Spencer Cook, Animation Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks,
recently completed work as animation director on the international
hit Spider-Man™ 3.
Cook previously was animation supervisor on Cursed, The Matrix
Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. He also served as lead
character animator on Spider-Man™ (2002) and Hollow Man (2000),
both of which were recognized with Academy Award® nominations for
Best Achievement in Visual Effects.
Before he joined Imageworks in 1999, Cook worked as an animation
supervisor at Flat Earth Productions on the television series
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles and character animator
on the feature film Blade.
As a character animator at Digital Domain, Cook worked on the
effects facility's short film Tightrope as well as on numerous
commercial spots and music videos.
Cook began his career as a stop motion animator and worked with
New York production studios such as Broadcast Arts/Curious
Pictures, Full Blue Productions, Boss Films, Colossal Pictures and
Stieffel & Company, where he brought many memorable characters
to life in commercials for the Pillsbury Doughboy, McDonald's, MTV,
Budweiser, Duracell, Nintendo, Barbie, Kool Aid and Fritos
In 1986, Cook helped design and animate the surreal imagery in
Peter Gabriel's music video for Big Time and was part of the team
that created the inhabitants of Pee Wee's Playhouse for the first
season of the Saturday morning TV series.
Cook holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The School of
Visual Arts.