Dave Pruiksma! Interview Scheduled! :)

Vintage Dave Pruiksma Picture posing with the Voice Talent for "Chip"

I was very fortunate to be able to arrange an interview with Dave Pruiksma (with the help of Mr. Tom Sito). Dave is an accomplished animator whose work includes characters in such as: Flounder from Little Mermaid, The Sultan from Aladdin, Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Flit from Pocahontas, Victor and Hugo from Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the list goes on! Here is a brief selection of Dave's bio and films from of Dave's career accomplishments:

Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) - assistant animator
The Black Cauldron (1985) - assistant animator
The Great Mouse Detective (1986) - character animator: Basil of Baker Street
Oliver and Company (1988) - character animator
Cranium Command (1989) - supervising animator: Buzzy
The Little Mermaid (1989) - animator: Flounder, Messenger Sea Horse, Various Singing Fish
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) - character animator: Bernard and Bianca, "1st Proposal Scene"
Beauty and the Beast (1991) - supervising animator: Mrs. Potts and Chip
Aladdin (1992) - supervising animator: Sultan
The Lion King (1994) - animator: Pumbaa, "Hula Sequence"
Pocahontas (1995) - supervising animator: Flit and Forest Animals
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - supervising animator: Victor and Hugo
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) - supervising animator: Mrs. Packhard and Mr. Harcourt
The list goes on: Check out Dave's IMDB credits

I am super excited for the opportunity to interview and get to know Dave's work! Dave has done some incredible and unique performances from some very good films from the Golden Age of Animation in the Disney Era and it should be a great opportunity to pick Dave's brain for some great advice and character performance knowledge! :)

I owe a great deal of thanks to Tom and his involvement in getting ahold of some his pals to sit down with me and share their stories and knowledge of animation with a student eager to learn and explore performance from the masters who have done it before! :)