Enrique Gato Borregán (born 26 April 1977 in Valladolid, Castile and León) is a Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer known as the creator of Tad Stones. With this character (including two CGI animated shorts and four animated features) he won five Goya Awards.Enrique Gato, Goya al mejor director novel por la animación de "Tadeo Jones" , RTVE 2013, 18 February.Enrique Gato: Ganador del Goya al Mejor Director Novel , 2013, 6 February.
Biography Gato was born in Valladolid and he grew up in Madrid. Since his childhood he has had an interest in comics (featuring Mort & Phil, The Adventures of Tintin, Asterix, and Superlópez) and was attracted to animation and technology, especially action-adventure Hollywood movies from variety of filmmakers, including the works of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis. When the first personal computers arrived, he began to make his own videogames with an Amstrad CPC 6128.Biografía de Enrique Gato , Hispavista.com.Entrevista: Enrique Gato, director de “Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones”: “Siempre me ha gustado Indiana Jones. Y creí que resultaría apetecible un personaje en el que se uniera acción y comedia a partes iguales” , Fila7.com Interview. 2013, 1 March
In 1995 he started his Informatics Engineering studies at university,Enrique Gato, director de ‘Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones’, coordinador de Animación de Trazos , Panorama Audiovisual, 2013, 25 January. where he learned to develop game engines to preview his own works and understand how to make 3D geometric previews using several programs like Maya, 3D Studio Max and Softimage.
While he was in university, he was hired by Artek, a company specializing in computer graphics. Once in there, he learned to work with programs such as TrueSpace and LightWave 3D.
Filmography Year TitleWorkDetailsCompany2022 Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet DirectorLightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, La Tadeopelícula AIE, Anangu Grup, Telecinco Cinema, Paramount Pictures2017 Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas DirectorLightbox 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 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 producerEl Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films 2012 Tad, the Lost Explorer DirectorEl Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Media Networks, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios Goya at Best New Director 2007 DirectorLa Fiesta Producciones 2006 Commandos 3AnimatorVideogamePyro Studios 2005 Praetorians AnimatorVideogamePyro Studios 2004 Tadeo Jones DirectorLa Fiesta Producciones 2002 Superlópez DirectorPersonal project 2001 Bicho DirectorPersonal project 1999 Pepe pescadorAnimatic Short film to Daniel Martínez Lara 1997 Starship Trappers DirectorPersonal project 1994 Toy Jístory DirectorPersonal project
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