Caleb has worked in the animation industry for 20 years as a Storyboard Artist, Character Designer and Director. His work has appeared on SpongeBob Squarepants, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The Penguins of Madagascar, Looney Tunes Feature Shorts, and the Emmy Award-winning Cosmos. Caleb directed 7 episodes of the hit television series American Dad! and was nominated for a prime-time Emmy. He is currently a Character Designer on American Dad! which is in production on season 16.
Caleb is also an accomplished Illustrator. He has created the artwork for eight Little Golden Books, including adaptations of Star Wars: The Force Awakens , Star Wars: A New Hope, Dinosaur Train and SpongeBob, Sponge Out of Water. His work has been featured on the cover of TV Guide, in the LA Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, and on millions of SpongeBob books and products, worldwide. If you have ever seen SpongeBob merchandise, you have probably already seen his work!
Caleb studied Character Animation at California Institute of the Arts. He has been an adjunct professor in the Animation department at Daemen College for 7 years teaching Character Design, Layout, and Storyboarding.
He lives with his wife and 3 delightful children near Buffalo, NY.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
"American Dad"
CHARACTER DESIGNER. Aug. 2008 – Present
Fox TV Animation, Los Angeles, CA.
Designed Characters for more than 200 episodes.
"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey"
STORYBOARDS, CHARACTER DESIGN. Season 2 (2015) and Season 3 (2019)
Fox TV Animation, Los Angeles, CA.
Animatic style storyboarding in Storyboard Pro. Character designs in Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
"The Penguins of Madagascar"
STORYBOARD ARTIST. Digital Storyboarding on Cintiq for fast-paced CG production.
Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Burbank, CA. Feb. 2008 – Aug. 2008
"American Dad"
DIRECTOR. Aug. 2004 – Sep. 2007.
Fox TV Animation, Los Angeles, CA.
Director of 7 episodes from the first three seasons. Supervised animation pre-production: thumbnails, design, storyboards, revisions, animatic timing and editing, sheet timing, and color design.
***Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2009 as Director of "1600 Candles".
"SpongeBob Squarepants"
STORYBOARD ARTIST. Sept. 1999 – Aug. 2002. Worked on all of the original first 3 seasons.
Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Burbank, CA.
"The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie"
STORYBOARD ARTIST. Aug. 2003 – Aug. 2004
PeanutWorm Productions, Glendale, CA.
"Looney Tunes Feature Shorts"
STORYBOARD ARTIST/CHARACTER LAYOUT. Oct 2002 – May 2003
Warner Bros. TV Animation Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA.
Freelance Illustration
Clients: TV Guide, Simon Schuster, Random House, TBS, Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob Comics, MTV Networks and Walter Foster.
***Illustrated 8 Little Golden Books including "Star Wars: A New Hope" and "The Force Awakens" as well as titles for “Dinosaur Train” and “SpongeBob Squarepants”.
Graphic Design
Parkin Design, Pasadena, CA Oct. 1993 – Oct. 1999.
Worked on print designs for logos, posters, annual reports, textbooks, ads and merchandise. Lots of typesetting. Some illustration and photo retouching.
EDUCATION
California Institute of the Arts
1996 – 1999. Major in Character Animation. Studies in traditional 2D animation, character design, layout, story, drawing and painting. Completed three student films.