Daniel St. Pierre is an American film director, art director, production designer, voice actor, animator, and musician.
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nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production.AWN.com
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Career

St. Pierre has been heavily involved in television and feature animation since 1983, making contributions to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and She-Ra, Filmation's Ghostbusters, BraveStarr, and Potsworth & Co. In 1989 he joined

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. His first films there included '' The Little Mermaid'', '' The Prince and the Pauper'', '' Beauty and the Beast'', and '' Aladdin''. Later works include '' The Lion King'' (1994), '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), and '' Shark Tale'' (2004) His directorial projects include '' Everyone's Hero'' (2006) a film by the late Christopher Reeve that was completed by St. Pierre and Colin Brady,writingstudio.za
, "From Bedtime story to the screen" (paragraph 4),accessed 12-28-2008 '' Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey'' (2009), and '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'' (2014). While working on '' Tarzan'' (1999), he and his team at Disney developed a patented process called Deep Canvas that allowed them to animate 3-D backgrounds before animating the characters, thus enhancing the apparent depth of backgrounds. For this he received a 1999

nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production". While with

, he also animated a series of Christian themed films for Nest Family Entertainment, including ''Abraham and Isaac'', ''Moses'', and ''Elijah''.

Filmography

;Director :'' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'' (2014) :'' Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey'' (2009) :''Sheepish'' (2009) :'' Everyone's Hero'' (2006) ;Art director :'' Tarzan'' (1999) ;Production Designer :'' Shark Tale'' ;Layout :'' One by One'' (2004) :'' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996) :'' The Swan Princess'' (1994) :'' The Lion King'' (1994) :'' Aladdin'' (1992) :'' Beauty and the Beast'' (1991) :'' The Prince and the Pauper'' (1990) :'' The Little Mermaid'' (1989) ;Actor :'' A Fishified World'' (2005) ;Animator :'' The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today'' (2016) :''Once Not Far from Home'' (2006) :''The Family Plan'' (2005) :'' Shark Tale'' (2004) :''All Hands on Deck'' (2003) :''Love Thy Neighbor'' (2003) :'' 102 Dalmatians'' (2000) :'' The King and I'' (1999)The King and I: multiple award nominations
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'' (1988) :'' BraveStarr'' (1987–1988) :'' Filmation's Ghostbusters'' (1986) :'' She-Ra: Princess of Power'' (1985–1987) :'' Jem'' (1985) :'' The Secret of the Sword'' (1985) :'' He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special'' (1985) :'' Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' (1984) :'' Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats'' (1984) :'' He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' (1983–1984) ;Miscellaneous Crew :'' 9'' (2009) :'' All Hands on Deck'' (2004) :'' Love Thy Neighbor'' (2003)

Additional sources

Hollywood.com, Daniel St. Pierre filmographyDaniel St. Pierre as director for Everyone's HeroStar Pulse, Daniel St. Pierre filmography

References

External links

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