Keith Sintay

Keith Sintay was born on February 22 in Southfield, Michigan. He was inspired to become and animator after seeing The Rescuers in 1977.^[1] He grew up in Livonia, Michigan, where he attended Bentley High School and Churchill High School. He was originally going to study business at Central Michigan University, but pivoted to animation while doing artwork on campus.^[2]

Sintay was accepted into the Disney internship program and was hired shortly after to work on Pocahontas.^[2] Sintay has worked on the films Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, and Tarzan at Disney Feature, and Spirit, Sinbad and Shark Tale at DreamWorks. At Sony Pictures Imageworks, he was Sr. Animator on Open Season, Monster House, Beowulf and I am Legend. He worked at Digital Domain on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Tron:Legacy.^[1] He now works as a senior character animator for Industrial Light and Magic, working on Star Wars projects.^[2]

In addition to his work as an animator, Sintay is a contributing artist and illustrator for several books by author Mark Simon. Included in these are Facial Expressions and Storyboards, Motion in Art.

Sintay currently lives in the Los Angeles area. He lives with his wife Connie and their five rescued dogs. He also owns a collection of Star Wars memorabilia- complete with a life size R2-D2 and C-3PO, and a wall of Darth Vader helmets.^[1][2]