NADINE WAGNER-WESTERBARKEY
Nadine has been in the Animation industry for over 25 years, with vast experience in film and television working with well-respected studios such as Walt Disney, Dreamworks, Universal, DHX, Bardel and Atomic Cartoons where she currently holds the responsibility of Studio Creative Director. In her current role Nadine oversees all productions and is very involved in setting up the upcoming shows, supporting the creative teams in both development and during the production workflow. She currently supports shows like Molly of Denali, Young Love, Dogs in Space among others.
One of Nadine’s key responsibilities is mentorship and guidance in creative leadership.
Before her current role Nadine worked as Animation Director on the TV ‘101 Dalmatians’ with Walt Disney Studios and completed the TV series ‘Hilda’ for Netflix prior to that.
Prior to joining the team at Atomic Cartoons Nadine completed animation feature ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ as Animation Director and she was the Supervising Animation Director at Bardel on successful TV series such as ‘Jake and the Never Land Pirates’, ‘Dawn of the Croods’, ‘Rick and Morty’ and many many more.
Nadine also gathered a lot of experience working as Story Artist in both film and television.
Her 15 feature animation credits as Animation Supervisor, Senior Animatorand Animator include projects like: Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’,‘Curious George’ (Universal), ‘Kronk’s New Groove’ (Disney), ‘Three Musketeers’ (Disney), ‘Lilo and Stitch 2’ (Disney), ‘Lion King 3’ (Disney) amongst others.
For the past years Nadine has supported WIA in many different ways, she is a mentor for the ACE program and supports the team as chair of the data and analytics track.
In 2021 Nadine received the WYCA Women of Distinction Award for Art and Culture because of her priority in volunteer work and supporting diversity and inclusion within the industry.
Nadine has a strong passion for animation, together with an avid interest in the environment and wildlife. Nadine volunteered her time for close to a decade in wildlife education and gained a lot of experience working as a Wildlife Ranger, Wildlife Educator and Wildlife Education Coordinator where she gained valuable insight into the importance and challenges of environmental and outdoor education.
List of feature film credits:
Animation Director, My Little Pony The Movie, DHX media
Senior Animator, The Prophet, Bardel Ent. and New Machine Studios
Senior Animator, Dodo Feature Film, Rothkirch/Cartoon-Film, Warner Bros. Germany
Story Artist, Enchanted Feature Film, Walt Disney Studios
Senior Animator, Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid – Ariel’s Beginning
Senior Animator, Curious George Feature Film
Senior Animator, Walt Disney’s Emperor’s New Groove 2: Kronk’s New Groove
Supervising Animator, Walt Disney’s Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch
Animator, Walt Disney’s Tarzan II
Supervising Animator, Walt Disney’s Mickey Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Animator, Walt Disney’s The Lion King 1 1/2: Hakuna Matata
Senior Animator, The Adventures of Jester Till, Munich Animation
Development Artist, Happily N’Ever After, BAF/Hahn Film
Senior Posing Artist, Momo, TFC Trickompany
Senior Animator, Help! I’m A Fish, Munich Animation/A Film
Senior Animator, Tobias Totz and his Lion, Rothkirch Cartoon-Film, Warner Bros. Germany
Animator, The Fearless Four, Munich Animation Film, Warner Bros. Germany
List of television credits:
Head of 2D Animation, Atomic Cartoons (Dogs in Space, Odd Balls, Young Love, Trollstopia, MOL)
Animation Director. ‘101 Dalmatian St’ , Atomic Cartoons
Animation Director ‘Hilda’, Atomic Cartoons
Supervising Animation Director, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Disney Television and Bardel Entertainment
Supervising Animation Director, The Croods, Dreamworks Television and Bardel Entertainment
Supervising Animation Director, Rick and Morty, Season Bardel Entertainment
Storyboard Supervisor, The Adventures of Little Jake and Many Skies - Season 1, Little Jake Productions
Director Episode 1 - The Adventures of Little Jake and Many Skies - Season 1, Little Jake Productions
Storyboard Artist Bardel Entertainment, Edgar und Ellen - Season 1, Bardel Entertainment/Star Farm Productions
Senior Animator, Curious George TV Series - Opening Titles – Universal Television
Senior Animator, Joscha Sauer’s Not Funny - Pilot, Yowza Animation/Joscha Sauer
Senior Animator, Lilly the Witch - Pilot, Trixter Film
Wildlife related work credits:
Wildlife Volunteer Coordinator, Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife
Wildlife Education Coordinator, Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife
Wildlife Ranger, Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife