Shannon Tindle

Shannon Tindle
Tindle on the set of Lost Ollie in 2022.
Born
Christopher Shannon Tindle

Other namesC. Shannon Tindle
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Character Designer
Children1

Christopher Shannon Tindle is an American animator, storyboard artist, television writer, screenwriter, and film director. Tindle's work on the television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends received an Annie Award nomination in 2005 for Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production.[1] Later, at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006, he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for "Go Goo Go",[2] while the episode was also nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).[3][4]

Tindle worked as a character designer on Sony Pictures Animation's The Emoji Movie;[5] DreamWorks Animation' The Croods, as a story developer; and Laika's Kubo and the Two Strings, which he originally developed with his wife Megan before leaving the project over creative differences.[6]

Currently, Tindle works at Netflix, where he adapted William Joyce’s Ollie’s Odyssey into the miniseries Lost Ollie. He most recently directed a CG-animated Ultraman feature film titled Ultraman: Rising for Netflix Animation.[7]

Work

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Character designer

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TV shows

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Films

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Storyboard Artist

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Writer

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Visual Development Artist

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Other

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References

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  1. ^ International Animated Film Society. "33rd Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". Annie Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  2. ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "2006 Creative Arts & Primetime Emmy Awards winners". Emmys.tv. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  3. ^ Associated Press (2006-08-27). "Fast Facts: 2006 Emmy Nominations". Fox News. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  4. ^ "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends — Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  5. ^ "The Art of Emoji Movie - Sony Pictures". Sony Pictures. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  6. ^ ”Cartoons VS Cancer - Ep. 19 (The One with Shannon Tindle!)” on YouTube. Published February 20, 2017. Accessed May 5, 2023.
  7. ^ Vary, Adam (May 13, 2021). "Netflix Developing 'Ultraman' Animated Feature With All-New Story (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Art of Emoji Movie - Sony Pictures". Sony Pictures. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
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