Piet Kroon (1960) studied Film and Theater Studies at the Utrecht University, specializing in animation. He graduated cum laude in 1986. As a student he made The Balancer, a four minute film that was shown at several international animation festivals.
After his studies he worked as animator, illustrator and cartoonist. In 1990 he animated in London on An American Tail II/Feivel Goes West, a Steven Spielberg production in classic Disney style. Since then he animated on several other international productions.
In 1994 Piet Kroon finished DaDA, a ten minute independent animated film that Kroon wrote and directed, was produced by Cilia Van Dijk Filmproductions and his own production company Picture Start, and financed by the Dutch Film Fund. The film was shown at numerous festivals around the world (among others Berlin Filmfestspiele '95, Espinho '95, Zagreb '96, Hiroshima '96, Ottawa '96) and received seven awards.
In 1995, Kroon moved to Los Angeles and now works as a storyman for Warner Bros. Feature Animation, first on The Quest for Camelot, and presently on Iron Giant, T.R.A.N.S.I.T is director Piet Kroon's second film.
Main credits include:
An American Tail II/Feivel Goes West. 1990. Amblimation. Animation.
The Waterpeople. 1992. Nico Crama Filmproductions. Dir: Paul Driessen.Animation.
Prince Cinders. 1993. Longreturn Ltd. Dir: Derek Hayes. Prod: Iain Harvey. Animation.
DaDA. 1994. Cilia van Dijk Film Productions/Picture Start. Writer/director, animation.
The Quest for Camelot. To be released: 1998. Warner Bros. Feature Animation. Storyartist.
The Iron Giant. To be released: 1999. Warner Bros. Feature Animation. Storyartist.
