Gary Chapman

Gary Chapman is a director, animator and story artist, currently working at Universal Animation Studios.

History
Chapman started his career at Vanguard Animation, an animation production company founded by Shrek producer John H. Williams. There he made his directorial debut with Vanguard's first feature film Valiant. Initially hired for character and production design during project development, and ultimately hired to direct the film after extensive working with story development, writers, and producers. Chapman was subsequently storyboard artist, designing characters for the Vanguard movie Space Chimps and its direct-to-video sequel Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back.

In 2012, Chapman left Vanguard to work at Universal Animation Studios, where he worked as a story artist on the films Gabriel Garza 2 (2014) and Paradoria (2015). In 2018, he served as head of story on Universal's Computeropolis: The Deep Web. He also worked as additional story artist on Addie for Sony Pictures Animation.