Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Disney Promotions

It's been hinted at for months, but now the new creative heads of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar are (at last) made "official":

Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee have been named a chief creative officers of Disney’s animation divisions, with Docter stepping up at Pixar Animation Studios, where he has directed such films as Up and Inside Out, and Lee heading up Walt Disney Animation Studios, where she helmed Frozen. ...

Jennifer Lee, one of screenwriters for Wreck-It Ralph and writer-director on Frozen, has worked at the House of Mouse since 2011. She's the first woman to cratively head Disney's feature animation division.

Pete Docter, who worked at Disney Feature Animation in the 1980s and began his Pixar career in 1990, has been involved with most of the Emeryvile studio's feature films. Two that he directed (Up and Inside Out) have won Academy Awards for "Best Animated Feature".

Other executives at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar will remain in place.

4 comments:

  1. Uh, actually, Pete Docter didn't "work at Disney Feature Animation". He had expected to do so after graduating, but instead got an offer from Pixar and went straight to work for them. More details here: http://www.pixartalk.com/pixarians/pete-docter/

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  2. Per the art director of "Cranium Command" (a now-defunct Disney World/EPCOT pre-show attraction directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise) Pete Docter was a Disney Feature Animation employee and one of the animators on the project. You can find the same information on the "Cranium Command" Wikipedia page.

    So. Mr. Docter did indeed work for Disney on Disney projects.

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  4. Great. I know this is doubtful, but I hope Jennifer Lee brings back hand drawn animation or maybe bring back that Paperman technique.

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