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

Curriculum Vitae

Filmwork

December 2024 - 
May 2025

Lumatic Animation VFX GmbH
Storyboarding for an upcoming feature film

August 2024 - August 2025

Studio 100 International
Lead Characterdesigner and storyboarder on the animated feature film "Heidi: Die Legende vom Luchs"

October 2024

Gold medal winner of Key Colours Competition 2024 hosted by Clavis Publishing
for the children's book "The princess and her knight" (German title: "Die Prinzessin und ihr Ritter")

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


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