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'''Shin Neung-kyun''' ({{Korean|hangul=신능균|rr=Sin Neunggyun}}; born 1939), also known as '''Nelson Shin''', is a South Korean animation director who is the founder and president of [[AKOM|Akom Production Co., Ltd.]], in [[Seoul]], South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985.
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'''Shin Neung-kyun''' ({{Korean|hangul=신능균|rr=Sin Neunggyun}}; born 1939), also known as '''Nelson Shin''', is a South Korean and American animation director of North Korean origin who is the founder and president of [[AKOM]]. He is known for having directed the animated films ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Empress Chung]]'', and ''[[The Frog Kingdom]]''.


==Career==
== Biography ==
In the 1970s, Shin worked as an animator at the [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]] and [[Marvel Productions]], where he worked on the ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' [[film]]s and ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]''. While at DFE, he also contributed to the animation of the [[lightsaber]] blades in the original ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise |last1=Kim |first1=Myung |year=2010 |pages=251 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxW3MKxCWDwC |last2=Jaffe |first2=Sam |chapter=15: "Whither than North"|publisher=AMACOM |isbn=978-0-8144-1490-3 }}</ref>
Shin was born in 1939 in [[Pyongsan County]] in what is now [[North Korea]]. In 1952, his family [[North Korean defectors|defected]] to [[South Korea]] amid the [[Korean War]] when he was 12 years old. His father then ran a store in [[Daejeon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2005 |title='Simpsons' animator knocks on doors of N.K. with Korean folk tale |url=http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1856 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521141618/http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1856 |archive-date=21 May 2006 |website=Korea Is One}}</ref> After working on editorial cartoons and a few animated films in South Korea, he moved to the United States in the 1970s. During that time, he worked on the [[lightsaber]] special effects for ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''. He worked for [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]] and stayed with the company after it was acquired by [[Marvel Comics]] and was renamed to [[Marvel Productions]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Mark |date=August 31, 2005 |title=Uniting the Two Koreas, in Animated Films at Least |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/movies/31chun.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628121905/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/movies/31chun.html?_r=1 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=June 24, 2013 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>


Much of the [[animation]] Shin's studio has produced has been for American [[television program|television series]]. Some of Akom's credits are: ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series|X-Men]]'', ''[[Invasion America]]'' and ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]''. Shin's most well-known accomplishment is his direction of the television series ''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/09/movies/screen-transformers-animation-for-children.html | title=SCREEN: 'TRANSFORMERS,' ANIMATION FOR CHILDREN (Published 1986) | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=9 August 1986 | access-date=6 October 2024 | archive-date=9 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009135424/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/09/movies/screen-transformers-animation-for-children.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Shin also directed the first season of the Canadian animated TV series, ''[[Toad Patrol]]''.
In 1985, a rush for animation on ''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (1986 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' gave Shin the opportunity to found [[AKOM]] in [[Seoul]]. His studio created 300,000 animation cells for the film. AKOM produced animation for many foreign shows and films, including tens of thousands of frames for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Shin also produced ''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]'' and directed ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. He grew tired of creating animations for other directors, so he sought to create the film ''[[Empress Chung]]'' as a personal passion project. He worked for seven years and spent {{US$|6.5 million}} of his own money on the film. In order to save costs, he collaborated with the North Korean [[SEK Studio]] because North Korean animators are paid less than South Korean animators. The film made use of 500 animators, 400 of which were North Korean.<ref name="nyt" /> Shin visited [[Pyongyang]] eighteen times to supervise production.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-06 |title=A Short History of North Korea’s Animation Industry |url=https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2018/06/short-history-north-korea-animation-sek/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Cinema Escapist |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520024223/https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2018/06/short-history-north-korea-animation-sek/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


Beginning in 1999, Shin worked on the animated feature film ''[[Empress Chung]]''. The film was largely animated in North Korea, and in August 2005 became the first movie ever to open simultaneously in North and South Korea.
On August 12, 2005, ''Empress Chung'' became the first film to have been released simultaneously in both North and South Korea. It played in 6 theaters in North Korea and 51 theaters in South Korea. The film won a prize at the 2003 [[Annecy International Animation Film Festival]] and won the top prize at the 2004 [[Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival]]. Despite its critical success, it was a financial failure, earning only {{US$|140,000}}.<ref name="nyt" />


In 2009, he was elected president of the [[International Animated Film Association]], a post he held through 2012.<ref>[https://asifa.net/asifa-wp/category/international-news/page/3/ASIFA Board Elects New Officials]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2010, Shin was elected as the president of the [[International Animated Film Association]], a position he held until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nelson Shin |url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-academy-members/nelson-shin |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> He directed the 2013 Chinese animated film ''[[The Frog Kingdom]]'', which was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2014 [[Asia Pacific Screen Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frog Kingdom (Qingwa Wangguo) |url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-nominees-winners/2014/best-animated-film/frog-kingdom-qingwa-wangguo |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="7" |1974
|''[[The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat]]''
|assistant animator
|
|-
|''The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg''
| rowspan="32" |animator
|
|-
|''Heist and Seek''
|
|-
|''The Big House Ain't a Home''
|
|-
|''Mother Dogfather''
|
|-
|''Bows and Errors''
|
|-
|''Deviled Yeggs''
|
|-
| rowspan="16" |1975
|''Watch the Birdie''
|
|-
|''Saltwater Tuffy''
|
|-
|''M-O-N-E-Y Spells Love''
|
|-
|''Rock-A-Bye Maybe''
|
|-
|''Haunting Dog''
|
|-
|''Eagle Beagles''
|
|-
|''Pink DaVinci''
|
|-
|''Pink Streaker''
|
|-
|''Salmon Pink''
|
|-
|''Goldilox & the Three Hoods''
|
|-
|''Pink Elephant''
|
|-
|''Keep Our Forests' Pink''
|
|-
|''Rockhounds''
|
|-
|''Bobolink Pink''
|
|-
|''It's Pink, But Is It Mink?''
|
|-
|''The Scarlet Pinkernel''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1976
|''Sherlock Pink''
|
|-
|''Rocky Pink''
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |1978
|''Pinktails for Two''
|
|-
|''Pink in the Woods''
|
|-
|''Pink Lightning''
|
|-
|''Pink Pictures''
|
|-
|''Cat and the Pinkstalk''
|
|-
|''Pink Daddy''
|
|-
|''The Pink of Bagdad''
|
|-
|''Pink Press''
|
|-
|1986
|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''
|director
co-producer
|
|-
|1994
|''[[The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure]]''
|animation producer
|
|-
|1995
|''[[The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving]]''
|animation producer
|
|-
|1996
|''[[The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists]]''
|animation producer
|
|-
|2007
|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''
|animation producer
|
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|1974
|''The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head''
|animator
|TV special
|-
|1975
|''[[The Hoober-Bloob Highway]]''
|animator
|TV special
|-
| rowspan="2" |1977
|''[[My Mom's Having a Baby]]''
|animator
|TV special
|-
|''[[Bugs Bunny's Easter Special]]''
|animator
|TV special
|-
| rowspan="2" |1978
|''Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird''
|animator
|TV special
|-
|''[[The Pink Panther in: A Pink Christmas]]''
|animator
|TV special
|-
| rowspan="3" |1980
|''[[The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks]]''
|animator
|TV special
|-
|''Daffy Duck's Easter Show''
|animator
|TV special
|-
|''[[Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?]]''
|animator
|TV special
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981
|''[[Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother]]''
|director
|TV special
|-
|''[[The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight]]''
|sequence director
animator
|TV special
|-
|1983
|''[[The Charmkins]]''
|sequence director
|TV special
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:South Korean people of North Korean origin]]
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[[Category:American film directors of Korean descent]]
 
[[Category:American people of North Korean descent]]
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 24 June 2025

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Shin Neung-kyun (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".; RR: Template:TransliterationTemplate:Category handler; born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is a South Korean and American animation director of North Korean origin who is the founder and president of AKOM. He is known for having directed the animated films The Transformers: The Movie, Empress Chung, and The Frog Kingdom.

Biography

Shin was born in 1939 in Pyongsan County in what is now North Korea. In 1952, his family defected to South Korea amid the Korean War when he was 12 years old. His father then ran a store in Daejeon.[1] After working on editorial cartoons and a few animated films in South Korea, he moved to the United States in the 1970s. During that time, he worked on the lightsaber special effects for Star Wars. He worked for DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and stayed with the company after it was acquired by Marvel Comics and was renamed to Marvel Productions.[2]

In 1985, a rush for animation on My Little Pony: The Movie gave Shin the opportunity to found AKOM in Seoul. His studio created 300,000 animation cells for the film. AKOM produced animation for many foreign shows and films, including tens of thousands of frames for The Simpsons. Shin also produced The Transformers and directed The Transformers: The Movie. He grew tired of creating animations for other directors, so he sought to create the film Empress Chung as a personal passion project. He worked for seven years and spent Template:US$ of his own money on the film. In order to save costs, he collaborated with the North Korean SEK Studio because North Korean animators are paid less than South Korean animators. The film made use of 500 animators, 400 of which were North Korean.[2] Shin visited Pyongyang eighteen times to supervise production.[3]

On August 12, 2005, Empress Chung became the first film to have been released simultaneously in both North and South Korea. It played in 6 theaters in North Korea and 51 theaters in South Korea. The film won a prize at the 2003 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and won the top prize at the 2004 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival. Despite its critical success, it was a financial failure, earning only Template:US$.[2]

In 2010, Shin was elected as the president of the International Animated Film Association, a position he held until 2012.[4] He directed the 2013 Chinese animated film The Frog Kingdom, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2014 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[5]

References

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External links

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