Michel Gagné

**Michel Gagné** (born 1965, Roberval, Quebec) is a Canadian cartoonist.

## Film

Gagné studied Classical Animation at Sheridan College and worked for Sullivan Bluth Studios for six years, working on such films as *An American Tail*, *The Land Before Time*, *All Dogs Go to Heaven*, *Rock-A-Doodle*, and *A Troll in Central Park*. While at Bluth's company, Gagné worked on his own short film, *Prelude to Eden*, which was nominated for an Annie Award in 1996.

After leaving Bluth, Gagné moved around and eventually settled at Warner Bros.' animation studio, where he worked on such films as *Quest for Camelot*, *The Iron Giant*, and *Osmosis Jones*. More recently, Gagné designed the special effects for the Cartoon Network series *Star Wars: Clone Wars*. He has also occasionally worked for Disney and Pixar. His short films, "Sensology", was short listed for an Academy Award in 2010.

His graphic novel, *The Saga of Rex*, is currently being adapted into an animated feature-length film by Gagné himself and Belgian animation and visual effects studio, Grid VFX/Animation.

## *Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet*

Gagné has also finished his first video game, *Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet*, a 2D side-scrolling shooter game which was released August 3, 2011 on Xbox Live Arcade as part of the XBLA Summer of Arcade promotion.

## Published Work

Gagné has also made a name for himself in comics and illustrated fiction. His first book, *A Search for Meaning: The Story of Rex*, was self-published in 1998. Several more books followed. Gagné also created a Batman story, *Batman: Spore*, which was serialized in *Detective Comics* #776-780 (January–May 2003). His comic story, *The Saga of Rex* was serialized in the comics anthology *Flight* volume 2-7 (2005-2010), and later collected as a complete graphic novel, published by Image Comics in October 2010. He has produced a 10-issue comic book series, *ZED* (2001-2013), which was collected and published by Image Comics in 2013 as, *ZED: A Cosmic Tale*. He is also well known for his work as an artist for the card game Xeko.

## Filmography

* 1985 - *For Better of for Worse: The Bestest Present* - animator
* 1986 - *A Touch of Deceit* - student film producer, director, animator
* 1986 - *An American Tail* - assistant character animator (uncredited)
* 1988 - *The Land Before Time* - character animator
* 1989 - *All Dogs Go To Heaven* - character animator
* 1991 - *Rover Dangerfield* - special effects animator
* 1992 - *Rock-A-Doodle* - special effects animator
* 1993 - *Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina* - special effects animator
* 1993 - *Demolition Man* - special effects animator
* 1994 - *A Troll in Central Park* - special effects animator
* 1994 - *The Swan Princess* - head of special effects animation
* 1995 - *Destiny Turns on the Radio* - special effects animator
* 1995 - *A Vampire in Brooklyn* - special effects animator
* 1995 - *Mortal Kombat* - special effects animator
* 1995 - *Prelude to Eden* - producer, director, animator
* 1996 - *Space Jam* - additional effects animation (uncredited)
* 1997 - *Quest for Camelot* - head of special effects animation
* 1999 - *The Iron Giant* - special effects animator/supervisor
* 2001 - *Osmosis Jones* - head of 2D special effects, title sequence animator
* 2001 - *The Powerpuff Girls Movie* - special effects animator/designer
* 2002 - *Scooby Doo* - conceptual effects animation
* 2003 - *Star Wars: Clone Wars* - special effects designer
* 2004 - *The Life and Times of Juniper Lee* - character designer
* 2005 - *The X's* - special effects animator
* 2005 - *Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets* - creator, director, producer
* 2007 - *Ratatouille* - taste visualization designer/animator
* 2008 - *Horton Hears a Who!* - special effects animator
* 2010 - *Sensology* - producer, director, animator
* 2012 - *Brave* - development artist
* 2013 - *The Saga of Rex Part 1: Abduction* - proof-of-concept teaser, producer, director, animator
* 2014 - *Synesthesia* - co-producer, director, animator
* 2016 - *Battleborn* - visual effects designer
* 2017 - *Nature Cat: The Movie* - effects animator (Hal & Hayley's dream sequences)
* 2017 - *My Little Pony: The Movie* - visual effects artist
* 2018 - *Untitled Animated Spider-Man Film* - special effects stylist
* TBA - *The Saga of Rex* - director, producer, animation supervisor