TONY CANDELARIA - BIO
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Tony Candelaria (Co-owner) has worked in many extensions of the entertainment industry. From sculpting and fabricating puppets on stop-motion films, to designing elaborate costumes for dance performances, Tony has created a tremendous range of three-dimensional artworks. Early in life, Tony’s imagination was sparked by the classic monster horror films of Universal Pictures, and his creativity took wing when he realized that the monsters in these movies were in fact actors in make-up. As a senior in high school, Tony secured an internship at a local special effects studio Cafe FX (Pan’s Labyrinth, Armageddon, King Kong) and was soon hired part time as a 3D modeler. Upon graduating, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked on an array of projects, from special effects make-up and costumes for the films of numerous directors, including David Lynch and Eli Roth, to working in 2D animation on such shows as “Mucha Lucha” and “The Simpsons.” In 2005, Tony traded his surroundings of freeways and buildings for the lush trees and bridges of Portland to work at the animation studio LAIKA, where he is currently wrapping up on another stop-motion feature film, Paranorman. In Portland he began to reconnect with his love for nature by hiking through the woods, taking pictures of mushrooms.
