Bruce W. Smith is an African-American character animator, film director, and television producer, best known as the creator of Disney's The Proud Family. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Character animation is a specialized area of the Animation process concerning the animation of one or more characters featured in an animated work A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking The Proud Family is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001 to
He studied animation in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia California, a suburb of Los Angeles California.
One of the few Black animators working in the industry, Smith got his start as an assistant animator for Bill Melendez's 1984 Garfield television special Garfield in the Rough. José Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Meléndez ( November 15, 1916 &ndash September 2, 2008) was a Mexican -born American Garfield is a daily-syndicated Comic strip created by Jim Davis. A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally He went on to animate for Baer Animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and in 1992 directed his first feature, Bébé's Kids. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 Live-action/animated film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (released Bébé's Kids (released to VHS and DVD as Robin Harris' Bébé's Kids) is an Animated feature produced by the Hudlin Other notable work for Smith during the mid-1990s included supervising the animation for The Pagemaster, serving as director and character designer for Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, designing the characters for A Goofy Movie and C-Bear and Jamal, and co-directing the animated segments of Space Jam. The Pagemaster, a Live action / Animated film released by 20th Century Fox on November 23, 1994 is based on an illustrative Happily Ever After Fairy Tales for Every Child is a long-running Animated television series on HBO that retold popular Fairy tales by setting A Goofy Movie is a 1995 animated musical Comedy film, produced by DisneyToon Studios and released to theatres by Walt C Bear and Jamal was an animated children's television show that aired on the Fox Kids programming block in 1996 Space Jam is a 1996 American Live-action/animated film starring Michael Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny (voiced by
Joining Walt Disney Feature Animation in the late-1990s, Smith served as a supervising animator on three of its films: Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, and Home on the Range. Walt Disney Animation Studios (as Walt Disney Feature Animation is a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest existing Animation studio in the world Tarzan is a 1999 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, The Emperor's New Groove is an Academy Award -nominated Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt "Home on the Range" is the State song of Kansas. Dr Brewster M In 2000, he piloted his series The Proud Family to Nickelodeon, who passed on it. The Proud Family is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001 to Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel The Disney Channel eventually picked the series up, which now airs on that channel and sister channel Toon Disney. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. Toon Disney is a soon to be defunct 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs Children
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