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BIOGRAPHY
Award
winning Director, Animator, Illustrator and Storyboard Artist Robert Castillo discovered his passion
for art and illustration at the tender age of five. Nicknamed “Sketch”
Castillo would draw his way through his difficult transition of returning to the US from the Dominican Republic, mastering
English, and acclimating to the mostly white environment of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
It was here in Chelsea, Massachusetts that Robert learned what it meant to be a Special
Person In Chelsea; the racist taunt that would inform his Student Academy Award “Gold”
winning short, S.P.I.C. The Storyboard of My Life. As a storyboard artist, Robert
has created boards for feature films including Queen Latifah’s The Cookout, the Christopher
Reeve directed animation Yankee Irving, award winning cable television program The
Sopranos with Steve Buscemi, music videos for Alicia
Keys, Ja Rule, Kid Rock, Fatty Koo, John Legend and Trick Daddy, commercials for Phat
Farm, Adidas, And 1, as well as promo work for VH1 and Court TV. He has completed six commercial Spots for ESPN in the style
of his Short film S.P.I.C.
Robert’s talent has been recognized with various awards, and honors including The
Scholastic Achievement Award in 1979. He’s been privileged to create
portraits of civil rights luminaries including a portrait of Malcolm X, for his daughter Attalah Shabazz and a portrait of Nelson Mandela which is hangs in Amherst College. Robert is currently adapting S.P.I.C. into a long form feature, as well as developing several animation
projects for Television. Robert is also working on Projects with Roberto Clemente Jr. and MLB.COM
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