John Norton was a storyboard artist at Lisberger Studios who designed the Recognizer vehicle for Tron as well as drew early concept art for the film.
He was one of the first original members of Lisberger Studios, he designed the the studio's logo. He later served as writer and art director on Animalympics. He later wen to work as concept artist on Tron.
After Tron he worked on projects such as Something Wicked This Way Comes, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, The Chipmunks Adventure, The Brave Little Toaster and Little Draculas.
Filmography
- Animalympics (1980) (character development and story, animator, art director)
- Tron (1982) (designer: Recognizer, effects animator, pre-production concepts, production storyboards)
- The Brave Little Toaster (1987) (character designer, layout artist)
- A Goofy Movie (1995) (storyboard artist)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (additional story material, story artist)
- Tarzan (2000) (story)
- Brother Bear (2004) (story)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) (story artist)