Ryan Khatam (born 1982) is an American animator and storyboard artist. He has worked on ''

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'' and

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's '' Good Vibes''. He was also a storyboard artist for two 2014 episodes of '' Breadwinners''. He worked as an animator on the ''Gecko & Sticky'' segment of ''

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'' and on ''

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'' (''バトン'', directed by

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). Khatam also worked as an animator on ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2013 he worked on the

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-funded feature film '' Dick Figures: The Movie''. In November 2014 he launched his own Kickstarter for ''Johnny Rocketfingers 3''.

History

Khatam began animating at the age of 14. His first animation was very crude, using a basic

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. He studied animation at

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, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, and The Animation Academy. His first

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job was to animate deaths for ''Gorilla 2: The Return'', the sequel to ''

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''. He was then contacted by

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to create a sequel to his own ''Johnny Rocketfingers''. As of November 2014, this sequel, ''Johnny Rocketfingers 2'', has been viewed more than 4.5 million times.

References

External links

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