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- Rex Grignon is a Canadian-American animation director and entrepreneur, known for his work as the Head of Character Animation for DreamWorks Animation from 1995-2014.
Grignon is the CEO of Nimble Collective, a company he co-founded in 2014.
Grignon graduated from Sheridan College's esteemed animation program in 1984, followed by a Bachelor's Degree in 1985 from New York Institute of Technology.
After graduation, he worked in Europe as animator and Art Director for early 3D commercials and broadcast graphics. After moving back to the U.S. in 1988, Grignon worked as a Senior Animator for Pacific Data Images (PDI) and co-founded their Character Animation Group with Tim Johnson.
Grignon then worked with the Jim Henson Company for two years as a lead animator on MuppetVision3D and the Jim Henson Hour. In 1994, Grignon joined Pixar to animate on Toy Story. After PDI was bought by DreamWorks animation the following year, Grignon returned to the newly formed PDI/DreamWorks as the Head of Character Animation on many films, including the Shrek and Madagascar franchises.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Barry T. Smith
- In 2006 Grignon was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his contributions to the field of animation.
- Awarded the first ever Distinguished Alumnus Award, Animation from Sheridan College in 2007.
- Appeared in national advertising campaign for HP in their "Make it Matter" series in 2012.
- Won the 2013 Premier's Award for Creative Arts and Design - Presented annually to six recipients, the Premier's Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions Ontario college graduates make to the province and throughout the world.
- Grignon co-founded Nimble Collective in 2014 with DreamWorks alumni Jason Schleifer, Bruce Wilson, and Scott LaFleur after seeing a need for a robust, online, animation platform (like those found in the big studios) that everyone could access.
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