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Greg Tiernan

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Greg Tiernan
Born
Gregory Tiernan

(1965-06-19)June 19, 1965(age 59)
Dublin,Ireland
Occupation(s)Voice artist,animator,director,storyboard artist
Years active1986–present
SpouseNicole Stinn
Websitehttp:// nitrogenstudios /

Gregory Tiernan(born June 19, 1965) is anIrish-born,Canadian-based animator, director and voice artist. Along with his wife Nicole Stinn, he foundedNitrogen Studios Canada, Inc.in 2003, through which he introducedCGIto theThomas & Friendsseries.[1]Prior to this, Tiernan collaborated on various projects with filmmakerDon Bluth,Walt Disney Animation StudiosandKlasky Csupo, Inc.Nitrogen Studios was purchased byCinesiteand he now works for them.

Tiernan made hisfeature filmdebut with the long-gestating R-rated animated filmSausage Party(2016), joiningConrad Vernonto direct production of a story conceived bySeth Rogen,Evan GoldbergandJonah Hill.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Tiernan was trained intraditional animationfor feature film in his native Ireland, at Don Bluth's now-defunctDublin-basedSullivan Bluth Studios.There, he worked with Bluth in various capacities on the filmsAn American Tail(1986),The Land Before Time(1988) andAll Dogs Go to Heaven(1989). Tiernan later worked on one episode of the British children's animated seriesDanger MouseforCosgrove Hall,several episodes ofGarfield & Friends,the1983 animated seriesof the comic seriesLucky Luke,Ralph Bakshi's live action and animation mixed feature filmCool World(1992) and two animated feature films from GermanyDer kleene Punker(1992) andFelidae(1994) which was later released onYouTubepremieres on 7 August 2013 in the USA, UK, Canada and any of countries lot of views in audiences for older teens and up. Soon after, he moved toLos Angelesand became a sequence director forKlasky Csupo.In addition to working on several episodes ofRugratsandThe Wild Thornberrys,he made sequence contributions to the feature film spin-offs of both programs.

Tiernan'sHollywoodyears also saw him work extensively with Disney. His first projects included several titles in the company'sPC gameslibrary, including projects associated withDisney'sAladdin(1992),The Lion King(1994),Hercules(1997) andTarzan(1999). Also through Disney, he contributed storyboards toMr. Magoo(1997), one of his few live-action projects.

After serving as an additional animator onThe Tigger Movie(2000), Tiernan moved toVancouverand founded Nitrogen Studios. Through this new venture, he helped developGod of War(2005), the first entry in therenowned PlayStation game seriesand the animated filmHappily N'Ever After(2006). He joined the family of artists behind theThomas & Friendsfranchise when he directed the home video featureHero of the Rails(2009). This title became the firstThomasproject to shelve the historical live-action animation technique in favor ofCGI;all subsequent projects have been animated thus. Along with helming various additional home videos, Tiernan served as series director forThomas & FriendsfromSeries 13toSeries 16and the other three filmsMisty Island Rescue(2010),Day of the Diesels(2011) andBlue Mountain Mystery(2012). Tiernan was also the CGI unit director forSeries 12.He was also a huge fan ofThe Rev. W. Awdry's originalRailway Seriesbooks and owns bothThe Island of Sodor: Its People, History and RailwaysandSodor: Reading Between the Lines.

Tiernan also worked on several film projects when not working at Disney or Nitrogen or with Don Bluth, includingVeggieTales,Roxy Hunter,Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nuiand fourPeanutsspecials.

Tiernan gained new acclaim following the 2016 release of his feature film debut,Sausage Party(in which he also voiced apotatoand anoodle soupcan).

Tiernan also directed the CGI-animated version ofThe Addams Family(2019) and its sequelThe Addams Family 2(2021).

Allegations of mistreatment[edit]

Several days after the release ofSausage Party,allegations of poor treatment of Nitrogen Studios employees surfaced in the comments section of an interview with Tiernan and co-directorConrad Vernon,featured on the websiteCartoon Brew.[4]Various anonymous comments, from individuals purporting to be animators who worked on the film in question, made claims including that Nitrogen forced them to work overtime for free and that some employees were threatened with termination. One individual stated that Tiernan had developed a reputation for "disturbing behaviour and abusive management style".[5]Publications such as theWashington Post,[6]theLos Angeles Times,[7]Dorkly[8]and/Film[9]later picked up the story.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Greg Tiernan at Sodor Island Fansite".Archivedfrom the original on 2015-09-24.Retrieved2016-08-16.
  2. ^Murphy, Mekado (4 August 2016)."Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on 'Sausage Party,' Their R-Rated Animated Film".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on 23 October 2022.RetrievedAugust 6,2016.
  3. ^"Interview with Directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan of Sausage Party".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-08-17.Retrieved2016-08-16.
  4. ^"Sausage Party's Animators Were Treated Like Shit".Archived fromthe originalon 2020-01-09.Retrieved2016-08-15.
  5. ^"'Sausage Party' Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan On Making 2016's Most Outlandish Animated Film ".Archivedfrom the original on 2022-10-24.Retrieved2016-08-16.
  6. ^"The working conditions for some 'Sausage Party' animators were pretty terrible".Archivedfrom the original on 2016-08-18.Retrieved2017-01-13.
  7. ^"'Sausage Party' anything but a good time at work, some animators say ".Archivedfrom the original on 2022-10-23.Retrieved2016-08-16.
  8. ^"Sausage Party's Animators Were Allegedly Treated Like Shit".Archived fromthe originalon 2020-01-09.Retrieved2016-08-15.
  9. ^"'Sausage Party' Allegedly Forced Animators to Work Overtime for Free, Refused to Credit Artists ".Archivedfrom the original on 2021-05-18.Retrieved2016-08-16.

External links[edit]

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