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Aaron Blaise
Born	(1968-02-17) February 17, 1968 (age 56) Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Education	Ringling College of Art and Design
Known for	Painting, animating, illustrating, art education
Notable work	Brother Bear (2003)
Website	creatureartteacher.com

Aaron Blaise (born February 17, 1968) is an American painter, animator, film director and art instructor. He is known for his work on Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992) and Brother Bear (2003). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film for Brother Bear with Robert Walker.^[1]

Life and work

Aaron Blaise was born on February 17, 1968, in Burlington, Vermont. He graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 1989 as an illustrator. In 1989 he started working as an animator and supervising animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 8 years on such films as The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Mulan. Starting in 1997, he worked as a director for 12 years, and co-directed Brother Bear, a nominee for the 76th Academy Award for Animated Feature. After its release he relocated to Disney's Burbank animation studios where he developed several projects.

On March 11, 2007, his wife died, and he left Disney.^[2] In 2013, he worked at Paramount Pictures for less than a year as a visual development artist. From 2010 to 2014 he worked at Tradition Studios as a director on The Legend of Tembo but the company went bankrupt.^[2] In 2012, with his business partner, Nick Burch, he started CreatureArtTeacher, offering lessons and tutorials based on Blaise's long career.^[2]

Filmography

Animation department

Year	Title	Credits	Characters
1990	Roller Coaster Rabbit (Short)	Assistant Animator	—
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Assistant Animator	Wilbur
1991	Beauty and the Beast	Animator	Beast
1992	Aladdin	Supervising animator	Rajah
1993	Trail Mix-Up (Short)	Character Animator	—
1994	The Lion King	Supervising Animator	Young Nala
1994	The Lion King (Video game)	Supervising Animator	Young Nala
1995	Pocahontas	Animator	Pocahontas
1996	Quack Pack (TV Series short)	Animation Director - 1 Episode	—
1998	Mulan	Supervising Animator	Yao and The Ancestors
2013	John Lewis: The Bear & the Hare (Video short)	Supervising Animator, Character Designer	—
2016	The Dream Catcher (Short)	Creature Design	—
2020	Spread the Love (Short)	Animator	Bear Hugs

Director

Year	Title
1999	How to Haunt a House (Short)
2003	Brother Bear
TBA	Art Story (pre-production)

Art department

Year	Title	Credits
2017	Mum (Short)	Illustration / Painter
2020	Wolfwalkers	Concept Artist / Visual Development

References

^ "76th Academy Awards Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Aaron Blaise reveals why he quit his dream job at Disney". creativebloq.com. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

External links

Official website
Aaron Blaise at IMDb

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