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Simon Otto

Simon Otto

Actor, Animation Department, Director

Born June 12, 1973 in Switzerland

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Simon Otto is a Director, Animator and Story Artist. Most recently, Simon directed an episode for Volume Two of the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots called The Tall Grass while also developing several other Netflix related projects. Simon is known for his work as the Head of Character Animation of all three How to Train Your Dragon films for DreamWorks Animation. In addition to overseeing the animation of the films, Simon has been instrumental in developing the look of the characters, their personalities, and the overall style of the animation as well as working in the story department on the second and third film. Born and raised in Gommiswald, just outside of Zurich in Switzerland, Simon began his career carving commercial snow sculptures in nearby resort towns such as Arosa and St. Moritz and drawing news cartoons for his hometown newspaper, "Die Suedostschweiz". After completing a banking apprenticeship, he redirected his attention to the arts and attended the F&F Schule für Experimentelle Gestaltung in Zurich. Following that, he left Switzerland to study at the prestigious Les Gobelins Animation School in Paris, France. After graduating from Les Gobelins, he received additional animation training through an internship with Walt Disney Feature Animation in Paris. He has been an important part of DreamWorks' character animation team ever since he joined the studio in 1997 to work on their first animated film, The Prince of Egypt. He worked as a Supervising Animator on many of the studio's animated features both in 2D and in CG, including Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and the Aardman co-production, Flushed Away. Simon also worked as a character designer on the hit comedy, Over the Hedge and on the How to train Your Dragon movies.

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Filmography

Actor

3

Type

Year

That Christmas Poster

That Christmas Feature Film2024Additional Voices

Creative Spark Poster

Creative Spark TV Series2014Self

HBO First Look Poster

HBO First Look TV Series1994Self

Animation Department

21

Type

Year

Rumble Feature Film2021

The Call of the Wild Poster

The Call of the Wild Feature Film2020

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Poster

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Feature Film2019

Bird Karma Poster

Bird Karma Short Film2018

Home Feature Film2015

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Poster

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Feature Film2014

Book of Dragons Poster

Book of Dragons Video2011

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury Poster

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury Video2011

How to Train Your Dragon Poster

How to Train Your Dragon Feature Film2010

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon Poster

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon TV Short2010

Kung Fu Panda Poster

Kung Fu Panda Feature Film2008

Bee Movie Poster

Bee Movie Feature Film2007

Enchanted Poster

Enchanted Feature Film2007

Flushed Away Poster

Flushed Away Feature Film2006

Over the Hedge Poster

Over the Hedge Feature Film2006

Shark Tale Poster

Shark Tale Feature Film2004

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island Poster

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island Video2003

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Poster

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Feature Film2003

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Poster

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Feature Film2002

The Road to El Dorado Poster

The Road to El Dorado Feature Film2000

The Prince of Egypt Poster

The Prince of Egypt Feature Film1998

Director

5

Type

Year

That Christmas Poster

That Christmas Feature Film2024

A Tale Dark & Grimm Poster

A Tale Dark & Grimm TV Series2021

Love, Death & Robots Poster

Love, Death & Robots TV Series2019

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Poster

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia TV Series2016

Dragons: Race to the Edge Poster

Dragons: Race to the Edge TV Series2015

Producer

2

Type

Year

A Tale Dark & Grimm Poster

A Tale Dark & Grimm TV Series2021

Ghost of a Tale Poster

Ghost of a Tale Video Game2018

Thanks

3

The Windshield Wiper Poster

The Windshield Wiper Short Film2021

Goodbye Vesna Poster

Goodbye Vesna Short Film2016

Max Short Film2013

Art Department

2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Poster

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Feature Film2019

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Poster

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Feature Film2014

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