Brandon Oldenburg is an American filmmaker and illustrator.

Career

He was an early employee of

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(1995), doing a combination of design and special effects for television and film. Serving as Senior Creative director for 15 years, he worked with such clients as

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, DreamWorks and

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. From 1998 to 2009, Oldenburg oversaw a joint venture with

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and Reel FX. Oldenburg and Joyce's other collaborations include Halloween decor for

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, Parade Floats for Disney and Title Design for feature films. Their most recent story was 2012's ''

Rise of the Guardians ''Rise of the Guardians'' is a 2012 American animated science fantasy action-adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Ramsey from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Aba ...

''. In 2009, Oldenburg and Joyce founded Moonbot Studios in

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, Louisiana. Their initial goal was to create an Academy Award-nominated animated short film as a calling card of the quality of the studio's work. In 2012, ''

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore'' is a 2011 animated short film directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, and produced by Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. Described as an "allegory about the curative powers of ...

'' won an Oscar. In 2017, Oldenburg and the creative leadership from Moonbot merged with the VR team from Reel FX to form a new company called Flight School.

Recognition

Oldenburg's work has won the Distinguished Alumni of the Year from

Ringling College of Art and Design Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD; stylized as Ringling College of Art + Design) is a private art and design school in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded by Ludd M. Spivey as an art school in 1931 as a remote branch of Southern College b ...

, where he received his BFA in Illustration and sits on the Board of Trustees. Oldenburg and designer Brad Oldham collaborated on a giant sculptural series for a $1.4 million commission called '' The Traveling Man.'' Brandon's illustrations have been used as covers for books by

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oldenburg, Brandon Filmmakers from Texas American illustrators Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners Living people Ringling College of Art and Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people)