Peter Hixson
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Peter Hixson is an American animation
artist living in Los Angeles
. He has worked in television animation for the past 15 years and presently supervises animation for Nickelodeon
Television's Penguins of Madagascar.
as the second son of a US Navy officer. The family moved to Washington, DC soon after his birth and he grew up in Maryland and later the Hampton Roads
area of southeast Virginia. Peter spent occasional bursts of energy drawing and sketching. He also was drawn into competitive swimming and sailing pursuits, qualifying for National Junior Olympics in distance freestyle events and competing for national junior sailor titles in both small dinghies and sailboards. Peter graduated from Tufts University
in Medford, MA with a BA in history in 1988. He later attended film school at American University
in Washington, DC. One of his animated student films, Five Female Persuasions, won a Student Academy Award in Animation in 1992. Another animated film, Tennis, won additional awards and screened in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation festivals.
Peter moved to Los Angeles in 1993 and started work at Klasky-Csupo Animation Studios where he worked as an animation story editor and later as an animation timer. He has worked on cable and broadcast animation series including Real Monsters, Duckman, Wild Thornberries, Mission Hill, The Oblongs, The Simpsons
and Futurama
.
Peter spent several years learning computer graphics using commercial software. His skill development helped him expand his professional spectrum by working in CG television and games production.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
artist living in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. He has worked in television animation for the past 15 years and presently supervises animation for Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
Television's Penguins of Madagascar.
Early life and career
Peter was born in Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
as the second son of a US Navy officer. The family moved to Washington, DC soon after his birth and he grew up in Maryland and later the Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...
area of southeast Virginia. Peter spent occasional bursts of energy drawing and sketching. He also was drawn into competitive swimming and sailing pursuits, qualifying for National Junior Olympics in distance freestyle events and competing for national junior sailor titles in both small dinghies and sailboards. Peter graduated from Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
in Medford, MA with a BA in history in 1988. He later attended film school at American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
in Washington, DC. One of his animated student films, Five Female Persuasions, won a Student Academy Award in Animation in 1992. Another animated film, Tennis, won additional awards and screened in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation festivals.
Peter moved to Los Angeles in 1993 and started work at Klasky-Csupo Animation Studios where he worked as an animation story editor and later as an animation timer. He has worked on cable and broadcast animation series including Real Monsters, Duckman, Wild Thornberries, Mission Hill, The Oblongs, The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
and Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
.
Peter spent several years learning computer graphics using commercial software. His skill development helped him expand his professional spectrum by working in CG television and games production.