Stephen Anderson is an American storyboard artist, screenwriter, film director, and voice actor.

Career

Anderson joined

Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that produces animated feature films and short films for the Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a s ...

in 1999 as a story artist on ''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Creat ...

''. Prior to joining Disney, Anderson worked as an animator at Hyperion Animation on ''

Rover Dangerfield ''Rover Dangerfield'' is a 1991 American animated musical comedy film starring the voice talent of comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who also wrote the screenplay and story and co-produced the film. It revolves around the eponymous character, a canine ...

'' and ''

Bebe's Kids ''Bebe's Kids'' ( ; also marketed as ''Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids'') is a 1992 American Adult animation, adult animated comedy film produced by Hyperion Pictures, Hyperion Studio for Paramount Pictures. Directed by Bruce W. Smith in his List of ...

''. Following ''Tarzan'', Anderson served as a head of story for ''

The Emperor's New Groove ''The Emperor's New Groove'' is a 2000 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Mark Dindal and produced by Randy Fullmer, from a screenplay writte ...

'' and ''

Brother Bear ''Brother Bear'' is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker and produced by Chuck Williams, f ...

''. Anderson made his directorial debut with the 2007 film ''

Meet the Robinsons ''Meet the Robinsons'' is a 2007 American animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on the 1990 children's book ''A Day with Wilbur Robinson'' by William Jo ...

'' and later directed the 2011 film ''

Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by ...

'' with Don Hall. After the release of ''Meet the Robinsons'' he pitched an idea for a feature called "The Earth and the Sky", which would have been ''

The Fox and the Hound ''The Fox and the Hound'' is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. It tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a r ...

'' with a boy and a dragon. But when DreamWorks announced their movie ''

How to Train Your Dragon ''How to Train Your Dragon'' is a media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the book series How to Train Your Dragon (novel series), of the same name by British author Cressida Cowell. It consists of three feature films: '' ...

'', which had similar story elements, the idea was dropped. Anderson currently resides in

Canyon Country, California Canyon Country is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of Santa Clarita, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies along the Santa Clara River between the Sierra Pelona Mountains and the San Gabriel Mount ...

, with his wife, Heather, and their son, Jacob.

Credits

Feature films

Short films

Video

*1992 – ''

Itsy Bitsy Spider "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" (also known as "The Incey Wincey Spider" in Australia or "Incy Wincy Spider" in the United Kingdom, and other anglophone countries) is a popular nursery rhyme, folksong, and fingerplay that describes the adventures of a s ...

'' (character animator) *1996 – '' Toto Lost in New York'' (director, character designer, storyboard artist) *1996 – '' Virtual Oz'' (character designer) *1997 – '' Journey Beneath the Sea'' (director) *1997 – '' Underground Adventure'' (director)

Television

*1993 – ''

'' (director) *2021 – ''

Monsters at Work ''Monsters at Work'' is an American animated sitcom developed by Bobs Gannaway that premiered on Disney+ on July 7, 2021, as part of Pixar's ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' franchise. Based on and a direct continuation of ''Monst ...

'' (supervising director and voice director) *2023 – '' Young Love'' (animation director) *2024 – ''

Ariel Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki *, a Russian film directed by Yevgeni Kotov * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', a 1989 and 1991 ...

'' (storyboard artist)

Comic books

*1996 – ''Poop Jelly'' (

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...

) – writer/artist for one short story *2001 – ''Short Stack'' (anthology) – writer/artist for one short story *2008 – ''Who is Rocket Johnson?'' (anthology) – writer/artist for one short story

References

External links

* * American animated film directors American male voice actors American voice directors Living people People from Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California Film directors from California Walt Disney Animation Studios people Year of birth missing (living people) American character designers {{US-film-bio-stub