Tom Coleman

Thomas Peter 'Tom' Coleman (born June 20, 1970) is an American animator, writer, producer, voice actor, storyboard artist, and director, best known for creating the Nintendo TV series Dan Series and Maxlor, Also known for being one of the main character designers for Nintendo Studios. His first animated project was in 1988, when he created the short What the world means at the age of 18, and got a job at Nintendo Studios, to work as an animator and character designer, a role he still maintains. to this day.

Life and career
Tom was born in Santa Clara, California. When he was 8 years old, he was a big fan of animated movies and series, especially those from Disney, he always said that he wanted to know how these movies were made, and that he wanted to become a great recognized animator. Tom and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1981, where he completed his education, later, in 1987, he went to study at the California Institute of the Arts, and a year later he created his first animated short, What the world means, which was about what was around the world, this made Coleman earn a position at Hantal-Nintendo as a character designer, Coleman made the characters with realistic traits, and this was what characterize him and Nintendo Studios.

In 1993, Tom graduated from CalArts, and this led him to make his second animated short, this time for the Fox network, which was "Any Child's Dreams" which was nominated for a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, which made other companies hire Coleman for animated projects, such was the case of Cartoon Network, which hired Coleman in 1997 as an animator.

At the beginning of the 2000s, Coleman began to develop an idea for a new series, which he gave the internal name of Gill, which he began to develop between 2001 and 2002, Coleman wanted it to have a superhero theme. , but at the same time, he wanted to tell the daily lives of the heroes, the idea was originally proposed to Comedy Central, but due to a change in Coleman's plans, as well as Comedy Central itself, the project could not materialize, and instead, Coleman started a different project at Nintendo Studios, which would later become the FireMan series.

During 2004 and 2005, Coleman had decided to resume the Gill project which he would modify and rename it as Dan Series with a more mature touch for Nintendo TV, if he had the acceptance of Nintendo TV, Coleman was able to complete the rest of the series, which would become one of his most recognized projects, and which would make him famous, which was Dan Series which premiered in 2006, and thanks to the success of the series, Coleman and Nintendo Studios continued to maintain their relations, and continued to work with the company, even after their purchase in 2022.

Personal life
Coleman currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son, and continues to design characters for Nintendo Studios, as well as working with other companies, such as DreamWorks, Warner Bros. Animation, among others.