D23 EXPO; An animator who learned from legends; Andreas Deja picked the brains of surviving members of Disney's famed Nine Old Men

Andreas Deja is a famed Disney animator who during his multiple decades at the Burbank studio brought a reserved humanity to young Lilo in "Lilo & Stitch," a ghostly menace to the composed malevolence of Jafar in "Aladdin" and a frightening fancifulness to the tortuous Scar i...

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Published inThe Los Angeles times
Main Author Martens, Todd
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 13.08.2015
Subjects
Animated films
Animation
Thomas, Frank
Germany
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Summary:Andreas Deja is a famed Disney animator who during his multiple decades at the Burbank studio brought a reserved humanity to young Lilo in "Lilo & Stitch," a ghostly menace to the composed malevolence of Jafar in "Aladdin" and a frightening fancifulness to the tortuous Scar in "The Lion King." In the past month, he's shared stories about his struggles on "The Lion King" and dissections of animation classics, from "Alice in Wonderland's" flowers with "attitude issues" to the expert tilts-of-the-head that artist Milt Kahl brought to Wendy in "Peter Pan.
ISSN:0458-3035