Andrea Favilli is an Italian-born sculptor, designer, and co-founder of Favilli Studio - a multi-disciplinary design firm based in South Pasadena, California.
Biography
Andrea Favilli was born in Rome, Italy March 8, 1963. His early art education was under the tutelage of his father Riccardo Aldo Favilli, who worked as an art director at the famed Cinecittà Studios. When Andrea was 7 years old, his family moved from Italy to Redondo Beach, California. He graduated from Bishop Montgomery High School in 1981 and received his formal education at Art Center College of Design, where he graduated with honors in 1986. Andrea is an accomplished sculptor, having created the Disney Legends Award, The American Teacher Award, and the Frank G. Wells Award; The Cameraman in front of the Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California, The Transpacific Yacht Race New Course Record Trophy, on permanent display at the Newport Beach Nautical Museum; the Tree of Life, Stough Canyon, Burbank, CA; Monumental Disney Legends Trophies at Disneyland, Paris and Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, CA; the Roy O. & Edna Disney at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, CA; and Dr. David Burbank at Five Points in Burbank, CA.
1992 • The Cameraman, commissioned by Roy E. Disney. A 10-foot bronze sculpture of the mythical Motion Picture Cameraman and Henry King. Installed at the center of the Media District in front of Warner Brothers Studio in LA, California.
1993 • The Cameraman, second edition, commissioned by the Walt Disney Company. Installed in 1994 in the hub of the Disney/MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, in Orlando Florida.
1997 • Disney Legends Sculpture, commissioned by the Walt Disney Company, a 14-foot monumental bronze sculpture of the Disney Legends Award at the main entry of Disneyland Paris, France.
1989 • The Transpacific Yacht Race New Course Record Trophy, commissioned by Roy E. Disney for the Transpacific Yacht Race.
1999 • Disney Legends Sculpture, second edition, installed and inaugurated at the historic Walt Disney Studios, a second edition 14-foot monumental bronze sculpture of the Disney Legends Award for the company’s 75th Anniversary celebration.
2003 • The Tree of Life, commissioned by the city of Burbank, California. A 7-foot bronze and water sculpture for the Stough Canyon Nature Center.
2004 • Roy O. and Edna Disney, commissioned by the St. Joseph Providence Hospital in Burbank, California.
2007-2008 • Dr. David Burbank— The Five Points Project, commissioned by the city of Burbank, California via the Burbank Art in Places Program
