Carlos Grangel

Carlos Grangel (born 1963 in Barcelona) is a Spanish-born character designer for animated films.

Career
He started out as a comic book artist, drawing Fix und Foxi for the German market from the mid-80s to 1994 and Disney comics (Brer Rabbit) for the Dutch market in 1994/95. Afterwards he moved to DreamWorks Animation, where his credits include The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Shark Tale (2004) and Madagascar (2005). He also worked on Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005).

He owns Grangel Studios along with his brother Jordi.

Filmography

 * We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) (character deisgner)
 * Balto (1995) (character designer)
 * The Fearless Four (1997)
 * The Prince of Egypt (1998) (character designer)
 * Periwig Maker (1999)
 * Toonlympics (1999)
 * The Road to El Dorado (2000) (character designer)
 * Shrek (2001) (Los Angeles pre-production)
 * Mice Tales (2001)
 * Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (supervising character designer)
 * Dusk and Dawn (2002)
 * Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (character design)
 * Till Eulenspiegel (2003)
 * History Island (2004)
 * Shark Tale (2004) (supervising character designer)
 * Madagascar (2005) (additional character design)
 * Corpse Bride (2005)
 * Puppet Pals (2006) (character designer)
 * Hui Buh (2006)
 * Flushed Away (2006) (additional character design)
 * The Princess and the Pied Piper (2006) (character designer)
 * Kate & Chris (2007) (character designer)
 * Bee Movie (2007) (character design)
 * Wild Forest (2008)
 * Kung Fu Panda (2008) (additional character design)
 * Puppet Pals 2 (2010)
 * Arthur Christmas (2011) (character design)
 * Little Lily (2012)
 * The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) (character design)
 * Hotel Transylvania (2012) (character designer)
 * Plucky Chicken (2014)
 * Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) (additional character design)
 * Twentieth Toons: Quest for the Toon Temple (2022)

Recognition

 * 2003, won Annie Award for 'Individual Achievement in Character Design' for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).
 * 2005, nominated for Annie Award for 'Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Shark Tale (2004)
 * 2006, nominated for Annie Award for 'Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Corpse Bride (2005)
 * 2007, nominated for Annie Award for 'Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for The Princess and the Pied Piper (2006)
 * 2008, nominated for Annie Award for 'Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Kate & Chris (2007)
 * 2013, nominated for Annie Award for 'Character Design in an Animated Feature Production' for Hotel Transylvania (2012)