By Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features When French production designer Guillaume Aretos moved from Paris to Hollywood in 1996, he was hired as a concept artist on the DreamWorks Animation film “Antz.” “‘Antz’ was the first film that DreamWorks [Animation] made,” says Aretos, who would spend the next 20 years working at the toon studio. “My production designer, John Bell, was an alumnus from Art Center; Kendal Cronkhite, the art director, was an alumnus from Art Center; my co-worker Shannon Jeffries was an alumna from the illustration department at Art Center.
Basically, my first job in America was being surrounded by Art Center people.” It was a portent of things to come: since 2016, Aretos, whose kudos include an Annie Award for his
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