Jakob Hjort Jensen has been working in the animation industry for
over 17 years for DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation and
Imagi Animation where he acted as the Animation Director on the
theatrical release "Astro Boy."
A native of Copenhagen, Denmark, Jensen started his career in
animation at the age of 17. Jensen worked as an assistant animator
at A-Film studios in Copenhagen, honing his craft on several
commercials and features such as "Asterix Conquers America,"
"Jungle Jack," and "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2." He soon moved to
London where he landed a job as animator working at Amblimation
Studios in London on the feature "Balto."
Relocating to the US Jensen worked for DreamWorks Animation since
its inception in 1995 with credits as Character Designer on "Over
the Hedge" and Animator on the studio's animated films "The Prince
of Egypt," "The Road to El Dorado," "Spirit: Stallion of the
Cimarron", "Madagascar" and "Shark Tale. He acted as the Senior
Supervising Animator on the title character, Sinbad, in DreamWorks'
animated action adventure "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" as
well as Supervising Animator on the main character, Hiccup, in
DreamWorks' latest hit "How to Train your Dragon."
Other credits include Walt Disney's 2007 hit "Enchanted."