Stephen W. Worth

Stephen Worth is an American producer of animation. Worth was a producer for Bagdasarian Productions, Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi's production company Spümcø. Career Worth studied at University of California, Los Angeles, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Design in 1982. He trained as an artist, but entered the film business as a production assistant at FilmFair studios, a commercial production house specializing in animation. He began researching the techniques and materials used in classic animations along with Lew Stude, and formed Vintage Ink & Paint, an animation art restoration facility in Burbank, California. He later took a job as production assistant at Bagdasarian Productions, the studio responsible for the series Alvin and the Chipmunks. His first project for the company was to sort, package and market artwork from the feature The Chipmunk Adventure. In nine months, he became associate producer of Bagdasarian's TV series, recordings and prime time television specials.