Hi, I'm Kristen Pileri, a seasoned storyboard artist and animator with extensive experience in adult and children's and adult animation. Over the last decade, I've contributed to over 9 animated tv series, developing my skills in cinematic storytelling, character acting, and pacing in animatics. I thrive on collaborating with directors, writers, and production teams to deliver high-quality visual narratives while meeting tight deadlines. In addition to my creative work, I am passionate about teaching. I currently teach comedic storyboarding to adults and drawing Pokemon to elementary children, sharing my knowledge and helping others develop their own artistic voices. My background in animation and production gives me a dynamic perspective that I bring to every project and class I lead.

Kristen Pileri

Hi, I'm Kristen Pileri, a seasoned storyboard artist and animator with extensive experience in adult and children's and adult animation. Over the last decade, I've contributed to over 9 animated tv series, developing my skills in cinematic storytelling, character acting, and pacing in animatics. I thrive on collaborating with directors, writers, and production teams to deliver high-quality visual narratives while meeting tight deadlines. In addition to my creative work, I am passionate about teaching. I currently teach comedic storyboarding to adults and drawing Pokemon to elementary children, sharing my knowledge and helping others develop their own artistic voices. My background in animation and production gives me a dynamic perspective that I bring to every project and class I lead.

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Hi, I’m Kristen Pileri, a seasoned storyboard artist and animator with extensive experience in adult and children’s and adult animation. Over the last decade, I’ve contributed to over 9 animated tv series, developing my skills in cinematic storytelling, character acting, and pacing in animatics. I thrive on collaborating with directors, writers, and production teams to deliver high-quality visual narratives while meeting tight deadlines.

In addition to my creative work, I am passionate about teaching. I currently teach comedic storyboarding to adults and drawing Pokemon to elementary children, sharing my knowledge and helping others develop their own artistic voices. My background in animation and production gives me a dynamic perspective that I bring to every project and class I lead.

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Work Experience

Storyboard Artist at Titmouse
May 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Storyboarded for the adult animated series Everybody Still Hates Chris. Responsibilities included thumbing, blocking, and cleaning into adult animated sequences. Revised boards based on feedback from directors, writers, executives, and production while meeting deadlines and maintaining quality.
Storyboard Artist at Bento Box Entertainment
December 1, 2022 - September 1, 2025
Storyboarded for shows including The Prince, Farzar, Paradise PD, The Great North, and Grimsburg. Responsibilities included creating storyboards that conveyed story structure, cinematic composition, character acting, and pacing aligned with each show's tone, jokes, and characters.
Storyboard Artist at Wild Canary Animation
June 1, 2020 - September 1, 2025
Storyboarded for the 3D Disney Junior animated show Chicken Squad, including boarding from scratch entire 11-minute episodes, timing the animatic to action, and adding sound effects.
Storyboard Revisionist at Wild Canary Animation
June 1, 2019 - September 1, 2025
Revised storyboards for the 3D Disney Junior animated show Puppy Dog Pals. Responsibilities included cleaning up drawings, adding dynamic acting, redrawing shot angles, creating original bloopers, adjusting timing, and adding sound effects.
Production Assistant at Wild Canary Animation
June 1, 2017 - September 1, 2025
Assisted on the 3D animated show Puppy Dog Pals. Responsibilities included shipping, receiving, and organizing turnaround designs, notes, 3D models from other studios, organizing the server, creating lead sheets, uploading designs to Shotgun, assigning work to character/prop/background artists, shipping and conforming storyboards to other studios, and tracking design/model sheets/animation/lighting information.
Production Assistant at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
March 31, 2016 - September 1, 2025
Assisted a 2D animated show called Camp WWE. Responsibilities included updating logos, organizing designs on the server, creating and adjusting lead sheets, model sheets, working with character/prop/background designs for shipping and conforming storyboards using Storyboard Pro.
Teacher at Gage Academy of Art
January 1, 2025 - Present
Taught comedic storyboarding for adults in online classes. Responsibilities included creating syllabi, lesson plans teaching cinematic language, examples of good and bad storyboards and how to fix them, homework assignments, and a final using industry-standard software (Storyboard Pro on a Cintiq) to pitch students' last assignment.

Education

B.A. Animation, Studio Arts Minor at Loyola Marymount University
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015

Qualifications

Bernard Abbene Comedy Award
May 2, 2015 - May 9, 2015
Won this award for my senior animated thesis.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education
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