Alan Estridge grew up in Alabama loving Bugs Bunny and drawing cartoons. After high school Alan lived in New Orleans, where he attended Tulane University and made loud music in a rock band. New Orleans eventually proved too relaxing for Alan, so he headed to Los Angeles to hit it big in the movies.

Soon he was storyboarding and illustrating, but animation was calling. So Alan went back to school to pursue his dreams of animating.

Alan’s first film, the award-winning Cone-nundrum, is a traditional 2D piece exploring a boy’s problems distinguishing dreams from reality. At Wit’s Vend uses 3D and 2D computer animation to give you a candy bar’s view of the world of the vending machine. It is screening in several film festivals around the U.S., winning awards and critical acclaim.

Presently, Alan has completed his graduate studies at UCLA in the Animation Workshop, and is in production on a 3D short titled Gridlock.