Phil Trumbo

Current

• Art Director of Entertainment Media at Hidden City Games
• Trumbo Studio (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Creative Director at Amaze Entertainment
• Lead Artist at Accolade Games
• Art Director at Alexandria Digital Studio

• Director at Trumbo Studio (Sole Proprietorship)
• Director at Broadcast Arts

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Education

• American Animation Institute
• Virginia Commonwealth University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Company

Phil Trumbo’s Summary

An experienced creative visualist in film, TV and interactive media; Trumbo has provided creative and artistic direction to nearly one hundred high-profile games, with retail sales of over a billion dollars. He guided the creative and artistic development of Amaze Entertainment from startup to it’s merger with Foundation 9 Entertainment, creating the world’s largest independent game developer.

Many of his of his notable successes come from adapting prestigious film and television properties into highly successful games, including- Pirates of the Caribbean™, Chronicles of Narnia™, Lord of the Rings™, Harry Potter ™”, Shrek™, “Spiderman™, The Sims™, Star Wars™, Lego™, Finding Nemo™, “X-Men™ and Ice Age™. He has been instrumental in recruiting top creative talent as well as creating opportunities for gifted entry-level artists.

Phil won an Emmy Award for directing the opening title sequence for CBS's Pee Wee's Playhouse. He's also served as director, designer and animator for clients, including- Electronic Arts, Activision Inc., Buena Vista Games, Vivendi Universal Games,NBC, ABC, CBS, Proctor and Gamble, General Foods, Ralston Purina, General Mills, Nickelodeon and MTV.

Phil Trumbo’s Specialties:

Visual Design and Development, Art Direction, Conceptual Art, Digital Illustration, I.P. Development, Consulting, Lecturing and Teaching

Phil Trumbo’s Experience

• Art Director of Entertainment Media

  Hidden City Games

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Art Direction, Illustration and visual development of original I.P. for online games and entertainment. www.bellasara.com

• Trumbo Studio

  Sole Proprietorship

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years )

  Visual Design and Development, Art Direction, Illustration, I.P. Development & Concept Art for Games and Entertainment, Lecturer, Teacher, Creative Consultant.

• Creative Director

  Amaze Entertainment

  (Computer Games industry)

  April 1997 — December 2006 (9 years 9 months)

  Artistic director of four game studios making up Amaze Entertainment. Provided art direction and creative direction to Art Directors and art teams.

• Lead Artist

  Accolade Games

  (Computer Games industry)

  1995 — 1997 (2 years )

  Art directed Sci-Fi PC games.

• Art Director

  Alexandria Digital Studio

  (Computer Games industry)

  1993 — 1995 (2 years )

  Art directed and animated licensed content and developed original I.P. for Sega Genesis, Nintendo SNES, Sony PS1 and PC games.

• Director

  Trumbo Studio (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

  April 1990 — October 1993 (3 years 7 months)

  Los Angeles-based independent animation art director, storyboard artist, special effects artist, graphic novelist and animator for DIC, Klasky-Csupo, King Features Syndicate, Jumbo Pictures, Nickelodeon, Tundra Comics, Stargate Entertainment & Knowledge Adventure.

• Director

  Broadcast Arts

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 1984 — September 1989 (5 years 2 months)

  Director of animated, live action and special effects films for broadcast TV, advertisements and network ID's. Animation director for Pee Wee's Playhouse's first season.

Phil Trumbo’s Education

• American Animation Institute

  Animation, Storyboarding, Life drawing 1991 — 1993

  Studied classical animation and storyboarding under Disney animators and life drawing with Glenn Vilpuu.

• Virginia Commonwealth University

  BFA , Visual Arts , September 1966 — June 1972

  Studied painting, printmaking, sculpture and film making.

Additional Information

Phil Trumbo’s Websites:

• My Company

Phil Trumbo’s Interests:

Mountain biking, kayaking, meditating

Phil Trumbo’s Groups:

Digipen Professional Advisory Committee

Phil Trumbo’s Honors:

Emmy Award for Pee Wee's Playhouse
Three Clio Award Nominations
New York Independent Film Festival Critic's Choice

Phil Trumbo’s Contact Settings

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