Man Arenas

Man Arenas (born Jacinto Manuel Arenas on 25 April 1966) is a motion picture production designer, art director and a comic book creator. He worked as a production designer on the animated films Help! I'm a Fish and The Gruffalo, as well as Laura's Star, among other films. He was born in Brussels, Belgium, and lives in Llanes, Spain.

Background

Man Arenas started his career in Brussels in 1988, working for the animation company S.E.P.P. in the visual development department for several animated TV series related to the most famous comic book characters. Since then, he has worked on many animated feature films for companies such as Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, A. Film A/S, Thilo Rothkirch Cartoon Film, Vanguard Animation or Studio Soi.

Filmography

Production Designer

• Laura's Star
• The Gruffalo (film)
• The Shark and the Piano
• The Little Polar Bear 2 – The Mysterious Island

Art director

• Kleiner Dodo

Set and Character designer/Workbook

• The Gruffalo (film)
• Help! I'm a Fish
• Space Chimps
• Laura's Star
• Derrick – Die Pflicht ruft
• Laura's Star in China
• Kleiner Dodo
• The Little Polar Bear 2 – The Mysterious Island
• Werner - gekotzt wird später
• Ottifants - Das Gold des Stoertebecker

Layout-Artist

• Help! I'm a Fish
• Laura's Star
• Die Abrafaxe – Unter schwarzer Flagge

Background-Painter

• The Gruffalo (film)

References

• Manuel Arenas at the Internet Movie Database
• Spirou Magazine Archives
• Animaholic interview

External links

• Man Arenas Official Site
• Lines and colors – blog
• Inside the Totoro Forest Project – blog