "Wabbit" (Feb. 2015- Present)

Highlights Children's Magazine- Freelance illustrator for "Highlights" magazine (Feb. 2014-Present)

FOX TV Animation- (May 2004- Nov. 2013) -Prop and Efx designer for FOX Tv's "Family Guy"

Walt Disney TV Animation- (April 1999- May 2003) - Prop and Efx designer for the series Clerks, Kim Possible, and Fillmore

Film Roman- (June 1998- April 1999) - Prop and Efx designer, storyboard revisionist on the first season of Fox's "Family Guy"

Klasky / Csupo- (November 1997-May 1998) - Prop Designer / Background Revisionist for "The Rugrats Movie"

Hyperion Animation Studio- (April 1994- Septmber 1997) - Prop Designer, Character Designer, Storyboard Revisionist for the following shows: "Life with Louie", HBO's "Happily Ever After : Fairy Tales for Every Child", "The Brave Little Toaster" movies, "Itsy, Bitsy Spider"

Film Roman- (May 1993-April 1994) - Character layout and background revisions for Fox's "The Critic"

Klasky / Csupo- (August 1991- May 1993)- Started off working as a PA on "The Simpsons" and moved to the background cleanup department where I became a supervisor. I also did character layout and storyboard revisions for "The Simpsons". When "The Simpsons" moved production to Film Roman, I was offered a position as a storyboard revisionist on the Emmy award winning show "Rugrats" for Nickelodeon.