Rick Farmiloe Artist Biography and Art Gallery Collection
Rick Farmiloe (born December 28, 1956) is an American animator and sequence director who has worked for various studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and DreamWorks. Raised in Santa Rosa, California, he moved to Southern California in 1978 to attend California Institute of the Arts, but was offered a job at Filmation Studios. He accepted the job and began working on many different projects. Some of which were, Fat Albert, Mighty Mouse, Quacula, Tom & Jerry, Zorro, Sport Billy and Flash Gordon. In 1981, Rick Farmiloe was offered a job as an Assistant Animator at Walt Disney, where his first feature project was The Black Cauldron (1985). After he wrapped on this, he was promoted to Animator. He animated on such movies as The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and Oliver & Company (1988). He then went on to work on some of Disney's most profitable animated features, such as The Little Mermaid (1989), where he animated the character of Scuttle and on Aladdin (1992) where he animated the monkey Abu. After Aladdin, Rick Farmiloe left Disney to pursue other opportunities in animation.
Rick Farmiloe was hired by Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first animator for his new company, Dreamworks, which went on to become a major competitor with Disney. At Dreamworks, he was a Directing Animator on The Prince of Egypt (1998), bringing Moses' camel to life. He then tried his hand at storyboards on Shrek (2001), which became a huge hit and received an Oscar for best animated feature. Rick was also a Sequence Director at Klasky-Csupo on the feature, Rugrats Go Wild!. He also was a Storyboard Director on the Cartoon Network serise, Camp Lazlo in 2004. He went on to animate on Curious George and The Simpsons Movie, among others. He contributed animation for Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys for his 2009 album, That Lucky Old Sun. He worked on several 2D projects for Duncan Studio, including two Kung Fu Panda shorts, and a How to Train Your Dragon short. Most recently, he was a 2D facial animator for Laika's Oscar nominated feature, The Boxtrolls (2014). Rick continues to freelance as a 2D animator and storyboard artist for various studios, and music videos.
Bart Simpson by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist depicts Bart Simpson from the The Simpsons TV Show and Movie. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With...
$ 650.00 $ 150.00
Cogsworth by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character Cogsworth from the Animated Disney Movie Beauty and the Beast. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With...
$ 550.00 $ 125.00
Curious George by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character Curious George from the Universal Studios Animated Movie and TV Show Curious George. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures...
$ 650.00 $ 130.00
Jiminy Cricket by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character Jiminy Cricket from the Animated Disney Movie Pinocchio. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 19" x 16" (With...
$ 650.00 $ 180.00
Lisa Simpson by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons TV Show and Movie. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5"...
$ 650.00 $ 160.00
Maggie Simpson by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper featuring the character Maggie Simpson from The Simpsons TV Show and Movie. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With Frame) and 7" x...
$ 650.00 $ 160.00
Marge Simpson by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character Marge Simpson from The Simpsons TV Show and Movie. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With...
$ 650.00 $ 160.00
Pumba by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Pencil Sketch on Paper Artist Hand Signed featuring the character Pumba from the Disney Animated Movie "The Lion King". Comes Custom Framed, using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With Frame) and 9"...
$ 550.00 $ 130.00
Shifu by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character Shifu from the DreamWorks Animation Movie Kung Fu Panda. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With Frame)...
$ 550.00 $ 130.00
The Talking Donkey by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Pencil Sketch on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist featuring the character The Talking Donkey from the Dreamworks Animated Movie Shrek. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 16.5" x 13.5" (With...
$ 550.00 $ 150.00
Tom by Rick Farmiloe is an Original Pencil Sketch on Paper featuring one of the title characters from the Filmation Classic Cartoon Series Tom and Jerry Hand Signed by the Artist. Comes Custom Framed using acid free and archival materials, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 19" x...
$ 550.00 $ 140.00