Phil Ortiz

Phil Ortiz
Ortiz at the Big Apple Convention, May 21, 2011.
Born	1953 East Los Angeles, California

Phil Ortiz an American animator. He has worked for more than 30 years as a professional artist, ranging from daily newspaper comic strips to animated cartoons.

Early life

Ortiz was born to Mexican and Spanish/Norwegian parents in East Los Angeles.

Awards

• 1988-2007: Member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)
• 1995-2007: Member of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS)
• 1993-2007: Bongo Comics, Currently, lead pencil animator Simpsons Comics
• 1993—94: Disney Store, Concept illustrations for merchandise
• Hanna-Barbera Character art for merchandising Department
• Al White Studios, Character art for Disney merchandise
• 1991-93: The Walt Disney Company, Publishing Character artist for various children’s books. Comic artist for Disney Adventure Magazine
• 1993 Ogilvy & Mather, Storyboard clean-ups for Cocoa & Fruity Pebbles commercials
• 1987-90: Warner Bros. Animation, Inking and layout for the Bugs Bunny comic strip for newspaper publication
• 1989 Calico Productions Layout and model design for Denver The Dinosaur series
• 1989-91: Klasky Csupo, INC. Background design supervisor for The Simpsons TV series 1987—88: FILM ROMAN Layouts and model design for the Garfield Christmas Special, Garfield, The Saturday Morning Series, and Garfield’s Nine Lives
• 1983—87 Ruby-Spears Productions, Layouts and model design for animation for Alvin And The Chipmunks and other series
• 1978—82: Hanna-Barbera, Layouts, model design, animation arid presentation art for animated shows: The Flintstones, The Smurfs, Richie Rich.

Personal life

Ortiz lives in Lake Arrowhead, California. He has appeared at Wizard World and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

External links

• Phil Ortiz at IMDb
• Phil Ortiz at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)