Andy Knight, a respected animation artitst and co-founder of Toronto-based animation and vfx studio Red Rover, suffered a massive stroke on Thursday, April 10 and passed away at the age of 46. He began his career as an animator at Gaumont in Paris, working on a number of feature films, televison shows and commercials for clients across Europe and the U.S. He joined passion pictures in London as creative director in 1989, then started up Red Rover with partner Linzi in 1994.
Offering both 2D and 3D animation services, Red Rover has worked on such films as Slyvain Chomet’s Oscar-nominated feature The Triplets of Belleville and DreamWorks Home Entertainment’s Joseph: King of Dreams. Recent credits include commercials for Toyota, Wal-Mart and Pepsi.
Knight created the BAFTA-nominated CG short film Plumber, and directed Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas, an Annie Award-winning direct-to-video feature produced through Disney Canada. Plumber and other exapmples of Red Rover’s work can be viewed at www.redrover.net.
