Adam Fisher is a stop-motion animator and filmmaker with roughly 11 years experience in the animation industry. He has worked on seven feature films (including Coraline, Anomalisa, Kubo and the Two Strings ) as well as a children's television series for Amazon (Tumble Leaf).
Originally from Prospect Harbor, ME, Adam has taught at MECA&D since 2018. Before joining the College, Fisher worked for Laika, a stop-motion animation studio in Hillsboro, Oregon.
His love of animation developed during college when he took a computer animation class while majoring in film at Wesleyan University. He went on to earn a master’s degree in animation from the Rochester Institute of Technology. While in graduate school, Fisher entered his work in film festivals, which led to connecting with a recruiter for Coraline. He started work on the film in 2007 and then worked his way up from production assistant to Stop Motion Animator. “On one hand, it’s so exciting to bring something to life that’s been in your head, but it’s also so grueling to animate,” Fisher says. The art requires creativity, technical skills, and an understanding of physics. “It pulls from both sides of the brain and allows me to feel like I’m using all my skills.”
Source: Maine Home & Design, Animating the Future by Kate Gardner