Meinert Hansen

June 18, 1958 - I was born in Montreal, 17 minutes after my twin brother, Gunnar. The names are Danish.

Early 1960's - Copied some Superman comics, then discovered I could do it myself. Couldn't stop drawing after that. Good thing my Dad worked in a cardboard box factory - we had an endless supply of paper.

1973 - Made my first animated cartoon in Super 8. Got the filmmaking bug. Continued making films with my brothers (I have a younger brother too, named Erik). Our neighbors thought we were insane.

1975 - Went to college and studied communication arts. Almost got kicked out for spending too much time making films and not enough time going to classes. Learned everything I needed to know about film in those years. The biggest lesson was how to make films with no budget, which I think is the best education for filmmakers..

1981 - Left Concordia University's fine arts program- couldn't afford it. Tried to make a living doing graphic design. Starved. Worked in bookstores. 30 percent off on art books…yay!

1984 - Got my first job in animation. Spent the next 14 years in the animation industry. Covered every aspect of the business, from layouts to directing.
During the animation days I got some freelance work doing concept art & storyboards for visual effects.

1998 - I made a total break from animation and focused on visual effects, and production art. I've been doing that ever since, as well as giving classes in storyboarding and guest lecturing on occasion.
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The name Fiction Science comes from a childhood memory - when I thought that "science fiction" sounded wrong. Maybe it was because I was a little dyslexic. I thought that if the science was fictional, then you would say it was a fiction science rather than a hard science. It just stuck with me.