16 Facts About Andy Luckey

Andrew A Luckey was born on October 7,1965 and is an American animator, artist, author, designer, director, illustrator and television producer, primarily of animated works.

Andy Luckey writes and illustrates children's books and Bible studies.

Andy Luckey learned the craft of animation in his family's studio in San Francisco under his father, animator Bud Andy Luckey.

Andy Luckey initially attended The Admiral Farragut Academy but left after his first year to return to a civilian high school in Marin County, California.

Andy Luckey had an initial ambition to pursue a career as a Naval Officer.

Willams and Andy Luckey attended both schools over a decade apart and have only met casually on a handful of occasions, most of which were unrelated to either school.

In 1986, Andy Luckey continued on to the California State University Northridge, entering what was then known as the Radio-Television Film program of the university's College of Arts and Professional Studies.

Andy Luckey studied under such industry veterans as Nat Perrin, Tom Burrows, Peter Stearn, Beretta and Dr Kildare writer-producer Irv Pearlberg and Academy Award -winning writer-director Sydney Salkow who, despite his work on over 75 feature films, was best known as the producer of Lassie, I Love Lucy and its follow-up The Lucy Show.

Andy Luckey is a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, Iota Upsilon chapter, which he joined at California State University, Northridge in 1986.

From 1992 to 1998, Andy Luckey was involved in the video game industry including stints as a Director and Executive Producer for Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Interactive, President and chief operating officer of Pure Interactive Entertainment and Principal and Executive Producer- Interactive for The Krislin Company.

Andy Luckey worked as a Youth Pastor and College and Career Pastor during that time for several churches in Southern California.

From 2001 to 2003 Andy Luckey served as the interim chief executive and as a Corporate Director of Symaxxis, Inc along with that company's co-founder Geoffrey Mark, who served as Chief Visionary Officer.

Andy Luckey left those positions upon forming Greater Family, LLC in 2003.

Andy Luckey is a frequent speaker at industry events including SIGGRAPH and The Game Developer's Conference.

Andy Luckey has co-authored and co-edited two white papers for the International Game Developer's Association, IGDA.

Andy Luckey is a longtime member of the International Game Developer's Association IGDA and is a founding member of its committees on Intellectual Property Rights and Quality of Life in the Game Industry.