The Foreword is by Alec Baldwin, the voice-actor of North (Santa Claus), arguably the most important member of the cast.Īlthough William Joyce has been kicked upstairs to co-executive producer of this movie, his vision is all over it. Morris Lessmore, creator of The Guardians of Childhood series of children’s books that Rise of the Guardians is based upon, and co-executive producer of Rise of the Guardians. The Preface is by William Joyce, the director of the Disney animated feature Meet the Robinsons, winner of the 2011 Academy Award (as author and co-director) for Best Animated Short Film for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Ramin Zahed has been an animation-industry writer and the editor of Animation Magazine for well over ten years. That leaves the Art to be emphasized.Īs usual with these books, the author is an animation-industry veteran who has been given access to DreamWorks Animation’s full production team and materials. Note that this is The Art of Rise of the Guardians! It is not The Art and Making of Rise of the Guardians! With coffee-table art books on practically every major animation studio’s theatrical feature of the last half-dozen years, the “making of” aspect has been pretty thoroughly covered by now, especially for the CGI/3-D blockbusters. San Rafael, CA, Insight Editions, October 2012, hardcover $40.00 (158 pages).
The Art of Rise of the Guardians, by Ramin Zahed.
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