HAPPINESS IS BEING A DISNEY ANIMATOR...

In this interview, Ruben Aquino, animator of numerous wonderful and much loved characters in recent Disney history, talks about how he became one of the top artists at the Disney studios.  He was supervising animator for James and Eudora in Princess and the Frog, Shang and Fa Li in Mulan, Powhatan in Pocahontas, Adult Simba in The Lion King, and Ursula in The Little Mermaid, just to name a few! 

He won an Annie award for his animation of Shang.  He talks with Leslie about his life as an animator, how to solve illustrative challenges while animating specific scenes, and his opinion about the future of 2D animation.

Ruben is looking forward to animating for upcoming Disney movies, and after you hear him talk, you’ll be following his career excited to see what he comes up with next!

To see his full filmography, check out his imdb page.