Zeljko Risek:
CLASS OF 1988
Ascension Of Our Lord High SchoolClass of 1988
Mississauga, ON
Sheridan College - Animation & Emerging TechnologiesClass of 1992
Oakville, ON
St. Gabriel SchoolClass of 1981
Mississauga, ON
Zeljko's Story
Life
I'm an animator! I draw cartoons on TV for a living! How cool is that? It's all I have ever wanted to do, and I am doing it. It's not work, it's what I love to do, and itÂs my passion. Every year my career gets better, and I do things I never thought I would do. This year I have a screenwriting credit, I directed a pilot episode of a new cartoon, my animated shorts called THE Z-FILES played at film festivals and on TV, and I started my own company called Flying Iguanna Productions; all that, plus my regular credits on several cartoons as animator and designer. I have seen many great places in my work and in life, Detroit, Chicago, Montreal, Atlanta, Burbank CA, DC, Ottawa, L.A., and other great cities in North America. I think I would like to work in Europe in the next few years; the animation industry in Europe is great, with lots of very talented artists. The name ZEE RISEK is getting recognized in the animation industry. My next goal is to get my very own series. I have already pitched ideas to the Cartoon Network a...Expand for more
nd Nickelodeon. It is just a matter of time before I come up with the right project at the right time.
I had an epiphany a few years ago. I was walking to the studio one morning through the park. It was the end of summer, it was a beautiful morning. And then it hit me, the epiphany. I have a GREAT life! I draw cartoons, I have an amazing career and I love it. When I was in high school, if I would have known then what my life would be like now, I would have been the happiest kid in the world. I would not have been worried or stressed about the future. Are you kidding?! I'll be drawing cartoons and laughing all day?! The future sounds great! And it is. If only I could go back in time and show myself how life would turn out, but my flying De Lorean has a broken flux capacitor. So that was my epiphany, ever since then I have had a permanent smile on my face.
Workplace
Animation! This is the life. Drawing cartoons all day, laughing and joking, telling stories and working with the greatest group of people I know. I love it!
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