Crystal Perea
Experience
Writers’ Assistant, Paraland, April 2025 - Ongoing
Storyboard Revisionist, American Dad, 20th TV Animation, March 2025- PRESENT, January - April 2024, March - August 2023,
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
Fellowships/Contests
2025 Fellowship
2024 National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) Series Scriptwriters Program
Fellow - Comedy Writer
2025, 2024 Disney Entertainment Television (DET) Writing Program
Semi-finalist
2024 Blacklist/Women in Film
Shortlist
2023 Spring WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab
Quarterfinalist - “Not Faire” Original Pilot Script
2022 Mentorship Matters
Finalist
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 Comedy Pilot Lab - Spring 2025, 2024 Fall 2022, Spring 2022
TV Pilot Draft Intensive - Summer 2023, Winter 2021
TV Rewrite Lab - Spring 2023
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
Organizations
Startwith8 - Mentee
Story4All - Mentor
Women in Film - Member
Women in Animation - Member
NALIP - Member
The JTC List - Member
Skills
Storyboard Pro, Photoshop, Premiere, Cintiq, Mac and PC systems, traditional drawing media (ink, watercolor, etc.), various screenwriting software, hula hoop.