John W. Lustig

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

Late Night Cartoons

Holiday specials for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

“It’s a Worm-derful Life” (December 2024), “The Indict-mare Before Christmas” (December 2023), “The MAGA-hole of Madness” (April 2023), and “Conspiracy Carol” (December 2021).

Hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop for Adobe Character Animator rigs.

 

Background actor (non-union)

January 2023 - present

Background acting for live-action productions such as Happy Gilmore 2, Play Dirty, Your Friends & Neighbors, American Horror Story, Daredevil, Blue Bloods, Law and Order, FBI, Elsbeth, And Just Like That, and others.

 

Late Night Cartoons

Washingtonia

2D animator, June – October 2021

Hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop for Adobe Character Animator rigs.

 

Cartuna

Nickelodeon Upfronts

2D animator, Feb. 2021

Hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop for Adobe Character Animator rigs.

 

Late Night Cartoons

“Election Knight Rises,” an animated short featured in the Emmy-winning Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand.

2D animator, October 2020

Hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop for Adobe Character Animator rigs.

 

Pig Apple

2D Animator, December 2019

Animated a 2-second shot with four characters in Adobe Photoshop for the TV series Helpsters.

 

Cartuna

Animation director, August 2019

Conceived, storyboarded, and animated a 1:26 sequence in the documentary piece “8chan: Hate and the Internet” by Vice News.

 

Late Night Cartoons

Our Cartoon President

2D animator, Feb. 2019 - October 2020

Hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop for Adobe Character Animator rigs.

 

ASIFA-EAST

Board member/volunteer

Directed a festival signal film, contributed animation to two others, created various promotional illustrations, and other miscellaneous duties related to the ASIFA-EAST Animated Film Festival.

 

 

EDUCATION:

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New York University, Tisch School of the arts

Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, BFA

Trustees’ Scholarship Awardee

 

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FILMS/AWARDS

 

“I Beg Your Pardon,” 4:45, hand-drawn animation in Photoshop, 2024. Written, directed, animated, and edited by John W. Lustig.

Screenings: Annecy Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Florida Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, PFCAT, Screamfest, ANIFILM, Caostica International Short Film Festival, GenreBlast, Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Galician Freaky Film Festival

 

ASIFA East Signal Film 2017: "10 Being the Best," 1:28, hand-drawn animation in Photoshop. Written, directed, animated, and edited by John W. Lustig.

Screenings: Anima Syros, ReAnimania, SuperToon, Linoleum, Ladies Animated Short Screening

 

"Eye in Tuna Care," 4:09, traditional animation, 2014. Written, directed, animated, and edited by John W. Lustig.

Awards: Trés Court International Film Festival - Animation Award; ASIFA-East Animation Festival - First Place, Independent Films; No Budget Film Festival - Special Jury Award: Directing; Passenger Bar Short Film Contest - 3rd place

 

"c/o Flap Jackson," 5:54, stop-motion animation, 2009. Written, directed, animated, and edited by John W. Lustig.

Honorable Mention - Fear No Film Festival