Francis Glebas

Francis Glebas (born April 12, 1952) is an American keynote speaker, writer, movie director, storyboard artist, and teacher. He worked in movies such as Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dinosaur, Hercules, Treasure Planet, Fantasia 2000, Piglet's Big Movie, Space Chimps, Rio, and Ice Age: Continental Drift.

Career

He has taught and consulted on animation, story, storytelling and storyboarding at the New York Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and Walt Disney Imagineering.

Personal life

He has given Keynote speeches at TMRE 2016, CalArts 2016, Gnomon School of Visual Effects 2017.

Filmography

• Aladdin (1992) - visual development artist and story
• The Lion King (1994) - story
• Pocahontas (1995) - story
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - story
• Hercules (1997) - story
• Fantasia 2000 (2000) - director - segment Pomp and Circumstance and visual development - segment Pines of Rome
• Dinosaur (2000) - additional story artist
• Treasure Planet (2002) - story artist
• Piglet's Big Movie (2003) - director
• Space Chimps (2008) - story artist
• Rio (2011) - story artist
• Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) - story artist

Publications

• Directing the Story: Professional Storyboarding and Storytelling Techniques for Live Action and Animation, Focal Press, 2008.
• The Animator's Eye, Focal Press, 2012.
• Iggy's Incredibly Easy Way to Write a Story, 2012