Enrique Gato Borregán (born 26 April 1977 in Valladolid, Castile and León) is a Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer known as the creator of Tadeo Jones. With this character (including two CGI animated shorts and one animated feature) he won three Goya Awards.[1][2]

Enrique Gato
Born
Enrique Gato Borregán

(1977-04-26) 26 April 1977 (age 47)
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Director
Producer
Screenwriter

Biography

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Gato was born in Valladolid and he grew up in Madrid. Since his childhood he has had an interest in comics (featuring Mort & Phil, The Adventures of Tintin, Asterix, and Superlópez) and was attracted to animation and technology, especially action-adventure Hollywood movies from variety of filmmakers, including the works of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis. When the first personal computers arrived, he began to make his own videogames with an Amstrad CPC 6128.[3][4]

In 1995 he started his Informatics Engineering studies at university,[5] where he learned to develop game engines to preview his own works and understand how to make 3D geometric previews using several programs like Maya, 3D Studio Max and Softimage.[4]

While he was in university, he was hired by Artek, a company specializing in computer graphics. Once in there, he learned to work with programs such as TrueSpace and LightWave 3D, around the same time that Pixar was releasing its first works of CGI animation.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Work Details
Company
2022 Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet Director Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, La Tadeopelícula AIE, Anangu Grup, Telecinco Cinema, Paramount Pictures
2017 Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas[6] Co-director Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, El Toro Pictures, Tadeo Jones y el Secreto de Midas AIE, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 CATS Pictures, Paramount Pictures
2015 Capture the Flag[6] Director Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Los Rockets AIE La Película, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 CATS Pictures, Paramount Pictures
2012 La mano de Nefertiti Executive producer El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films
2012 Tad, The Lost Explorer Director El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Media Networks, Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios

Goya at Best New Director[1]

2007 Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito Director La Fiesta Producciones
2006 Commandos 3 Animator Videogame
Pyro Studios
2005 Praetorians Animator Videogame
Pyro Studios
2004 Tadeo Jones Director La Fiesta Producciones
2002 Superlópez Director Personal project
2001 Bicho Director Personal project
1999 Pepe pescador Animatic Short film to Daniel Martínez Lara
1997 Starship Trappers Director Personal project
1994 Toy Jístory Director Personal project

References

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  1. ^ a b Enrique Gato, Goya al mejor director novel por la animación de "Tadeo Jones" Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, RTVE 2013, 18 February.
  2. ^ Enrique Gato: Ganador del Goya al Mejor Director Novel Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2013, 6 February.
  3. ^ Biografía de Enrique Gato Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Hispavista.com.
  4. ^ a b c Entrevista: Enrique Gato, director de “Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones”: “Siempre me ha gustado Indiana Jones. Y creí que resultaría apetecible un personaje en el que se uniera acción y comedia a partes iguales” Archived 2013-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, Fila7.com Interview. 2013, 1 March
  5. ^ Enrique Gato, director de ‘Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones’, coordinador de Animación de Trazos Archived 2013-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, Panorama Audiovisual, 2013, 25 January.
  6. ^ a b Tartaglione, Nancy (July 21, 2014). "Paramount Takes Worldwide Distribution On Spain's 'Capture The Flag', 'Tad' Sequel". Deadline. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
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