Enrique Gato | |
|---|---|
| Born | Enrique Gato Borregán (1977-04-26)26 April 1977 (age 47) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Director Producer Screenwriter |
Enrique Gato Borregán (born 26 April 1977 inValladolid,Castile and León) is a Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer known as the creator ofTadeo Jones. With this character (including two CGI animated shorts and one animated feature) he won threeGoya Awards.[1][2]
Gato was born in Valladolid and he grew up inMadrid. Since his childhood he has had an interest in comics (featuringMort & Phil,The Adventures of Tintin,Asterix, andSuperlópez) and was attracted to animation and technology, especially action-adventure Hollywood movies from variety of filmmakers, including the works ofSteven Spielberg,George Lucas, andRobert Zemeckis. When the first personal computers arrived, he began to make his own videogames with anAmstrad CPC 6128.[3][4]
In 1995 he started his Informatics Engineering studies at university,[5] where he learned to developgame engines to preview his own works and understand how to make 3D geometric previews using several programs likeMaya,3D Studio Max andSoftimage.[4]
While he was in university, he was hired byArtek, a company specializing incomputer graphics. Once in there, he learned to work with programs such asTrueSpace andLightWave 3D, around the same time thatPixar was releasing its first works of CGI animation.[4]
| Year | Title | Work | Details Company |
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| 2022 | Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet | Director | Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, La Tadeopelícula AIE, Anangu Grup, Telecinco Cinema, Paramount Pictures |
| 2017 | Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas[6] | Co-director | Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, El Toro Pictures, Tadeo Jones y el Secreto de Midas AIE, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 CATS Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| 2015 | Capture the Flag[6] | Director | Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Los Rockets AIE La Película, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 CATS Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| 2012 | La mano de Nefertiti | Executive producer | El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films |
| 2012 | Tad, The Lost Explorer | Director | El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Media Networks, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios Goya at Best New Director[1] |
| 2007 | Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito | Director | La Fiesta Producciones |
| 2006 | Commandos 3 | Animator | Videogame Pyro Studios |
| 2005 | Praetorians | Animator | Videogame Pyro Studios |
| 2004 | Tadeo Jones | Director | La Fiesta Producciones |
| 2002 | Superlópez | Director | Personal project |
| 2001 | Bicho | Director | Personal project |
| 1999 | Pepe pescador | Animatic | Short film toDaniel Martínez Lara |
| 1997 | Starship Trappers | Director | Personal project |
| 1994 | Toy Jístory | Director | Personal project |
