Chris Appelhans
Chris Appelhans is an American illustrator, production designer, and film director born in Idaho.[1] His independent artistic work appears in galleries around the United States.[2][failed verification] He is known for illustrating two children's books, A Greyhound, A Groundhog and Sparky.[3] He won the Children's Choice Book Award in 2015.[4] He is also the writer and director of the 2021 film Wish Dragon.[5][6]
In 2012, he married author Maurene Goo, with whom he resides in Los Angeles.[7][8] Their son was born in 2020.[9][8][10]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Story artist | Other | |||
| 2006 | Monster House | No | No | No | Yes | Character Designer Concept Artist |
| 2008 | City of Ember | No | No | No | Yes | Concept Artist |
| 2009 | Coraline | No | No | No | Yes | Illustrator |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | No | No | No | Yes | Environment Designer |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | No | No | No | Yes | Visual Development Artist |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | No | No | No | Yes | Visual Development Artist |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story Material Character Designer |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Artist |
| 2019 | Wonder Park | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2021 | Wish Dragon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Film debut Role: Hot Towel Waiter and Nomani Retailer |
| 2025 | K-Pop: Demon Hunters | Yes | No | No | No | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sketchtravel TV, Chris Appelhans". www.sketchtravel.tv. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Chris Appelhans - Art - Nucleus | Art Gallery and Store". www.gallerynucleus.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Chris Appelhans | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ Strickland, Ashley (5 May 2015). "Meet the Children's Choice Book Award winners". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (2018-04-23). "Jackie Chan, China's BaseFX Making 'Wish Dragon' for Sony Animation". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Chris Appelhans". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Dreamy California wedding: Maurene + Chris | Real Weddings | 100 Layer Cake". www.100layercake.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ a b "Home". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Feel incredibly lucky that my son will grow up with his beautiful books. Rest In Peace". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "My son turned seven months old today". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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Further reading
[edit]- A Greyhound, A Groundhog
- "A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins | SLJ Review". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- A Greyhound, A Groundhog. Kirkus Reviews.
- "A Greyhound, a Groundhog". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- Watkins, Rowboat (2017-02-10). "In Four Imaginative New Picture Books, Trees Become Houses, an Egg Hatches Into a Strange Baby Creature and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- Sparky!
- "Sparky!". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- Sparky!. Kirkus Reviews.
- Hulick, Jeannette (2014-02-25). "Sparky! by Jenny Offill (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 67 (7): 371–372. doi:10.1353/bcc.2014.0214. ISSN 1558-6766.
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