Gábor Tom Steisinger
 
Character Design, Story, Storyboard, Set Design / Layout, Illustration, Comic Book Art, Sculpting, Directing, Animation, Costume Design

Curriculum Vitae

Filmwork

June -
July 2024

Wolkenlenker GmbH
Characterdesign and storyboarding on a Teaser for an animated TV-series in planning

April - 
May 2024

Traumhaus Studios GmbH
Storyboarding a Teaser for an upcoming animated feature film

January  - March 2024

b.Water Animation Studios
Working as Characterdesigner for an animated TV-series still in production and as Illustrator on the childrens book: “Fina & die Yomis, Die Geheimnisse der Yomi-Welt” for Europa Park

November 2023

Lumatic Animation VFX GmbH
Storyboarder for a feature film still in production

September 2023 - October 2023

Digedags Entertainment GmbH
Storyboarding the pilot of a TV-series in development

August 2022 - August 2023

Studio 100 Animation
Lead Characterdesigner on an animated feature film still in production

August 2021 - 
April 2022

Gringofilms GmbH
Storyboarder for the animated feature film „Stitch Head“

October 2020 - April 2021

Knudsenpictures GmbH
Storyboarder for the animated feature film „Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel“

January 2014 - September 2020

Hahn Film AG in Berlin, Germany
Work as director, character designer and storyboarder on the TV-series “Mia and Me” - season 2
- as storyboard artist and stb- supervisor for the TV-series „Worry Eaters (Sorgenfresser)“
- as Characterdesign-Supervisor for the TV series „Mia and Me 3“ and
- as Director and storyboard artist for „Mia and Me 4“


Helle Freude GmbH in Berlin, Germany
as illustrator, character designer, modeling supervisor for the Toy brand „Worry Eaters“

November - December 2006

Toons n´Tales in Hamburg, Germany
Work as storyboard artist and character animator (2D reference - animation) for the trailer to the CGI - feature “Jasper the Penguin”

2003 - 2013

Cartoon Film Studio GmbH and Kringel Medien AG in Berlin, Germany:

2003 - 2004

- Work as freelance character designer, storyboard artist, posing supervisor and animator on the feature "Der kleine Eisbär und die geheimnisvolle Insel“

2004 - 2006

- as storyboard artist, character designer/ supervisor and animator on the feature film “Der kleine Dodo”, as storyboard artist, character designer/ supervisor and animation director for the TV – series with the same title,

2006 - 2009

- as storyboard artist, character designer/ supervisor for the feature film “Lauras Stern und der geheimnisvolle Drache Nian”,

2009

- as storyboard artist and animation director on the CGI feature film “Lauras Stern und die Traummonster” 

2010 - 2013

- as story artist, storyboard artist, character designer/ supervisor and animation director for the feature film “Keinohrhase und Zweiohrküken”

November 2000 - 2003

Hahn Film GmbH in Berlin, Germany
where I worked as freelance artist - as character designer for numerous 2D projects, as Animator on the MusicVideo for “Dödel Up” by the band Guano Apes, as Storyboard Artist on the TV- series “Altair”, as director of the trailer of the TV- series “School of littleVampires”- where I worked mostly at Hosem - Studio in Shanghai, China.

Also work as concept artist, character designer and supervisor, as well as storyboard artist on the feature film “Happyly`N`Ever After” (which was then produced by a company named BAF).

April 2000 - October 2000

Work as freelance artist for:

- MTV- Animation in New York
Work as character designer on the TV-series ”The Clique”

- Disney- Feature Animation in Florida
Work as character designer on the feature “Brother Bear”

1995 - March 2000

Fox- Animation Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona
- Work as conceptual artist and character animator on the feature film “Anastasia”,
- later as conceptual artist on “Dracula”, as concept- and storyboard artist on the feature films “Bartok the Magnificent” and “Titan AE”
- and finally as conceptual artist and character designer on an untitled Africa- project - which was shelved

1990 - 1994

Sullivan- Bluth, later Don Bluth- Studios in Dublin, Ireland
Work as character animator on the following classically animated features: “A Troll in Central Park”, “Thumbelina”, “A Pebble and a Penguin” - this last one completed for MGM - Studios

1989 - 1990

DEFA Studio für Trickfilme in Dresden, Germany
Work as conceptual artist, storyboard artist and animator on several shorts and a short feature titled: “Ein Weihnachtsmärchen“ (A Christmas Fairy Tail).
At this time authorship and completion of another short film titled ”My neighbourhood” for the studio


Teaching

March 2011, February 2012,
February 2013,  February 2014

University “The Animation Workshop” in Viborg, Denmark
Teaching character design

November 2002

International Animation Workshop in Krakow, Poland
- Giving lectures in Character Animation
- Credited for story development in the animated short "Small World”

October 2002 - June 2024

Filmuniversity "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam - Babelsberg
Teaching character design


Other Activities

September 2006

Representing the Animation film heritage of my hometown of Dresden in Strasbourg

April 2004 - May 2004

Jury member at the “Sehsüchte” International Student Film festival of the HFF “Konrad Wolf”

April. 2001

Jury member at the 13.Animation and Short film Festival Dresden


Education

1986 - 1989

(HFF)“Konrad Wolf” (High school of Movie and Television) in Potsdam - Babelsberg, Germany
- Graduation as “Diploma- Designer” and “Animator”.
- As final project I completed a 15 min. short, titled “Quick Animation”.
The DEFA-Studio of Animation adopted the film into its own production. Directing the above film at that studio

1984 - 1986

Hochschule für Bildende Künste (University of Fine Arts) in Dresden, Germany
Evening courses in life drawing, anatomy, painting and sculpture

1984 - 1986

Professional School for Advertisement of the Konsumgenossenschaft in Dresden and Görlitz, Germany
Graduation as Advertisement Designer.

Summer 1983

Successfully completed a 2- week test in animation at the DEFA- Studio of Animation in Dresden

1975 - 1984

Pionierpalast im Schloss Alberechtsberg in Dresden, Germany
Attended a variety of courses in painting, drawing, ceramics, film making and animation