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Michael "Mike" Yamada was a Visual Development Artist for How to Train Your Dragon.

Biography[]

Mike Yamada is the Co-Founder of Extracurricular Activities, an Instructor at the Concept Design Academy, and formerly a visual development artist at both Walt Disney Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation. He currently a Production Designer at Netflix.

He studied Bachelor of Science, Product Design at the Art Center College of Design (2000-2003), and previously worked as a guest lecturer at the California Institute of the Arts (2012), a concept illustrator at Lightstorm Entertainment (2005), and as an Instructor at the Otis College of Art & Design (2004).

Selected Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Avatar Concept Illustrator Feature Film
2013 The Croods Additional Visual Development
2014 Big Hero 6 Visual Development Artist
2016 Moana Associate Production Designer

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