Curt Chiarelli has been providing innovative design, sculpture and
illustration services for the Motion Picture/Television,
Toy/Collectible, Interactive Video Game and Museum Exhibit industries
for nearly 20 years.
A native born and bred Chicagoan, Curt began his career early at the
age of 20 when he was contacted to create storyboards for McDonalds
Corporation. Before graduating from college, he secured two consecutive
positions as a production designer on two films: an HBO comedy feature,
"Men Will Be Boys" and an action/adventure feature entitled
"Dreamquest". From that point forward he began to receive a steady
stream of commissions until his first major career breakthrough
occurred in 1991 when he created the stop-motion animation model of the
character, "Goro", for the international hit video game, "Mortal
Kombat".
In 1994 he left his staff position in the Exhibit Design Department at
the John G. Shedd Aquarium to accept an invitation from Skellington
Productions to join their team in the creation of the stop-motion
animation models and effects for the animated feature, "James and the
Giant Peach". Noticing that his employment prospects were much enhanced
and the weather far more accommodating, he decided to remain in the
balmy climes of California.
Now, 8 years later, after several significant, high-profile
commissions, he has purchased a home and studio in the San Francisco
Bay Area where, to the background strains of everything from Igor
Stravinsky to Jerry Goldsmith, he continues to harness the wellsprings
of his imagination for such clientele as Walt Disney Productions,
Universal Studios, Lucasfilm, MTV and Microsoft Corporation, amongst
many others.
