John Massé
| John Massé | |
|---|---|
 Masse in the summer of 2004 | |
| Born | December 19, 1969 |
| Occupation | Director, voice artist, producer |
John Massé (born December 19, 1969) is an American creative director, animator, content creator, voice over artist and producer who co-founded Maslen Entertainment.
Early life
Born in New York City, and eventually moving with his family to settle in Kenmore, New York (a suburb of Buffalo), John learned to illustrate under the tutelage of his father, Jean Massé, a CLIO-winning illustrator who created the Moosehead Beer logo.[1][2] At the age of 19, the younger Massé showed signs of following in his father's footsteps when he started painting murals. Referencing his work, Massé was quoted as saying "Hey, I can make a living doing something I absolutely love!".
Career
After moving to Las Vegas from Buffalo, John Massé worked for several advertising firms there as an illustrator and concept creator. While in Las Vegas, Massé eventually began working for Franco Dragone, creator and director of Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas. For Dragone, Massé worked as an illustrator and conceptualized scenic visuals.[3]
Works
Character Designs, Comic Books and Television Commercials
Massé moved to Los Angeles and found his way in to commercial production. He created the characters of Kewl Breeze, Z Strap,[3] Elastika, Twinkle Toes, Bella Ballerina, Luminators, Pretty Tall, Sporty Shorty, Punkie Rose, Hydee Hytop, and Caligear for Skechers USA's television commercials and comic books. Massé performs a great deal of voice and jingle writing work in the commercials he produces. He also created and produced live-action commercials for Skechers USA that include D’Lites, Skechers Men's, Skechers Women's, Skechers Work, Skechers SRT and SRR, and most notably the Skechers Shape-ups commercial airing nationally during Super Bowl XLVI in 2010.[4]
Television and Animated Movies
Massé was the creator and co-producer of the Nicktoons television series Zevo-3.[5] The series was based on the characters he created. He was also the co-executive producer and creator of Shmitty, McFunkle and Stump[6] airing on Comedy Central in the summer of 2010. For Skechers Entertainment, Massé was the co-executive producer of the animated movie Hydee and the Hytops.[7] The animated movie Twinkle Toes[8] was based on characters created by Massé and is distributed by Universal Pictures.
Maslen Entertainment
John Massé co-founded Maslen Entertainment in 2010 with Christopher Allen. Based in Manhattan Beach, California, Maslen specializes in the creation and production of animated content for television commercials and shows.
References
- ↑ Gallivan, Pete. "Unknown Stories of the Moose Head of Moosehead". WGRZ. Retrieved 10 Apr 2012.
- ↑ "Jean Charles Masse, Advertising Artist". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, NY. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- 1 2 Aaron, Westgate. "Instant Inspiration: John Masse". Layers Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ↑ "Skechers Shape-ups Super Bowl Commercial Featuring Joe Montana". metacafe.com. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ DeMott, Rick (2010-06-14). "Zevo-3 Sneak Preview DVDs To Be Distributed In Skechers Shoe Boxes". Manhattan Beach, CA: awn.com. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ Josh Bell (2010-05-16). "Local, funny, late night Local animated series gets late-night Comedy Central showcase". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (4/10/2010). "Skechers makes strides into film". Variety. Retrieved 10 April 2012. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ DeMott, Rick (2010-04-20). "Skechers Draws Feature Toons". awn.com. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
External links
John Massé at the Internet Movie Database