About Kal

Kal Athannassov is a animation art director and character designer living in Burbank, California. He is currently a Lead Character Designer at Netflix Animation on an upcoming Adult Animated Show.

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Previously, he was the Character Art Director at Baobab Studios, where he won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Character Design in Animation for Crow: The Legend in 2019, and for Baba Yaga in 2021.

In 2016, Kal co-directed, and was the Art Director for the award-winning, animated short film, The Wishgranter. The film went on to win Best Animated Film at the 43rd Student Academy Awards®, the College Television Awards, Student BAFTA, National Board of Review, and many more.

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kalathanna[at]gmail.com

@dr_kal_drungus