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John Stevenson (born 1958) is a British animation filmmaker and puppeteer best known for directing the 2008 animated feature film, ''Kung Fu Panda'' with Mark Osborne. Stevenson has over 30 years of experience with animation, a veteran of DreamWorks PDI who got his start in the entertainment industry via Jim Henson's ''The Muppet Show''. He worked as a story artist on the feature films ''The Great Muppet Caper'', ''The Dark Crystal'', ''Labyrinth'' and ''Little Shop of Horrors'' and as a character designer and story artist on shows like ''The Dreamstone'', ''Count Duckula'', and ''FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue''. He also worked as puppeteer on ''James & the Giant Peach'' and Motion Capture Performer on ''The Moxy Pirate Show''. In 1991, Stevenson moved to the United States, and in 1998 he was hired as a head of story at DreamWorks Animation. There he worked for many years in the art department on many films such as ''Shrek'', ''Shrek 2'', ''Madagascar'' and ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', before helming a number of episodes of their animated primetime show ''Father of the Pride''. He worked for four years bringing ''Kung Fu Panda'' to the screen. In 2009 Stevenson was nominated for an Academy Award with Mark Osborne for best Animated Feature for ''Kung Fu Panda''〔Oscars.org : (Nominees & Winners for the 81st Academy Awards )〕 and won the Annie Award with Osborne for Directing in a Feature Production.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://annieawards.org/legacy36th.html )〕 In 2011-12 Stevenson directed a six-minute animated short film for The Coca-Cola Company produced by Ridley and Tony Scott called ''The Polar Bears''. Since 2012, Stevenson has been directing for Rocket Pictures the sequel of ''Gnomeo & Juliet'', titled ''Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes'', which is scheduled to be released in 2018. Stevenson was originally set to work as director for an upcoming film based on the character created by Mattel, ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe''. He was also attached to various projects like ''The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break'', ''We3'', ''Alien Rock Band'' and ''Rotten Island''.〔 In August 2014, it was announced that Stevenson will direct for Unified Pictures a CG-animated feature film inspired by Noah's Ark, scheduled for a release in 2016. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Stevenson (director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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