Charles Steve Zembillas is an American character designer, art director, educator, and author. Zembillas designed early concept art for games such as ''

Crash Bandicoot ''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...

'', ''

Spyro the Dragon ''Spyro the Dragon'' is a platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation on September 9, 1998. The first game in the '' Spyro'' series, it stars the title character, a young purple ...

'', and '' Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'', as well as animated television series such as ''

Wish Kid ''Wish Kid'' is an animated television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from September 14, 1991, through July 1992 on NBC starring Macaulay Culkin. It was produced by DIC Animation City and Italian company Reteitalia S.p.A., in ...

'', '' Where's Waldo?'', '' James Bond Jr.'', and ''

Ghostbusters ''Ghostbusters'' is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, thr ...

''. He currently teaches art in his home state of California.

Career

Charles Zembillas was a character designer for the television series '' She-Ra: Princess of Power'' from 1985 to 1987 for a total of ninety-three episodes. He was also a character designer in 1985 for the film '' The Secret of the Sword'', and would go on to be the art director of the television series ''

'' for sixty-five episodes in 1986. In 1987 Zembillas was commissioned for ''Spiral Zone'' as a character designer for sixty-five episodes. In 1991, Charles Zembillas was commissioned to work as an animator, art director, and character designer for movies and TV shows such as ''Wish Kid'', ''Where's Waldo?'', ''Captain N'', and ''James Bond Jr.'' In 1993, he was the character designer of the TV series ''Hurricanes'' as "Skevos Zembillas". In the same year, he also served as the storyboard reviser for the TV series ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. In 1996, Charles Zembillas worked for Naughty Dog Inc. on a new project known as "''Crash Bandicoot''", a video game series for the Sony PlayStation. Zembillas would continue to work for Naughty Dog in 1998 with ''Crash Bandicoot: Warped''. In the year 2000, Zembillas designed early concept art for Naughty Dog in the game ''Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'', as well as ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon''. Charles Zembillas currently serves as the CEO, Founder, and Instructor at The Animation Academy in California.

Filmography and games

References

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