Brian Rhodes hails from Detroit, Michigan. Growing up he loved cartoons and science. He earned both a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Industrial Design from the University of Michigan. After stints at Apple and Innovative Health Technologies (he designed a medical device that can regrow bone in a person's mouth), he decided to pursue his love of animation as a graduate student at the School of Cinematic Arts' John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts.