Sandy KOPITOPOULOS is born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1965.

Objective : Animation / Art director & Character / Prop designer.

Specialized skills :
Character designs and development, turnarounds, prop designs, color keys, layout, character animation, illustrations, rotoscoping, Oxberry camera, film and sound editing.
Fully equipped with: Macintosh, AGFA color scan, Wacom graphic table,Canon printer BJC-4650 (A3 format), removable hard disk (SyQuest & Zip), Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Illustrator 6.0, Fractal Design Painter 3.1 and 4.0, Fractal Design Detailer 1.0.

Education:
California Institute Of The Arts ( CalArts ) : Valencia, Ca.(1985-1989) Certificate of Fine Arts.Major in Character animation.
Heatherley School Of Fine Arts : London, England (1984)
Atelier Ceruleum : Lausanne, Switzerland (1983)
Ecole d'Arts Appliqués : Vevey, Switzerland (1983)

Professional experience:
Disney & DIC: Director for " Madeline's Declaration of Independence " in the making (2000)
Disney & DIC: Animation,background and layout supervision in Korea. Character / prop designer for " Madeline: Lost in Paris " (1998).
Producer: Disney co.
Lumitech Ltd: Various cartoon designs for toys and logos (1998).
Producer: Patrick Planche
DAS Ltd: Illustrations for publicity campaign. (1997-1998)
Producer: J-C Gros
DIC Entertainment: Character/prop designs for " The new adventures of Madeline " (1995-1996)
Producer: Stan Phillips
Entertainment: Background and character layouts for the feature film " The Blue Arrow " (1994)
Producer: Famafilm (Switzerland) and La Lanterna Magica (Italy)
DIC Entertainment: Character/prop designs for " Madeline "(1993) Cable Ace award winner. Producer: Stan Phillips
DIC Entertainment : Character/Prop designs for " Stunt Dawgs " (1992)
Producer: John Grusd
Story Entertainment : Art direction for " T-Rex " (1992)
Producer: Gunther-Wahl
Waldo Entertainment : Illustrations for 2 children's books: " Fun with Waldo " and " More fun with Waldo " (1992)
DIC Entertainment : Character/prop designs for " Where's Waldo? " (1992)
Producer: Jack Spillum
DIC Entertainment : Character/prop designs for " Super Mario 4 " (1991)
Producer: John Grusd
DIC Entertainment : Character designs for " The defenders of Dynatron city " (1991)
Producer: George Lucas
Warner Bros : Character/prop designs for " Family dog " (1990)
Producers: Steven Spielberg & Tim Burton
Film Roman : Character/prop designs for " Bobby's world "(1990)
Producer: Bill Schultz
DIC Entertainment : Character/prop designs for " Super Mario Bros. 3 " (1990)
Producer:John Grusd
Animation Cottage : Animation and layouts for an educational video (1989-1990)
Producer: Marija Dail
Festival of Animation 90 : Director of the short film " Chairs " (1989)
Producers: Spike & Mike
American comedy awards : Caricatures for set designs of nominees and hosts. (1988)
Producer: George Schlatter

Independent films :
"A tick in time" (1985)
"Under the weather" (1987)
"Chairs" (1989) see Festival of Animation 90

Exhibits :
Niederhauser Art Gallery : Lausanne, Switzerland. (1997)
Kara Art Gallery : Geneva, Switzerland. (1997)
L'Estrée Museum : Ropraz, Switzerland. (1997)
Arte SUR : Malaga, Spain. (1998)
Art Ibiza : Ibiza, Spain. (1998)
Art Athina 98 : Athens, Greece. (1998)
Titanium Art Gallery : Athens, Greece. (1998)
Le Bleu Lézard : Lausanne, Switzerland. (1998)
Arte SUR : Granada, Spain. (1999)
The Contemporary Print Fair : London, England. (1999)
Swiss Embassy : London, England. (2000)