Mike Gabriel
Mike Gabriel is an American animator and film director, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and as co-director of the Disney animated films The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and Pocahontas (1995).[1] He was born in Long Beach, California, although he grew up in various small towns like Salina, Kansas while moving around due to his father's Air Force job.[2]
Gabriel was inspired with animation after watching Sleeping Beauty (1959) at the age of five. Soon after, he started drawing and practicing it for six hours every day to meet his goal as an Animation Director. It was in 1979 when he got his first chance to make his debut.[3] Gabriel studied in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. Gabriel originally began his career as an assistant on The Fox and the Hound (1981). He later was assigned as a Disney animator on the animated short Fun with Mr. Future (1982). He was mentored under Eric Larson's training program,[4] and went to work on The Black Cauldron (1985). He also served as an animator on The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and Oliver & Company (1988). Hendel Butoy joined Gabriel to direct The Rescuers Down Under, a sequel to the 1977 Disney animated film The Rescuers, while Eric Goldberg and Gabriel collaborated on Pocahontas.
In 2004, Gabriel directed an animated short for Disney entitled Lorenzo, a hybrid of traditional and computer animation about a lazy cat who has a spell cast on his tail that forces it to tango with him.[5][6] Lorenzo was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[7] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2004.
Michael currently works as a resident physician at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Animator | Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Yes | Assistant Animator (Uncredited) | ||||
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Yes | Character Animator | ||||
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Yes | Character Animator | ||||
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Yes | Yes | Writer: Story Character Designer Supervising Animator |
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| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Yes | With Hendel Butoy | ||||
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Yes | Yes | Yes | With Eric Goldberg Writer: Based On An Idea Visual Development Artist Character Designer |
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| 2004 | Lorenzo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Production Designer | ||
| Home on the Range | Yes | Visual Development Artist | |||||
| 2008 | Bolt | Yes | Additional Story Artist | ||||
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Yes | Additional Art Director | ||||
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Yes | Visual Development Artist | ||||
| 2012 | Brave | Yes | Development Artist | ||||
| Frankenweenie | Yes | Art Department Illustrator: Los Angeles | |||||
| Wreck-It Ralph | Yes | Production Designer |
References
- ↑ http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2009/12/22/sometime-the-very-best-gift-you-can-give-someone-is-to-show-that-you-believe-in-their-dream.aspx
- ↑ http://movies.yahoo.com/person/mike-gabriel/biography.html;_ylt=Ap0rUmOgVjgAH.xi87lhdF33TssF;_ylu=X3oDMTI2ajBnaDlrBG1pdANQZXJzb24gRW50aXR5IEFib3V0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUVudGl0eUFib3V0TGlua3NQYWNrYWdlQXNzZW1ibHk-;_ylg=X3oDMTE2Z2ppM3RwBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQD;_ylv=3
- ↑ http://movies.yahoo.com/person/mike-gabriel/biography.html;_ylt=Ap0rUmOgVjgAH.xi87lhdF33TssF;_ylu=X3oDMTI2ajBnaDlrBG1pdANQZXJzb24gRW50aXR5IEFib3V0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUVudGl0eUFib3V0TGlua3NQYWNrYWdlQXNzZW1ibHk-;_ylg=X3oDMTE2Z2ppM3RwBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQD;_ylv=3
- ↑ http://suspendedanimationgallery.com/artist.php?artist_id=4
- ↑ http://www.animationartconservation.com/index.php?c=art&p=lorenzo
- ↑ http://www.awn.com/articles/production/ilorenzoi-moving-painting-wild-tail
- ↑ http://movies.about.com/od/oscartriviaquiz/a/oscars05012505.htm
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