User:Bancy1994

Biography
Michael Igafo-Te'o is an American Samoan-Caucasian traditional animation hobbyist, has autism & was born on September 9th, 1994   On his 5th Birthday in September 9th, 1999, Bancy, a 12 inch 1980s Mickey Mouse plush figure, was born along with Bancy's triplet brothers, Wally & Streaky. On 2005 he was "touched by the animation icon with care" so that he'll work on a paperless animated short film called "I Like Mice" which runs for alomst 28 days because of the 30-day trial of an older version of Toon Boom Studio and on Summer 2012, it was finally released on his Vimeo page using a Windows Vista PC. Earlier in August 2009, Michael & his sister & mother were contracted by The Disney Channel to do a "straight to television mini-short film" called, "The Time I... Realized My Brother was Different and it premiered on The Disney Channel in November 2009 during an episode of "Wizards of Waverly Place".   But when Walt Disney World Resort's EPCOT replaced "Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure" with "Phineas & Ferb: Agent P's World Showcase Adventure", a dream for Michael in the future, someday, to "work for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California" came to an end, and another one began: Like former Disney Animator, Phil Nibbelink, Michael opened his own production house in his studio basement pad at his home in Jackson, Michigan called "The Michael Igafo-Te'o Film Studio" (not to be confused with "Pannonia Film Studio" in Hungary) and started "MISSION: Bring Bancy to the BIG Screen" on his own facebook page. Ever Since September 9th, 2007, The Same Day Percy, The Mousie Trio's Little Brother was born, He started collecting Traditional Animation equipment like Cel Paint from Cartoon Colour Co., Inc. called "Vinyl-Based Acrylic", lots of pencils (plus Col-Erase Pencils for "drop-out" pencils), paintbrushes, a drafting ink pen with matching waterproof ink (for trace & paint), permanent markers, sheets of pre-punched Animation Paper, Acetate Cels, A Pencil Sharpener, a copy of Toon Boom Animate 2 and 4-ounce plastic jars (with hinged lid) to store Cel paint into them.

Filmography

 * "The Time I... Realized My Brother was Different" (2009) (television actor, sketch artist and illustrator on "My Brother has Autism")
 * "I Like Mice" (2006) (producer, director, animator, digital ink & paint & titles)

Links

 * Michael's YouTube page - http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimationAmongUs2
 * Michael's independent website - http://igafoteo.com/bancy
 * Michael's Vimeo Page - https://vimeo.com/user6856756
 * Link where Michael's Mom, Jackie buys his own lack of Traditional Animation Equipment - http://www.cartooncolor.com/