Crystal Perea

Experience

Storyboard Revisionist, American Dad, 20th TV Animation, March 2023 - August 2023, January 2024 - PRESENT

Storyboard Artist, American Dad, 20th TV Animation, February 2020 - January 2023

Storyboard Revisionist, Family Guy, Fox TV Animation, October 2017 - February 2020

Freelance Storyboard Artist, Baobab Studios, Unannounced Production, June 2017 - October 2017

Co-wrote multiple story outlines. Storyboarded from outline, roughed and cleaned up boards, problem solved story issues, pitched story ideas.

Freelance Prop Designer, Baobab Studios, Unannounced Production, September 2017

Assistant, ACT Machinery, February 2016 - October 2017

Sales Associate, JCPenney, August 2014 - August 2016

Temp Worker, R3 Papercraft, May 2012 - August 2012

Contests

2023 Spring WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab

• Quarterfinalist - “Not Faire” Original Pilot Script

2022 Austin Film Festival Script Competition

• Second Rounder - “Not Faire” Original Pilot Script

2021 Austin Film Festival Script Competition

• Second Rounder - “Not In the Mood” Pen15 Spec Script

Short Films

“A Boy and His Beast”, 2015-2016 • Writer, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Editor & Sound Designer, Animator

- A collaborative 9 minute stop motion short completed under the mentorship of Stephen Chiodo.                    

+ Screened at the Burbank Film Festival 2017

+ Screened at the Oceanside International Film Festival 2017

- Best Animation at OIFF

- Audience Choice Award

+ Screened at the Beverly Hills Film Festival 2017  

 - 2017 Filmmaker Official Selection

+ Winner of the Award of Merit in the Best Shorts Competition        

+ Screened at the LCAD Animation Festival 2016

"Oh Brother”, 2015 - 2016 • Filmmaker

 + Screened at the 2016 LCAD Animation Film Festival

“Mo, Bringer of War” & “Man Hunters”, Spring 2014 • Storyboard Artist, Animator

 + Screened at the LCAD Animation Film Festival 2014

"Lunch Punk", Fall 2013 • Filmmaker

"Schadenfreude", Spring 2011 • Director

“Sea Snack”, Summer 2010 • Filmmaker

Education

Script Anatomy

TV Pilot Draft Intensive - Summer 2023, Winter 2021

TV Rewrite Lab - Spring 2023

TV Comedy Pilot Lab - Fall 2022, Spring 2022

Televisionary (Comedy) - Summer 2021, Winter 2022

Writing Pad

TV 3, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022

TV 2, Winter 2020

TV Comedy 2, Winter 2020

TV Comedy 1 (x2), Fall 2020

Gotham Writers

TV Writing Level 1, Fall 2020

CG Master 2D Academy (CGMA) 

- Story Development for Artists: from Idea to Reality, Summer 2020

- Storyboarding for Animation,  Spring 2015, 2016, 2017

Concept Design Academy (CDA)

- Cinematic Storyboarding Summer 2017

Rad How to School

- Storyboarding for Feature Animation, Spring 2017, Summer 2016

Laguna College of Art & Design (LCAD) 2011-2016, BFA in Character Animation    

California State Summer School of the Arts (CSSSA) Summer 2010

Storyboard Pro, Photoshop, Premiere, Cintiq, Mac and PC systems, traditional drawing media (ink, watercolor, etc.), various screenwriting software, hula hoop.