Charles Steve Zembillas[1] is an American character designer, art director, educator, and author.[2] Zembillas designed early concept art for games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy,[3][4] as well as animated television series such as Wish Kid, Where's Waldo?, James Bond Jr., and Ghostbusters.[1]

Charles Zembillas
Born
Charles Steve Zembillas

Occupations
  • Character designer
  • Art director
  • educator
  • author
  • concept artist

He currently teaches art in his home state of California.

Career

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Charles Zembillas was a character designer for the television series She-Ra: Princess of Power from 1985 to 1987 for a total of ninety-three episodes. He was also a character designer in 1985 for the film The Secret of the Sword, and would go on to be the art director of the television series Ghostbusters for sixty-five episodes in 1986. In 1987 Zembillas was commissioned for Spiral Zone as a character designer for sixty-five episodes.[1]

In 1991, Charles Zembillas was commissioned to work as an animator, art director, and character designer for movies and TV shows such as Wish Kid, Where's Waldo?, Captain N, and James Bond Jr. In 1993, he was the character designer of the TV series Hurricanes as "Skevos Zembillas". In the same year, he also served as the storyboard reviser for the TV series Sonic the Hedgehog.

In 1996, Charles Zembillas worked for Naughty Dog Inc. on a new project known as "Crash Bandicoot", a video game series for the Sony PlayStation. Zembillas would continue to work for Naughty Dog in 1998 with Crash Bandicoot: Warped.

In the year 2000, Zembillas designed early concept art for Naughty Dog in the game Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, as well as Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Charles Zembillas currently serves as the CEO, Founder, and Instructor at The Animation Academy in California.

Filmography and games

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Date Title Platform Role
1982 The Secret of NIMH Film Assistant animator (uncredited)
1985 She-Ra: Princess of Power TV series Character designer
The Secret of the Sword Film
1986 Ghostbusters TV series
1987 Spiral Zone TV series
1989 The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island Short Model director
1991 Wish Kid TV series Character designer
Where's Waldo? Additional character designer
Captain N and the New Super Mario World Character designer
Captain N: The Game Master
James Bond Jr.
1992 Defenders of Dynatron City TV short
1993 Sonic the Hedgehog TV series
Hurricanes TV series Character designer
1995 The New Adventures of Madeline TV series Character and prop designer
1996 Crash Bandicoot Video game Art director
1997 A Christmas Carol Video
1997 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Video game
1998 Crash Bandicoot: Warped Video game
Spyro the Dragon Character designer
The Snowden, Raggedy Ann and Andy Holiday Show Film Layout supervisor
2000 Spyro: Year of the Dragon Video game Character designer
2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
2003 Crash Nitro Kart Video game Art director

References

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  1. ^ a b c Zembillas, Charles. "Charles Zembillas – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Zembillas, Charles. "Blogger: User Profile: Charles Z". Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Zembillas, Charles (2008). Controlling Illusion: The Class Demonstrations of Charles Zembillas. Animation Academy. ISBN 978-0981605005. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Interview with Charles Zembillas". Crash Mania. May 17, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2013.