Jill Culton

Jill Culton is an American animator, who is best known for her directorial debut on Sony's first animated movie, Open Season.

Previously, she studied at the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.

She was also a storyboard artist for various Pixar films such as Toy Story and Toy Story 2 and also co-wrote the original treatment for Monsters Inc.,

She was also the animator for the character Turner for the film Cats Don't Dance.

Culton is currently working as director for Sony Pictures Animation.

Filmography

• The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (animator: Calvert/Cobbler Productions)
• Toy Story (1995) (story artist)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997) (supervising animator: Supporting Animal Characters, storyboard artist)
• A Bug's Life (1998) (additional storyboard artist)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (character designer: new characters, story artist)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001) (story, development story supervisor, visual development)
• Open Season (2006) (director, story)
• Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2006) (director, writer)
• Surf's Up (2007) (special thanks)

External links

• Jill Culton at the Internet Movie Database