David Pruiksma

David Pruiksma (born January 15, 1957) is an American animator,[1][2] best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company.

Early life and education

Pruiksma was born and raised in Falls Church, Virginia where he attended J.E.B. Stuart High School. He graduated in 1975.[3] He then studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York for two years.[3] He left to attend California Institute of the Arts where he received a degree in character animation in 1981.[3]

Career

Following graduation, Pruiksma was hired as an assistant animator at Disney and worked on the films The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, and The Rescuers Down Under. He rose to supervising animator and created the characters of Mrs. Potts and her son Chip for Beauty and the Beast. Other characters included the Sultan for Aladdin, Pumbaa for The Lion King, Flit for Pocahontas and the characters Hugo and Victor for The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

After completing working on 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Pruiksma left Disney because of his disenchantment with "Disney's greed-driven corporate structure."[3] He then worked freelance as an animation director and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. He also accepted a position teaching at the Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) from the animation department's former chair Dave Kuhn, who Pruiksma had trained at Disney.[3]

Pruiksma was a full-time faculty member at LCAD in Laguna Beach, California until his retirement in 2018.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Credits Characters
1985The Black CauldronAssistant Animator
1986The Great Mouse DetectiveCharacter Animator
1987The Chipmunk AdventureAnimator
1988Oliver & CompanyCharacter AnimatorOliver, Jenny Foxworth, Mr. Winston, Georgette and Tito
1989The Little MermaidCharacter AnimatorFlounder and Seahorses
1990The Rescuers Down UnderCharacter AnimatorBernard and Bianca
1991Beauty and the BeastSupervising AnimatorMrs. Potts and Chip Potts
1992AladdinSupervising AnimatorSultan
1994The Lion KingAnimatorPumbaa
1995PocahontasSupervising Animator / Additional Story DevelopmentFlit and Forest Animals
1996The Hunchback of Notre DameSupervising AnimatorHugo and Victor
2001Atlantis: The Lost EmpireSupervising AnimatorMrs. Wilhelmina Bertha Packard and Mister Fenton Q. Harcourt
2003Captain Sturdy: The Originals (TV Short)Additional Animator
2004-2005One by One (Video short)Animator
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Series)Story / Teleplay / Animation Director - 2 Episodes
2009Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary)VoiceHimself
2013A Little Hitch (Short)VoiceMother

References
  1. Grant, John (1998-04-29). Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's animated characters. Hyperion Books. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-0-7868-6336-5. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. Ebert, Roger (1997-06-01). Questions for the Movie Answer Man. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-8362-2894-6. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. Walsh, Daniella (2 October 2012). "Drawing Inspiration: David Pruiksma". Laguna Beach Magazine.
  4. "Dave Pruiksma". Faculty & Alumni. Laguna College of Art & Design. 2018.



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