Carlos Grangel

Carlos Grangel (born 1963 in Barcelona) is a Spanish-born character designer for animated films.

Career
He started out as a comic book artist, drawing Fix und Foxi for the German market from the mid-80s to 1994 and Disney comics (Brer Rabbit) for the Dutch market in 1994/95. Afterwards he moved to DreamWorks Animation, where his credits include The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Dusk and Dawn (2003), Shark Tale (2004) and Madagascar (2005). He also worked on Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005).

He owns Grangel Studios along with his brother Jordi.

Filmography

 * Character designer
 * We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
 * Balto (1995)
 * Ama and the Mysterious Crystal (1997)
 * The Fearless Four (1997)
 * The Prince of Egypt (1998)
 * Periwig Maker (1999)
 * The Magical Riddle (1999)
 * Paint World (1999)
 * The Road to El Dorado (2000)
 * Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
 * Mistress Masham's Repose (2000)
 * Shrek (2001)
 * Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
 * Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
 * Magina (2003)
 * Dusk and Dawn (2003)
 * Till Eulenspiegel (2003)
 * History Island (2004)
 * Computeropolis (2004)
 * Shark Tale (2004)
 * Madagascar (2005)
 * Corpse Bride (2005)
 * Me & Mobo (2006)
 * Hui Buh (2006)
 * Flushed Away (2006)
 * The Princess and the Pied Piper (2006)
 * Computeropolis 2 (2007)
 * Bee Movie (2007)
 * Wild Forest (2008)
 * Swapped (2008)
 * Woo La La (2009)
 * Nepola's Odyssey (2011)
 * Arthur Christmas (2011)
 * Little Lily (2012)
 * The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
 * Hotel Transylvania (2012)
 * Quest (2012)
 * Luna & Zak (2013)
 * Paradoria (2015)
 * Paradoria (2015)

Recognition

 * 2003, won Annie Award for 'Individual Achievement in Character Design' for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).
 * 2005, nominated for Annie Award for 'Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Shark Tale (2004)
 * 2006, nominated for Annie Award for 'Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Corpse Bride (2005)
 * 2013, nominated for Annie Award for 'Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Hotel Transylvania (2012)
 * 2016, nominated for Annie Award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Paradoria (2015)