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Lauren Eve Montgomery (born May 4, 1980) is an American storyboard artist, television director, film director, character designer, film producer, television producer, and television writer.[1][2][3][4][5]

Lauren Montgomery
Born	Lauren Eve Montgomery (1980-05-04) May 4, 1980 (age 42)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Storyboard artist, television director, film director, character designer, film producer, television producer, television writer
Notable work	Superman: Doomsday Wonder Woman Green Lantern: First Flight Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Batman: Year One Justice League: Doom Voltron: Legendary Defender

Early life

Lauren Montgomery became interested in drawing as a youngster and developed an interest in animation.[6] In 1998 she enrolled in the animation program at Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television where she graduated in 2002.[7]

Career

Animation

Storyboards

Montgomery got her start on the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe[7] animated by Mike Young Productions. Montgomery has done storyboards for animated television series' such as Ben 10 from Cartoon Network Studios as well as storyboard work for the television series Justice League Unlimited, for which producer Bruce Timm praised her work as being quite versatile.[8]

Montgomery has also done storyboard work for the second DC Universe film production, Justice League: The New Frontier, based on the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke, DC: The New Frontier. She also worked on the Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and Hulk Vs animated features, Marvel Comics properties by Lions Gate Entertainment. Moreover, she worked on the G.I. Joe features for Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. She has also worked on the Emmy-winning series Avatar: The Last Airbender for Nickelodeon.

Directing

Montgomery made her directorial debut by directing several episodes of the Legion of Super Heroes series, and was one of the three directors for the direct-to-video feature film Superman: Doomsday, directing the second act of the movie. In March, 2008, it was announced that she is the director for the direct-to-video Wonder Woman film from Warner Premiere. The animated feature was released on March 3, 2009.[1] Furthermore, she is the director of Green Lantern: First Flight, which was released on July 28, 2009.[9] Subsequently, Montgomery co-directed Batman: Year One and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (with Sam Liu) and directed Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. She is set to direct a film based on Avatar: The Last Airbender for Paramount Pictures.[10]

Producing

Montgomery served as a supervising producer on Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra, created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino.[11] Previously, she provided storyboard work on Book 3 for the original series Avatar: The Last Airbender, also a Konietzko/DiMartino collaboration. After Voltron finished she worked as a supervising producer on Santiago of the Seas.

Illustration

Montgomery has released a sketchbook with comic book/animation artist Eric Canete entitled Beauty and the Beast published by Black Velvet Studios. She has also done various freelance illustration work such as illustrating a cover for Nickelodeon Magazine[12] and a press release illustration for the Avatar series.[13]

Style

According to Montgomery, "I was definitely influenced by the Disney films. Those were the drawings I was tracing and sketching during my early years. I would study each and every one of the princesses and draw them until I had them all down by heart. My facial features are still influenced somewhat by Disney characters. As I got older, I was definitely influenced by Bruce's style in Batman (referring to Bruce Timm and Batman: The Animated Series), and I started getting into anime, and some of the more subtle styles in anime drawing. The clothing is a little more detailed than the typical American animation – it's more believable, yet still simplified. It's the way they draw bodies and cloth that I kind of incorporate into my drawings, as well as certain aspects of how they would draw hair. So I'd say I have a few different influences in my art style."[6]

References

External links

• Lauren Montgomery at IMDb
• Artist art site Retrieved 15 December 2008
• Interview on Superman:Doomsday Retrieved 15 December 2008
• Interview on Wonder Woman Retrieved 15 December 2008
• Talking to Lauren Montgomery Retrieved 14 February 2009
• Blast Magazine Interview Retrieved 28 February 2009
• Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Q&A With Lauren Montgomery Retrieved 4 October 2010

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