Mike Gabriel

Michael "Mike" Gabriel (born November 5, 1954 in Long Beach , California ) is an American animator and film director .

Life

Gabriel studied animation at CalArts and came to Disney Animations in 1979, where he worked as an assistant on the film Cap and Capper . As an animator, he was involved in Walt Disney's Fun with Mr. Future in 1982 , later followed by Disney animated films such as Taran and the Magic Cauldron (1985), Basil, the great mouse detective (1986) and Oliver & Co. (1988). With Hendel Butoy , Gabriel first directed Bernard and Bianca im Kangaroo Land , which appeared in 1990 . His last directorial work so far was the animated short film Lorenzo , for which Gabriel received an Oscar nomination in 2005 in the category Best Animated Short Film .

Filmography

• 1981: Cap and Capper (The Fox and the Hound)
• 1982: Fun with Mr. Future
• 1985: Taran and the Magic Cauldron (The Black Cauldron)
• 1986: Basil, The Great Mouse Detective
• 1988: Oliver & Co. (Oliver & Company)
• 1990: Bernard and Bianca in Kangaroo Land (The Rescuers Down Under)
• 1995: Pocahontas
• 1998: Pocahontas 2 - The Journey to a New World (Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World)
• 2004: Lorenzo
• 2004: The cows are on the loose! (Home on the Range)
• 2008: Bolt - a dog for all cases (Bolt)
• 2009: Kiss the Frog (The Princess and the Frog)
• 2011: Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh)
• 2012: Merida - Legend of the Highlands (Brave)
• 2012: Frankenweenie

Awards

• 1990: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards , LAFCA Award Best Animation , for Bernard and Bianca in Kangaroo Land
• 2004: Cristal d'Annecy, Festival d'Animation Annecy , for Lorenzo
• 2005: Oscar nomination , Best Animated Short , for Lorenzo
• 2005: Annie Award , Best Animated Short Film, for Lorenzo

literature

• Gabriel, Michael (Mike) . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's Who in Animated Cartoons . Applause Theater & Cinema Books, New York 2006, ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7 , p. 98.

Web links

• Mike Gabriel in the Internet Movie Database (English)