All in the Bunker

Writer/director Andrew Overtoom is an Animation Director on SpongeBob SquarePants. He also wrote, directed and filmed My Life with Morrissey, an independent feature film shot on 16mm about an obsessed fan who meets her demise after meeting her rock star idol. Andrew Overtoom was born and raised in... New Jersey where he showed a talent for filmmaking from a very young age. He developed a fascination with cameras and photography and by the age of twelve he had built a darkroom to develop the photos he captured of the things around him. Needing to express himself further he also taught himself to play the guitar and write music. He began writing songs for his raucous rock band Woodpecker in the early 1990s. He also directed music videos for the band. The band gained popularity in the East Coast indie scene and the music videos were aired on MTV. In 1996 he moved to Canada to attend the Vancouver Film School’s Classical Animation program. There he wrote and classically animated a three minute film entitled "No Parachute", a short film about the history of flight. After graduation Overtoom attended Pasadena’s yearly Animation Celebration.
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