Rodrigo Perez-Castro

Biography

Rodrigo Perez-Castro is a Mexican-born Canadian Annie Award-nominated animation filmmaker with decades of experience in the industry. Rodrigo was born and raised in Mexico City. His passion for storytelling brought him to Canada to study at the renowned animation school, Sheridan College. In the years that followed, Rodrigo worked as a Story Artist, in both Canada and the U.S., on numerous film projects for studios like, Disney, Bluesky, Fox Animation, Paramount Animation, and DreamWorks TV. Some of Rodrigo's credits as a story artist include- The Book of Life, Ice Age: Collision Course, Ferdinand, and Rio 2. For his work on Rio 2 he was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of "Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Film".