Timothy Albee
Encyclopedia
Timothy Albee is the creator of Kaze, Ghost Warrior. He needed six months to complete the movie, using two computers. He also published the book.
and raised in a very small farming community. He bought his first computer when he was 10 years old (Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer
). He started college at a state university, and then went to College for Creative Studies
(CCS) in Detroit, but left shortly thereafter due to his disappointment with the faculty's inability to teach him what he wanted to learn. He apprenticed to a flute-master in Virginia
for a while, learning to make bamboo
flutes, then traveled the Renaissance Faire circuit where he worked as a bard, juggler, sleight-of-hand artist, "martial-arts juggler," swordsman and various and sundry other very odd jobs.
Living in California
in 1991, he worked as a professional musician focusing mainly on folk and classical harp. He was hired to do sound production for a small music label where he was first exposed to the Video Toaster
. After a few years in California, he took a sabbatical, returning to Michigan to finish his degree.
He started working for a company to which Disney Interactive was outsourcing its Animated Storybooks and got back into animation. Then he went back to California to be lead animator on Activision
's Apocalypse
. He then went on to work on the science fiction television series Babylon 5
, and then to Walt Disney Feature Animation
to work on the feature film Dinosaur
. After WDFA, he formed Exile Films, which was rolled into Studio Mythos when offshore investors took over, leading the studio in a completely contrary direction. Securing the company a gig to fulfill his obligations, he left everything associated with Mythos and drove north. He is currently working on the next episode in the Kaze, Ghost Warrior series and was hired on to animate new CGI characters for the third season of the Battlestar Galactica
television series.
Also, he has become part of the team designing werewolves
for the upcoming film Freeborn.
Biography
He was born in MichiganMichigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and raised in a very small farming community. He bought his first computer when he was 10 years old (Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer
TRS-80 Color Computer
The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer was a home computer launched in 1980. It was one of the earliest of the first generation of computers marketed for home use in English-speaking markets...
). He started college at a state university, and then went to College for Creative Studies
College for Creative Studies
College for Creative Studies is an art education institution in the United States and was cited by BusinessWeek as one of the 60 best design schools in the world. It is a private, fully accredited, four-year college located in Detroit, Michigan...
(CCS) in Detroit, but left shortly thereafter due to his disappointment with the faculty's inability to teach him what he wanted to learn. He apprenticed to a flute-master in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
for a while, learning to make bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
flutes, then traveled the Renaissance Faire circuit where he worked as a bard, juggler, sleight-of-hand artist, "martial-arts juggler," swordsman and various and sundry other very odd jobs.
Living in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
in 1991, he worked as a professional musician focusing mainly on folk and classical harp. He was hired to do sound production for a small music label where he was first exposed to the Video Toaster
Video Toaster
The NewTek Video Toaster is a combination of hardware and software for the editing and production of standard-definition and high-definition video in NTSC, PAL, and resolution independent formats on Commodore Amiga computers and subsequently on computers running the Windows operating system...
. After a few years in California, he took a sabbatical, returning to Michigan to finish his degree.
He started working for a company to which Disney Interactive was outsourcing its Animated Storybooks and got back into animation. Then he went back to California to be lead animator on Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
's Apocalypse
Apocalypse
An Apocalypse is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception, i.e. the veil to be lifted. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament...
. He then went on to work on the science fiction television series Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
, and then to Walt Disney Feature Animation
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Walt Disney Animation Studios is an American animation studio headquartered in Burbank, California. The studio, founded in 1923 as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by brothers Walt and Roy Disney, is the oldest subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
to work on the feature film Dinosaur
Dinosaur (film)
Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 19, 2000, and is the 39th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
. After WDFA, he formed Exile Films, which was rolled into Studio Mythos when offshore investors took over, leading the studio in a completely contrary direction. Securing the company a gig to fulfill his obligations, he left everything associated with Mythos and drove north. He is currently working on the next episode in the Kaze, Ghost Warrior series and was hired on to animate new CGI characters for the third season of the Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
television series.
Also, he has become part of the team designing werewolves
Werewolves in fiction
Werewolf fiction denotes the portrayal of werewolves and other shapeshifting man/woman-beasts, in the media of literature, drama, film, games, and music. But They Are Real! But we are hard to find.Werewolf literature includes folklore, legend, saga, fairy tales, Gothic and Horror fiction, fantasy...
for the upcoming film Freeborn.
Books
- Essential LightWave 3D [8]
- LightWave 3D [8] Character Animation
- CGI Filmmaking, The Creation Of Ghost Warrior
- 1001 LightWave Tips and Tricks and LightWave Getting Started Guide
External links
- Timothy Albee at WikiFur
- http://www.ta-animation.com/index.htm
- http://ta-animation.com/TA_FineArt/