Ben Gluck

Ben Gluck
Born	Benjamin Gluck St. Louis, Missouri, United States May 27, 1976
Nationality	American
Occupation	Director, Screenwriter, Storyboard Artist
Years active	1999 - Present
Agent	ICM
Notable work	Alpha and Omega (2010) 9 (2009)
Awards	Walter Lantz Award Best Animated Short, New York Independent Film Festival

Benjamin "Ben" Gluck is an American director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended California Institute of the Arts, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film and Animation. His animated short, Man’s Best Friend, a satirical spoof on life and love in the Garden of Eden, garnered awards and accolades in the American Film circuit and went on to win Best Animated Short at the New York Independent Film Festival. His short toured the world with Spike and Mike’s Festival of Sick & Twisted Animation and premiered nationwide on MTV's Cartoon Sushi and provided him with a full scholarship from Walt Disney Studios.

Gluck joined Walt Disney Studios were he served for ten years working in as a storyboard artist on the films Dinosaur, Emperor’s New Groove, Home on the Range. He also served as Head of Story on Bambi 2 and directed Disney’s Brother Bear 2 which was produced in Australia.

Gluck then began working on independent animated features. He served as Head of Story on the science fiction fantasy 9, executive produced by Tim Burton and was one of two directors of Alpha and Omega, a 3D animated feature film by Lionsgate Films. Gluck also served as a story artist on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Ben has taught animation in Malaysia and India and is the writer and illustrator of a series of picture books.

Filmography

Feature Films

Short Films

References

External links

• Official Website
• Ben Gluck at the Internet Movie Database