ANIMATION

Voltaire first started out as an animator when he started teaching himself stop-motion animation at the age of ten with a Super 8mm Camera.

He got his first job as an animator at the age of seventeen, animating a commercial for Parker Brothers. Since then he's been making a great number of commercials for various companies.

In 1998, Voltaire got his first directing job. The job was making a classic MTV ID for MTV-Bosch. Since then he's made commercials and station IDs for such clients as British Nights, Cartoon Network, MTV and the Sci Fi Channel.

In 1997, after aligning himself with Circus Maximus (A "Cutting-Edge", East Village-based production company in New York") Voltaire also did some Live Action filmmaking. He directed a series of five spots for College Television Network.

More recently, Voltaire is working on animated shorts based on the work he did for MTV in the 80s, small videos narrated by a singer. They are called the Chimerascope Series. They are collected in a playlist on his YouTube-account, and you can watch them here.

In addition, Voltaire also teaches Stop-Motion animation at the New York School of Visual Arts.

MORE INFORMATION:

You can read more about Voltaire's Chimerascope short series here.

To watch more animated videos, go to Voltaire's YouTube Account.