Christian Roman is an American animator, storyboard artist, producer and director. He is known for directing and executive producing the first season of the

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show '' American Dragon: Jake Long''. He also designed the main characters and directed all 26 episodes of '' Disney's Fillmore!''. Before Disney, he was a

storyboard artist A storyboard artist (sometimes called a story artist or visualizer) creates storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions. Work A storyboard artist visualizes stories and sketches frames of the story. Quick pencil drawings and mar ...

and storyboard supervisor on ''

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'', during which time he wrote 'How to Storyboard The Simpsons Way'. He graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1991 with a degree in painting. In 2007 he started as a story artist at

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, and worked on several movies including ''

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'' and ''

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''. However in May 2024, he was one of the 175 employees that was let go at Pixar as part of the layoff by

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Living people Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni American animated film directors American animated film producers American television directors American television producers American storyboard artists Walt Disney Animation Studios people Pixar people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-animator-stub