Robert Walker (director)

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Robert Walker (born 1961 in Scarborough , Toronto , † April 1, 2015 in California , United States ) was a Canadian animator and film director .

Career

Robert Walker was born in Scarborough but grew up in Ottawa . He then attended St. Lawrence University in New York and then moved to Sheridan College in Oakville , Ontario. After graduating, he worked at Atkinson Film-Art until he moved to The Walt Disney Company in 1989 .

Walker began working for the film staff in 1985 . He has worked in television series such as Die Raccoons or The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin as well as in the short films for Roger Rabbit ( Roger in the intoxication of frenzy and Roger on the wrong track ). He has also worked on the full-length cartoons from Walt Disney such as Beauty and the Beast , Aladdin , Mulan and Lilo & Stitch . He made his directorial debut at the 44th full-length animated film by Walt Disney Brother Bear and was awarded with co-director Aaron Blaise at the Oscar ceremony in 2004 an Oscar nomination in the category " Best Animated Film ". Andrew Stanton received the award for Pixar's Finding Nemo .

He then retired from the film business and died in 2015 at the age of 54.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Canadian animator's credits in the Disney to include 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Aladdin' and 'The Lion King.' The Hollywood Reporter , April 9, 2015, accessed March 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Bob Walker, 'Brother Bear' Director, RIP. April 8, 2015, accessed March 1, 2018 .
  3. ^ The 76th Academy Awards - 2004. Oscars.org, accessed January 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian animator and film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Toronto , Canada
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2015
Place of death California , United States