Dale Schott is a Canadian animator, writer and storyboard artist, best known for directing the 1986 animated film '' Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation''.

Career

Over the years, Schott has served on various productions as an "animator, overseas animation supervisor, storyboard artist, director, writer and story editor". After graduating from the animation program at Ontario's

Sheridan College Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, formerly Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, is a public polytechnic institute partnered with private Canadian College of Technology and Trades operating campuses ...

in 1979, he started working at several studios, among them Toronto's

Nelvana Nelvana Limited (; also known as Nelvana Enterprises, Nelvana International or Nelvana Digital; commonly known as Nelvana; stylized as "nelvana") is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment production company owned by Corus Entertainment s ...

. He was a "'junior' animator" on its TV special '' Take Me Up to the Ball Game'', and its first feature, 1983's ''

Rock & Rule ''Rock & Rule'' (known as ''Ring of Power'' outside North America) is a 1983 Canadian animated musical science fantasy film featuring the voices of Don Francks, Greg Salata, and Susan Roman. It was produced by Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loub ...

''. He was a storyboard artist for the first season of the DIC television series, ''

Inspector Gadget ''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...

'', which was produced at Nelvana as work-for-hire. Schott also storyboarded 1985's ''

The Care Bears Movie ''The Care Bears Movie'' is a 1985 animated musical fantasy film directed by Arna Selznick from a screenplay by Peter Sauder. It was the second feature film from the Canadian animation studio Nelvana after the 1983 film ''Rock & Rule,'' in ...

'', and made his directorial debut in the 1986 follow-up ''A New Generation''. Later on, he was also among the crew of ''Ewoks'' (a Nelvana/

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collaboration), the original ''Babar'' series, and ''Rupert''.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Film directors from Ontario Canadian animated film directors Canadian male screenwriters Canadian storyboard artists Canadian television directors Canadian television writers Canadian male television writers Artists from Ontario People from Norfolk County, Ontario 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 20th-century Canadian male writers {{Canada-animator-stub