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Aaron Blaise

Animation Feature Film Director & Concept Artist

DeLand, United States

Summary

Aaron Blaise is an animation feature film director, animator, concept artist, and wildlife artist.

For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Mulan" and more.

In 2003 he was co-director of "Brother Bear" for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.

After "Brother Bear" he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Animation Supervisor and Character Designer for the "The Bear and the Hare" an advertisement loved by millions around the world

Aaron currently is working on his mission to bring affordable art education and animation training to the world through his website: CreatureArtTeacher.com/?src=as

Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

TVPaint

Corel Painter

Premiere

Procreate

Productions

- Movie
  The Legend of Tembo (unreleased)
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Director
- Company
  Digital Domain
- Movie
  Brother Bear
- Year
  2003
- Role
  Director
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  Mulan
- Year
  1998
- Role
  Supervising Animator, Animator, Character Design (Yao & The Ancestor Ghosts)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  Pocahontas
- Year
  1995
- Role
  Animator (Pocahontas)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  The Lion King
- Year
  1994
- Role
  Supervising Animator, Animator, Character Design (Young Nala)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Video Game
  The Lion King
- Year
  1994
- Role
  Animator (Simba)
- Company
  Disney Interactive
- Movie
  Trail Mix-Up
- Year
  1993
- Role
  Animator (Roger Rabbit)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  Aladdin
- Year
  1992
- Role
  Animator, Character Design (Rajah)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  Beauty and the Beast
- Year
  1991
- Role
  Animator (Beast)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  The Rescuers Down Under
- Year
  1990
- Role
  Animating Assistant
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Movie
  Roller Coaster Rabbit
- Year
  1990
- Role
  Assistant Animator (Roger Rabbit)
- Company
  Walt Disney Feature Animation

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