Glen Keane
Glen Keane (born April 13, 1954 in Abington , Pennsylvania , USA) is an American animator who mainly works for Walt Disney Studios .
Life
He is the son of the cartoonist Bil Keane and is considered one of the best cartoon animators in the world. His work includes characters such as Arielle , Aladdin , Tarzan , the Beast and Pocahontas . As one of the few Disney animators, Keane is mostly responsible for the character design of his characters and the storyboard of his sequences.
When the Disney studios completely stopped the production of hand-drawn cartoons in the United States in 2004, Keane began working as a director on the computer-animated fairy tale film Rapunzel . However, as it became known in October 2008, Keane had to retire from his directorial position for health and internal reasons.
On March 23, 2012, Glen Keane sent an open letter of resignation to his employees at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios.
The animated short film Dear Basketball , directed the Director Keane and the animation was responsible, was at the Oscars 2018 in the category of animated Best Short Film Award. The film also won the Annie Award in the same category in the same year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: Bernard and Bianca
- 1986: Basil, the great mouse detective
- 1988: Sykes, Georgette, Fagin, Jenny - Oliver & Co.
- 1989: Arielle - Arielle, the mermaid
- 1990: Marahute, Cody - Bernard and Bianca in the kangaroo country
- 1991: The Beast - Beauty and the Beast
- 1992: Aladdin - Aladdin
- 1995: Pocahontas - Pocahontas
- 1999: Tarzan - Tarzan
- 1999: Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Trixi (from Chip and Chap - The Knights of Right ), The Evil Queen (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ) - New Mickey Mouse Stories
- 2010: Rapunzel - newly spoiled
- 2017: Dear Basketball (short film, director)
Web links
- Glen Keane in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Line tests and sketches by Keane and others
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ain'tItCoolNews on Keane's resignation from his directorial position.
- ↑ Cartoonbrew ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. publishes Keane's farewell letter at Disney.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keane, Glen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abington , Pennsylvania , USA |