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Ex-Pixar Animator Alex Orrelle founded new Animation Studio

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Alex Orrelle, Israeli pixar ex-animator, founded together with his wife Michelle Orrelle and Lior Goldberg a new Israeli animation studio named “Crew972“, designed for character animation supply for advertisement agency’s and other cooperating.

Orrelle had worked as a animator for Pixar’s The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and the short Boundin’ and also created the opening graphic titles for Mikes new Car (Includes in the Monsters, Inc DVD, available to buy on the right panel of the site). Orrelle worked for 3 years at Pixar, after 1 year of training before he was officialy a pixar animator. He was the first Israeli animator at Pixar ever, and the 3rd Israeli worker at Pixar. You can see some of his works on The Incredibles by Clicking Here (Requires QuickTime 6).
To read interview with him, Click Here.

In the new Studio, Orrelle is the head of the creative panel, while his wife, Michelle, is the head of the financial panel. The CEO is Lior Goldberg, witch also was the studio manager of DSPI, Israeli Animation Studio the all of his workers were fired. DSPI is company hold by IDT Entratiment, ho were also doing animation for series such as X-men Evolution.

Last modified: May 4, 2005