Updated November 23rd, 2019 at 17:18 IST

Frozen 2: Child artist Norman Joseph becomes General Technical Director

Frozen 2: Doordarshan's child artist Norman Joseph Became General Technical Director of Disney film. He also spoke about how he went on to achieve his career

Reported by: Brandon Fernandes
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Norman Joseph worked as a child artist on Doordarshan for about seven years, and is now lending his creative genius to Disney animated films like Moana, Zootopia, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Frozen 2. In a recent interview with an international news agency, Joseph said that when he was in India, he never thought that he would work for Disney animation.

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It was very different for Joseph while growing up, he worked as a child artist for a show on Doordarshan for seven years. He never thought that he would get into computer graphics or pursue computer engineering. He also created a game but after that, he thought of doing something different and something even more. He never knew that when he started doing computer graphics he would end up working for Disney explained Joseph, who grew up in Mumbai.

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Joseph completed his Bachelor of Engineering from Mumbai University and his Master of Science in Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. He worked as a technical director at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Joseph is responsible for providing support to artist teams, including writing tools, facilitating the computer-generated animation process and acting as a liaison to the software developers.

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When asked by the interviewer on why he did not pursue his career in acting, Joseph replied saying that he gave more time to being into computer graphics than being an artist because he enjoyed doing it. Joseph began his career with Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2013 on the Oscar-winning film Big Hero 6. Recently, he worked as a General Technical Director for Frozen 2, the sequel of 2013 hit film, FrozenFrozen 2 hit the silver screens yesterday on November 22, 2019, in India in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

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Published November 23rd, 2019 at 13:41 IST