Fred Armstrong

For over 35 years Mr. Armstrong has worked on feature films, documentaries, industrial films, commercials and music videos. He began his professional film career in 1975 creating animated segments for a local retail store, the House of Guitars. In 1980 he moved to New York City where he was an Oxberry animation cameraman under Francis Lee of Film Planning Associates. In 1989, Armstrong founded Animatus Studio, Rochester's only full service animation studio that specializes in 2D, 3D and Flash animation. He founded The Animation Workshop in 1992, which continues to teach the joys of animation to students of all ages. He has also produced a variety of specialized children's animation workshops for many organizations and film festivals. Continuing to work in live action as well as animation, Armstrong produced and co-directed "The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway." This award-winning documentary tells the story of the smallest city in America to build and abandon a subway. It has run on PBS and The History Channel and was recently re-released on DVD with 45 new minutes of material and extras. Over the last three decades, he has also worked on hundreds of live action film shoots as a key grip, where he specializes as a crane and dolly operator. He has also been an actor in many commercials, short films and several feature films. Mr. Armstrong has taught "Business and Careers in Animation" as an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Today, he continues to be involved in all aspects of movie making and animation for commercials, documentaries, music videos and businesses throughout the region.