Anthony Chun ’89

Since graduating from Crossroads, Anthony Chun ’89 has taken on many roles: Emmy and Annie award-winning animation director, cartoonist, children’s book author, dedicated husband and father of two.

Anthony lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two daughters and a pug named Boba. He’s directing for “Rick and Morty,” supervising a new show for Hulu called “Solar Opposites” and developing his own ideas for shows. Anthony also sculpts giant paper mache dragon-head trophies, which he hangs in his house and office. He wholeheartedly believes that his Crossroads experience influenced his career path and how he approaches his work. “Crossroads was a perfect school for me!” he says.

Entering Crossroads in seventh grade, Anthony focused on music and art. He played the violin and fondly remembers his “goofy” classmates, “who turned out to be the some of the best musicians in the world.” He recalls performing alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, André Previn and the LA Phil and getting to meet acclaimed British conductor Simon Rattle. “It was great to be a part of this group of incredible young musicians during my years at school,” he says. It was a really bright, loving community.” These days, he practices music by playing solo Bach on the streets and subway stations of Los Angeles a couple times a week.

Anthony credits his amazing teachers for promoting creative thinking and for nurturing his artistic gifts. He is particularly grateful to Mary Ann Cummins—“a true force of nature,” he says—for encouraging him to become an artist. “I always looked forward to studio art,” he shares, “because it was a space of freedom and a time for me to exercise what was to become my vocation.”

After Crossroads, Anthony studied literature at Yale, then drew superhero comics for DC and Image before transitioning to animation.

“It makes complete sense because I’ve been doing everything I was doing since I was a kid at Crossroads, pursuing what makes me happy with enthusiasm and discipline,” he shares. “Crossroads allowed me to make these unusual choices, take chances and be surprising! That’s a huge gift.”