Charles Steve Zembillas is an American character designer, art director, educator, and author. Zembillas designed early concept art for games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, as well as animated television series such as Wish Kid, Where's Waldo?, James Bond Jr., and Ghostbusters.
He teaches art in his home state of California.
Career Zembillas was a character designer for the television series She-Ra: Princess of Power from 1985 to 1987 for a total of ninety-three episodes. He was also a character designer in 1985 for the film The Secret of the Sword, and would go on to be the art director of the television series Ghostbusters for sixty-five episodes in 1986. In 1987 Zembillas was commissioned for Spiral Zone as a character designer for sixty-five episodes.
In 1991, Zembillas was commissioned to work as an animator, art director, and character designer for movies and TV shows such as Wish Kid, Where's Waldo?, Captain N, and James Bond Jr. In 1993, he was the character designer of the TV series Hurricanes as "Skevos Zembillas". In the same year, he also was the storyboard reviser for the TV series Sonic the Hedgehog.
In 1996, Zembillas worked for Naughty Dog Inc. on a new project known as "Crash Bandicoot", a video game series for the Sony PlayStation. Zembillas would continue to work for Naughty Dog in 1998 with Crash Bandicoot: Warped.
In the year 2000, Zembillas designed early concept art for Naughty Dog in the game Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, as well as Spyro: Year of the Dragon.
Zembillas is the CEO, founder, and instructor at The Animation Academy in California.
Filmography and games DateTitle Platform Role 1985She-Ra: Princess of Power TV series Character designerThe Secret of the Sword Film 1986Ghostbusters TV series 1987Spiral ZoneTV series 1989The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island Short Model director 1991Wish KidTV seriesCharacter designerWhere's Waldo? Additional character designerCaptain N and the New Super Mario World Character designerCaptain N: The Game MasterJames Bond Jr. 1992Defenders of Dynatron City TV short 1993Sonic the Hedgehog TV seriesHurricanes TV series Character designer 1995The New Adventures of Madeline TV series Character and prop designer 1996Crash Bandicoot Video game Art director 1997A Christmas Carol Video1997 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Video game 1998Crash Bandicoot: Warped Video gameSpyro the Dragon Character designerThe Snowden, Raggedy Ann and Andy Holiday Show Film Layout supervisor 2000Spyro: Year of the Dragon Video game Character designer 2001Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy2003 Crash Nitro Kart Video game Art director
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