As a 30 year veteran in the animation industry, and 25 with DreamWorks Animation, Kendal Cronkhite most recently served as the Production Designer on Trolls World Tour. Prior to her designing the world in Trolls, Kendal Production Designed Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Madagascar: Europe’s Most Wanted. Kendal joined DreamWorks as an Art Director on the studio’s first computer animated film, ANTZ.

Prior to joining the company, Kendal was an Assistant Art director on Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmasand Art Director on Disney’s James and the Giant Peach.

Kendal was born and raised in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, received her degree in illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and worked as an editorial illustrator in Toronto and New York before she entered the world of Animation.