Will Finn

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Will Finn
EducationArt Institute of Pittsburgh
Occupation(s)Animator, film director, storyboard artist, voice actor
Years active1979–present

Will Finn is an American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, and director.

Career

His work in animation includes characters from Disney, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, and Don Bluth films such as The Secret of NIMH, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, and Pocahontas. Finn animated such characters as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Iago in Aladdin, and Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Finn wrote and directed Home on the Range and voiced the character of Hollywood Fish in Chicken Little. In 2006, Finn directed the computer-animated short Hammy's Boomerang Adventure, a spin-off of Over the Hedge.[1][2][3][4]

Filmography

Year Title Credits Characters
1979 Banjo the Woodpile Cat (TV Short) Special Thanks
1982 The Secret of NIMH Animator / Story Adaptation
1983 Dragon's Lair (Video Game) Animator
1984 Space Ace (Video Game) Voice / Animator Dexter (voice)[5]
1987 Sport Goofy in Soccermania (Short) Animator
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Animator
1988 Oliver & Company Character Animator
1988–1989 Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 33 Episodes
1989 The Little Mermaid Character Animator
1990 Happily Ever After Model Designer / Storyboard Artist / Animator
Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes / Model Designer - 4 Episodes
The Rescuers Down Under Storyboard Artist / Character Animator
1991 Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (Video Game) Voice / Animator Gatekeeper (voice)
Beauty and the Beast Supervising Animator Cogsworth
1992 Aladdin Supervising Animator Iago
1994 The Return of Jafar (Video) Storyboard
Aladdin (TV Series) Character Designer - 1 Episode
Chariots of Fur (Short) Animator
1995 A Goofy Movie Character Designer
Pocahontas Visual Development / Character Designer / Additional Story Development
Carrotblanca (Short) Character Animator
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Artistic Supervisor: Story / Additional Screenplay Material / Supervising Animator Laverne
Quack Pack (TV Series) Supervising Animator - 1 Episode
1997 Pullet Surprise (Short) Additional Animator
2000 The Road to El Dorado Additional Sequences
2001 Clerks (TV Series) Storyboard Revisionist - 1 Episode
2004 Home on the Range Written & Directed by / Story
A Dairy Tale (Video short) Director
2004-2005 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 4 Episodes
Chicken Little Voice Hollywood Fish (voice)
2006 Over the Hedge Storyboard Artist
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (Video short) Director
My Life as a Teenage Robot (TV Series) Written by - 2 Episodes
2006–2007 Storyboard Artist - 2 Episodes
2007 Shrek the Halls (TV Short) Additional Story Artist
2008 Sita Sings the Blues Donor
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Additional Story Artist
2009 Astro Boy Storyboard Artist
2010 Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Video) Additional Story Artist
2011 YooHoo & Friends (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes
The Looney Tunes Show (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (Video short) Additional Animator: Duncan Studio Production
2013 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Director
Free Birds Storyboard Artist
2016 The Angry Birds Movie Additional Story Artist
It's Your Birthday (Short) Animated & Directed by
2016–2017 The Tom and Jerry Show (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes / Story - 1 Episode
2017 Rock Dog Voice / Storyboard Artist / Additional Story Material Floyd / Carl (voice)
2018 Animal Crackers Storyboard Artist
2021 Tom and Jerry in New York Story - 13 episodes
2022 Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! Story
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Storyboard Artist
2022 Tom and Jerry Time Director
2023 Once Upon a Studio (Short) Animator [6]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Will Finn: "Don't Go Looking for a Job in Animation"|Cartoon Brew
  2. ^ A Chat with Legendary Animator Will Finn - Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
  3. ^ Cogworth, Iago, & Comedic Animation with Will Finn - Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast
  4. ^ Beauty and the Beast's Lumiere and Cogsworth Have a Fascinating Real-Life Backstory|Vanity Fair
  5. ^ Behind The Voice Actors
  6. ^ Zahed, Ramin (October 15, 2023). "'Once Upon a Studio' Directors Reflect on Their Wonderful Disney Centenary Short". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023.

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