An Italian-American native of New Jersey, I earned a BFA in Film and Television at New York University, and studied figure drawing at the Art Students' League of New York. I have worked for three decades as an animation artist in television, film, and internet. My style and approach have been influenced by mentors John Canemaker and the late Tissa David. I have also spent time as a Benedictine monk. Eugene Salandra

"True Sisters" Storyboard from Disney's "Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess"























































This storyboard sequence for the song, "True Sisters," from Disney's Sofia the First:  Once Upon a Princess, was done under the deft direction of Jamie Mitchell.  In it, Cinderella appears to a distraught Sofia, and leads her gently to the threshold of reconciliation with her stepsister, Amber.  The spirit of the song moved me deeply, and I was delighted to be assigned to storyboard it.
(Copyright 2012 the Walt Disney Company)