I grew up in a household that loved music and had tons of vinyl, subsequently I am a cd junkie. I paint to a lot of soundtracks, but what I really love is old rock.
60's: Beatles, Doors, Stones, Van Morrison, Hendrix, Zepplin, and The Who.
70's: Elton John, Wings, James Taylor, Eagles, and ELO.
80's: Duran Duran, Cure, Boston, Kansas, Police, and Dire Straits.
90's: U2, Sting, Sade, Garbage, Tori Amos, Brother Grimm, and Crowded House.
Now: Roi and The Secret People, Richard Ashcroft, Five for Fighting, Gorillaz, Keane, and Maroon 5.
Movies
I'll list directors instead of films. Like other artists, writers, and musicians, their body of work speaks more as a whole: Spielberg, Lucas, Zemekis, Jim Henson, Coppola, Scorsesee, Luc Besson, Myazaki, Peter Jackson, Chris Columbus, Tim Burton, Walt Disney, Guillermo del Toro and, of course, the magnificent Mark Waters!
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Television
Nowadays I watch my TV at night. Some fav shows are: Entourage, Sopranos, Lost and Idol.But I used to eagerly await Saturday morning with shows like: Land of the Lost, Wonderbug (anything by the Kroft Brothers), Herculoids, Banana Splits, and Bugs Bunny. Of course, there are some classics you can never forget like: Six Feet Under, Seinfeld, X-Files, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and my fav of all time, The Muppet Show!
Books
I read all kinds of books, from natural histories to Calvin & Hobbes. But here are some of my favorite children's authors: Lewis Carroll, A. A. Milne, The Bros. Grimm, Hans Anderson, Dr. Seuss, Jon Scieszka, Andrew Lang, Edward Gorey, Shel Silverstien, Kate DiCamillo and, of course, Holly Black:)
Since I started out as an artist, and most folks know me by that trade, here are some of my major influences: Arthur Rackham, E. H. Shepard, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Harry Rountree, Jon Bauer, J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Alice & Martin Provenson, Mary Blair, Brian Froud, Alan Lee, William Stout and Moebius.
Tony DiTerlizzi's Details
Status:
Married
Hometown:
Jupiter
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
author/illustrator/nerd
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New York Times bestseller, Tony DiTerlizzi, has been creating books with Simon and Schuster for almost a decade. From his fanciful picture books like, “Jimmy Zangwow’s Out-of-this-World Moon Pie Adventure”, “G is for One Gzonk!” and “The Spider & The Fly” (2003 Caldecott Honor), to young chapter books like “Kenny and The Dragon”, Tony always imbues his stories with a rich imagination. His middle-grade series, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” (co-created with Holly Black), has sold millions of copies, been adapted into a feature film, and has been translated in over thirty countries.
He and his wife Angela live in Amherst, Massachusetts with their daughter.
Who I'd like to meet: The future version of myself.
Many magnificent blessings, Tony, for this new Solar Return & well into the years ahead (and thanxz for enriching our lives a little more, too) ~ Anadæ (•8-)}
My new book, The 9 Ghosts of Samen's Bane, is available now at
amazon.com. For a taste of my writing style, stop by my blog and take a
look at the short stories and poems I've posted there.
I saw a comment you left on Kirk's page.....made me laugh. "Face of a GOD"...you'll give him a big head. Ooops! I forgot he does have a very big melon already. Have a good weekend. Jacqui
The sculpture's on your latest blog are truly amazing and I was having such wow! moment looking at Michelle's work. I love her stuff and all of her work looks like real people...you knew i would totally dig her site too! It was nice reading your blog and remembering those times when mom would sew...what was that doll she made for Adam?...oh, bubbles, haha!
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