Alex Orrelle

Alex Orrelle is first and foremost an artist and a storyteller. His keen sense of style and ability to create unforgettable character performances are his trademarks. When Alex and his wife Michelle founded Crew 972 in 2005, the Tel Aviv-raised London director fulfilled a lifelong dream of setting up his own animation studio. Prior to opening Crew 972, he spent three years at Pixar Animation Studios as an animator, working on the Academy Award®-winning blockbusters The Incredibles (2004) and Finding Nemo (2003), in addition to the Academy Award® – nominated shorts, Boundin’ (2003) and Mike’s New Car (2002). Shortly before joining Pixar, Alex worked as an animator at Manex Entertainment, primarily working on pre-visualization and character animation for the visual effects sequences of the hit film The Matrix Reloaded (2003). His first job in the industry was working for the Tel Aviv-based multimedia company, Pixel, where he worked as a 2D animator on the CD-Rom project, The Cartoon Guide to Physics.