David Pruiksma
David Pruiksma is an American animator,[1][2] best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company. He has worked on The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
He attended J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia. After high school, he attended Pratt Institute in New York. He later studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts.
After completing work on 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Pruiksma quit Disney and went into semi-retirement, although he did serve as an animation director and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credits | Characters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Assistant Animator | |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Character Animator | |
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | Animator | |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Character Animator | |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Character Animator | |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Character Animator | Bernard and Bianca |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Supervising Animator | Mrs. Potts and Chip Potts |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Supervising Animator | Sultan |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Animator | Pumbaa |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Supervising Animator / Additional Story Development | Flit and Forest Animals |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Supervising Animator | Victor and Hugo |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Supervising Animator | Wilhelmina Bertha Packard and Mister Fenton Q. Harcourt |
| 2003 | Captain Sturdy: The Originals (TV Short) | Additional Animator | |
| 2004-2005 | One by One (Video short) | Animator | |
| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Series) | Story / Teleplay / Animation Director - 2 Episodes | ||
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary) | Voice | Himself |
| 2013 | A Little Hitch (Short) | Voice | Mother |
References
- ↑ Grant, John (1998-04-29). Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's animated characters. Hyperion Books. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-0-7868-6336-5. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (1997-06-01). Questions for the Movie Answer Man. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-8362-2894-6. Retrieved 18 August 2011.