Born in 1981, Arut Tantasirin is an award-winning animation director, Emmy Awards nominated animator, creator and artist based in Los Angeles and Bangkok. Arut is the Creator of Warbie Yama, the original character IP developed from his award-winning animated short film, “Cheez...z”. Arut has spent all of his life doing art and animation, something he found to learn about "changes" in life. His first animated short inspired by his own childhood activity called "Rocket Boy", received an award and publishing in Bangkok in 2005. Arut started working as an animator and designer on several recognized projects in Thailand before he decided to come to San Francisco for his Master degree of Animation. In 2008, Arut had an idea for his new short and started drawing the characters "Warbie" a cheeky bird and "Yama" a smiley grandpa. The short, "Cheez...z" received awards and screening in many film and animation festivals across the United States and overseas. The film critique and audiences said that "Cheez...z" delivered good messages to children through the charming characters. The short was also honored to screen as an opening film of a featured movie at Cody Theatre in Wyoming in 2017, then in conjunction with the museum's special exhibition "From the Lands of Asia" at Kimbell Art Museum, Texas in 2018. In November 2022, Arut had made his first grand-scale exhibition "It's me Warbie!: The Inside World of Warbie Yama" at River City Bangkok, Thailand. The 9 zones exhibition transported  the visitors into the world of beloved character Warbie that filled with Arut's original arts, story, theme park, music, animation and special collaborative art pieces. In October 2023, Arut has won Crystal Pine Award for Best Music Video "Shy" from International Sound and Film Music Festival in Croatia.

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Arut also worked as an Animation Director at Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California. He first landed at the studio as an animator in 2010. His works include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, Santiago of the Seas, Wallykazam, Monsters vs Aliens, Robot & Monster and Avatar: The Legend of Korra. Arut received an Emmy Awards nomination from animation on "Wallykazam". Outside the studio, Arut worked with Facebook, Inc. in 2016 to created a special digital sticker set for Thai users. He designed and animated two adorable and playful characters, a boy and a girl representing Thai kids called "Salapao Numnim". In 2018, Arut painted “Jammam”, a chubby boxing boy mural art on Hollywood Boulevard that became a landmark in Thai Town, Los Angeles. This mural art gives joy to the visitors and people in the community. Today, Arut has continued to create the arts and stories with passion to delivering good messages and happiness to people around the world.