Russell Calabrese

Russell Calabrese

Russell Calabrese is the red Converse hightop-wearing animation producer-director-animator-designer who is a tireless champion of the artists and technicians of the animation industry. In addition to his service as a Television Academy governor, he is currently an executive board member of the Animation Guild. Calabrese's experience includes producing, directing, storyboards, layouts, animation, voice acting and design.

He is a three-time Emmy Award-winning director: for Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain, Camp Lazlo: Where’s Lazlo? and Fanboy & Chum Chum.

He has worked at almost all of the major studios in New York and Los Angeles in a career spanning more than three decades. He is currently working at Disney TV Animation, where his projects have included Gravity Falls and, most recently, Phineas and Ferb.

3 Nominations
1 Emmy
Outstanding Animated Program - 2016
Russell Calabrese, Assistant Director
Disney XD
Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More) - 2007
Russell Calabrese, Timer
Cartoon Network
Starz Media in association with Revolution Studios
Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More) - 2007
Russell Calabrese, Timer
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network Studios
You Can't Write This Stuff
Television Academy Throwback: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Under the Cover with Saturday Night Live
18th Television Academy Honors Voting Guide
Television Academy Inclusion Summit: State of Inclusion in the Television Industry
Television Academy Inclusion Summit: Shōgun - A Case Study
AI Toolkit Series for TV Professionals: Udio
Summer Internship Information Session 2024
Under the Cover with Aldis Hodge
TVFA appeal HED 1

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