John France

Jonathan "John" France (born August 18, 1971) is an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, production designer and voice actor at Universal Animation.

Born in Blair Hills, Culver City, France was hired by Universal in 1994 during the development of Ama and the Mysterious Crystal, his work which was nominated for the Annie Award for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production.

France also co-directed the 2017 Universal animated film Lix.

In February 2019, it was announced that France would direct an original animated film for Universal that centers around "a curious leopard gecko who wants to know what the whole world is like."

Filmography

 * Romeo and Juliet (1994) - Character Designer
 * Ghost Vision (1995) - Character Designer
 * Ama and the Mysterious Crystal (1997) - Character Designer
 * Paint World (1999) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Mistress Masham's Repose (2000) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Going Francisco (2001) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Magina (2003) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Computeropolis (2004) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Me & Mobo (2006) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Computeropolis 2 (2007) - Character Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Computeropolis 3 (2010) - Character Designer, Storyboard Artist
 * Nepola's Odyssey (2011) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Luna & Zak (2013) - Special Thanks
 * Nepola's Odyssey II (2014) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Paradoria (2015) - Character Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Imagimals (2017) - Character Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist, Creative Management Team
 * Lix (2017) - Co-director, voice of Sam, additional voices, Creative Management Team
 * Neon (2018) - Director, Writer (short film)
 * Computeropolis: The Deep Web (2018) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist, Creative Management Team
 * Paradoria 2 (2019) - Character Designer, Art Director, Creative Management Team
 * Imagimals 2 (2020) - Character Designer, Creative Management Team
 * Untitled project about a leopard gecko (TBA) - Director