Russ Edmonds
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Russ Edmonds is an American animator
most noted for his character animation at the Walt Disney Company. He worked on several Disney feature films, including Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Tarzan. He studied at the Program in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts
. Along with his wife, Angela, Edmonds owns and directs the Edmonds Studios, an independent animation production studio in RedBluff, California.
for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Animation" as the supervising animator of Pheobus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
most noted for his character animation at the Walt Disney Company. He worked on several Disney feature films, including Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Tarzan. He studied at the Program in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
. Along with his wife, Angela, Edmonds owns and directs the Edmonds Studios, an independent animation production studio in RedBluff, California.
Supervising Animator
- Max - The Little MermaidThe Little Mermaid (1989 film)The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters on November 14, 1989 and is the twenty-eighth film in...
(Disney, 1989) - Cody - The Rescuers Down UnderThe Rescuers Down UnderThe Rescuers Down Under is a 1990 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on November 16, 1990...
(Disney, 1990) - Phillipe - Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast (1991 film)Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
(Disney, 1991) - Sarabi - The Lion KingThe Lion KingThe Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
(Disney, 1994) - Phoebus and Achilles - The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film is inspired by Victor Hugo's novel of...
(Disney, 1996) - KalaKala (Tarzan)Kala is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes, and in the Walt Disney-produced animated movie Tarzan based on it....
- TarzanTarzan (1999 film)Tarzan is a 1999 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999...
(Disney, 1999) - Vinny - Atlantis: The Lost EmpireAtlantis: The Lost EmpireAtlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Written by Tab Murphy, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and produced by Don Hahn, it is the first science fiction film in the Disney animated features canon and the 41st overall. The film...
(Disney, 2001) - Rico, Willies - Home on the Range (Disney, 2004)
Animator
- Oliver, Dodger - Oliver and Company (Disney, 1988)
- Aladdin - Aladdin (Disney, 1992) (Glen KeaneGlen KeaneGlen Keane is an American animator, author, illustrator and director. Keane is best known for his character animation at Walt Disney Studios for feature films including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, and Tangled...
, Supervising Animator) - Dog - Family DogFamily DogFamily Dog is an American animated television series that only aired 10 episodes for one year on CBS, due to negative reviews. The plot of the story was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog, It first appeared as an episode of the TV show Amazing...
(CBS, 1993) - George, Ted - Curious GeorgeCurious George (film)Curious George is a 2006 traditionally animated film adaptation of the children's stories by H.A. and Margret Rey. Will Ferrell voices Ted. Matthew O'Callaghan directed...
(Universal, 2006)
Awards
Edmonds was nominated for the 1996 Annie AwardAnnie Award
The Annie Awards have been presented by the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972...
for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Animation" as the supervising animator of Pheobus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
External links
- Edmonds Studios animation website
- Russ Edmonds at IMDb