Algonquin animator gets Golden Globe nods
Posted on Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Algonquin College alumnus Trent Correy posing with one of his Oscars
Algonquin College alumnus Trent Correy is in the news — two films he worked on, Zootopia and Moana, have been nominated for Golden Globes.
A recent story in the Ottawa Citizen explains how Correy combined his high-school interests in art and filmmaking by signing up for Algonquin’s animation program.
“Not a lot of schools teach hand-drawn animation any more,” Correy told the Citizen’s Joanne Laucius. “It’s such a good, fundamental way to learn.”
His work at school paid off after his graduation in 2008, when he landed a spot in Disney’s talent development program, eventually working on such films as Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen — and now the Golden Globe-nominated Zootopia and Moana. (Correy was also part of the Walt Disney Studios’ teams that won Oscars for Big Hero 6 and Frozen.) You can see one of the sequences he animated for Moana here.
What’s next? Correy tells the Citizen he’s working on Wreck-It Ralph II, scheduled for a 2018 release. But you’ll likely hear lots more about him before — there’s plenty of Oscar buzz for both Zootopia and Moana.
You can read the Citizen story here, and previous stories about Correy’s award-winning work here and here.
PHOTO: An archival image shows Trent Correy with Disney’s Oscar for Big Hero 6.
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