Gregg Vanzo

Gregg Vanzo
Born	(1961-04-08) April 8, 1961 Webster, New York
Occupation	Animator
Spouse	Nikki Vanzo

Gregg Vanzo (born April 8, 1961 in Webster, New York) is an American animator. He has worked on several shows, including The Simpsons and Futurama. He is also the founder of Rough Draft Studios.

Career in television

Gregg Vanzo began his career as an animator on Bill Kroyer's Technological Threat, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories and key animator for the short Box Office Bunny before beginning work on The Simpsons in storyboards, directing, and layout artistry. From there, Vanzo became the overseas supervisor on The Critic. Vanzo went on to serve as animation executive producer for Futurama.

Rough Draft Studios

Main article: Rough Draft Studios

In 1991, with his wife Nikki, Gregg Vanzo founded Rough Draft Studios in Seoul, South Korea. The studio has produced animation for such shows as The Simpsons, Futurama, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead, and The Maxx.

Later, Rough Draft Studios opened a sister studio in Glendale, California.

Directing credits

The Simpsons episodes

• "There's No Disgrace Like Home" (co-directed with Kent Butterworth)

Futurama episodes

• "Space Pilot 3000" (co-directed with Rich Moore)
• "A Fishful of Dollars" (co-directed with Ron Hughart)
• "The Problem with Popplers" (co-directed with Chris Sauve)

supervising director on 13 others

External links

• Gregg Vanzo at IMDb