John France

Jonathan "John" France (born August 18, 1971) is an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, production designer and voice actor at Universal Animation.

Born in Blair Hills, Culver City, France was hired by Universal in 1994 during the development of Ama and the Mysterious Crystal, his work which was nominated for the Annie Award for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production.

France also co-directed the 2013 Universal animated film Quest.

In February 2019, it was announced that France would direct an original animated film for Universal that centers around "a curious leopard gecko who wants to know what the world is like."

Filmography

 * Romeo and Juliet (1994) - Character Designer
 * Ghost Vision (1995) - Character Designer
 * Ama and the Mysterious Crystal (1997) - Character Designer
 * Galaxion (1999) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Mistress Masham's Repose (2001) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Magina (2003) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Computeropolis (2004) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * M.I.S.S.I.O.N. (2005) - Production Designer, Storyboard Artist, voice of Skee's Henchman
 * BJ and Wally (2006) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Computeropolis 2 (2007) - Character Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Computeropolis 3 (2010) - Character Designer, Storyboard Artist
 * Gabriel Garza (2011) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Quest (2013) - Co-director, additional voices
 * Gabriel Garza 2 (2014) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Paradoria (2015) - Character Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Luna & Zak (2015) - Special Thanks
 * Imagimals (2016) - Character Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Gabriel Garza 3 (2017) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Lix (2017) - Co-director, voice of Sam, additional voices
 * Neon (2018) - Director, Writer (short film)
 * Computeropolis: The Deep Web (2018) - Art Director, Storyboard Artist
 * Addie (2019) - Storyboard Artist
 * Paradoria 2: Enchanted Realm (2019) - Character Designer, Art Director
 * Untitled project about a leopard gecko (TBA) - Director