Larry Lauria
Larry Lauria is an award winning animator, director and
teacher.
Larry Lauria is an animator/ director and educator who loves his
craft. His expertise in
direction, animation, character design and layout has kept Larry trotting
around the globe. His workshops at Festivals in London,
Cologne,
Dublin, Belfast, Los Angeles and
Provence, have inspired and amused audiences from
all over the world.
His animation career spans over 30 years and
includes
animation and direction on feature, television, commercial
and interactive productions. The projects he has worked on
have garnered over 50 awards, from Emmys to Addys to Codys and even a few
BAFTA’s.
He likens his artistic life to being an air
traffic controller with projects and films always ready to land. He has
experience in every aspect of animation. He was the former head of animation
at the Disney Institute in Orlando, Florida
- where he was personal animation guru to folks like Andy Garcia, Joan
London, and Gladys Knight. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, SPORTS CENTER,
GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CNN and the BBC.
Prior to Disney, Larry also lived in
Ireland
for five years and taught and co-coordinated the world-renowned classical
animation program at Senior College Ballyfermot, one of the top three
animation programs in the world.
Socially conscious animation is a hallmark of
Lauria’s career.
While in Dublin,
he created the ANIMAGIC project, a cross-border North/South of
Ireland
film produced by 32 students which focused on their cultural heritage. The
15 minute film was seen as an innovative landmark in Irish cinema.
During his tenure at Disney, Larry produced a
30 second animated commercial for the UNICEF’s “Rights of the Child”
project; almost 500 people participated in making the spot.
His OUR WORLD film project has a simple
premise, “What do you have to say about this world?” The film utilized the
skills of student animators supervised by professionals under the auspices
of the Internationale Filmschule and Lauria’s Larry’s Toon Institute.
Larry and his wife live on Wilmington Island,
Ga. He enjoys painting, drawing, reading and taking long walks on the beach.
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