Enrique Gato

Enrique Gato Borregán (born 26 April 1977 in Valladolid, Castile and León) is a Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer known as the creator of Tadeo Jones. With this character (including two CGI animated shorts and one animated feature) he won three Goya Awards.[1][2]

Enrique Gato
Born	Enrique Gato Borregán 26 April 1977 Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Director Producer

Biography

Gato was born in Valladolid and he grew up in Madrid. Since his childhood he was attracted to animation and technology. When the first personal computers arrived, he began to make his own videogames with an Amstrad CPC 6128.[3][4]

In 1995 he started his Informatics Engineering studies at university,[5] where he learned to develop game engines to preview his own works and understand how to make 3D geometric previews using several programs like Maya, 3D Studio Max and Softimage.[4]

While he was in university, he was hired by Artek, a company specializing in computer graphics. Once in there, he learned to work with programs such as TrueSpace and LightWave 3D, around the same time that Pixar was releasing its first works of CGI animation.[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Work	Details Company
2017	Tad Jones: The Secret of King Midas[6]	Co-director	Lightbox, Paramount Pictures
2015	Capture the Flag[6]	Director	Lightbox, Paramount Pictures
2012	La mano de Nefertiti	Executive producer	El Toro, Lightbox, Ikiru
2012	Tad, The Lost Explorer	Director	El Toro, Lightbox, Ikiru Goya at Best New Director[1]
2007	Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito	Director	La Fiesta PC
2006	Commandos 3	Animator	Videogame Pyro Studios
2005	Praetorians	Animator	Videogame Pyro Studios
2004	Tadeo Jones	Director	La Fiesta PC
2002	Superlópez	Director	Personal project
2001	Bicho	Director	Personal project
1999	Pepe pescador	Animatic	Short film to Daniel Martínez Lara
1997	Starship Trappers	Director	Personal project
1994	Toy Jístory	Director	Personal project

References

1. Enrique Gato, Goya al mejor director novel por la animación de "Tadeo Jones", RTVE 2013, 18 February.
2. Enrique Gato: Ganador del Goya al Mejor Director Novel, 2013, 6 February.
3. Biografía de Enrique Gato, Hispavista.com.
4. Entrevista: Enrique Gato, director de “Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones”: “Siempre me ha gustado Indiana Jones. Y creí que resultaría apetecible un personaje en el que se uniera acción y comedia a partes iguales”, Fila7.com Interview. 2013, 1 March
5. Enrique Gato, director de ‘Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones’, coordinador de Animación de Trazos, Panorama Audiovisual, 2013, 25 January.
6. Tartaglione, Nancy (July 21, 2014). "Paramount Takes Worldwide Distribution On Spain's 'Capture The Flag', 'Tad' Sequel". Deadline. Retrieved July 21, 2014.

External links

• Enrique Gato at IMDb
• Official website