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Donovan Cook is an American film director, most well-known for the Disney animated feature Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers.

Donovan Cook was born in California in 1968. He grew up in Antioch, California, knowing from a young age that he wanted to be an artist. In 1984, his sophomore year of high school, he moved to San Diego. In San Diego he took up surfing and played water polo on his high school team. He also started concentrating on his art, working in many different mediums. After high school in San Diego he attended junior college to continue his art studies, where he worked on his portfolio and continued to hone his skills. After junior college he applied to California Institute of the Arts. Upon seeing his portfolio in an application interview he was accepted into the school on the spot. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 1990 and has worked on several different Disney animated movies, such as The Little Mermaid and the Mickey Mouse adaptation of The Prince and the Pauper. In 1992 he created the Emmy nominated tv series 2 Stupid Dogs for Hanna-Barbera Studios, which was significant in bringing back the extremely graphic style Hanna-Barbera cartoons had in the 1950s and 60s. The style he revived in "2 Stupid Dogs" has been emulated and copied numerous times since. Donovan then returned to Disney where he developed and produced the ground breaking series Nightmare Ned. In 1998, he returned to feature animation when he co-directed Return to Never Land for Disney. In 2001, he took on the challenge of directing the first feature length film to star the classic Disney characters, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. The film, "Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers" premiered world-wide on DVD in 2004.

Donovan is currently developing a major motion picture that combines CGI animation and live action film techniques.

External links

Donovan Cook at IMDb

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 '''Donovan Cook''' is an [[United States|American]] [[film director]], most well-known for the [[Disney]] [[animated feature]] ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]''.
-Donovan Cook was born in [[California]] in 1968.  He grew up in Antioch, California, until moving to San Diego his sophomore year of high school (1984).  In San Diego he took up surfing and played water polo on his high school team.  He also started concentrating on art, working in many different mediums.  After high school in San Diego he attended junior college to continue his art studies, where he worked on his portfolio and continued to hone his skills.  After junior college he applied to [[California Institute of the Arts]].  Upon seeing his portfolio in an application interview he was accepted into the school on the spot.  He graduated from the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in 1990 and has worked on several different Disney [[animated movies]], such as ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' and the [[Mickey Mouse]] adaptation of ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]''. In 1992 he created the [[Emmy]] nominated tv series ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]'' for [[Hanna-Barbera Studios]], which was significant in bringing back the extremely graphic style Hanna-Barbera cartoons had in the 1950s and 60s.  The style he revived in "2 Stupid Dogs" has been emulated and copied numerous times since.  Donovan then returned to Disney where he developed and produced the ground breaking series [[Nightmare Ned]].  In 1998, he returned to feature animation when he co-directed [[Return to Never Land]] for Disney.  In 2001, he took on the challenge of directing the first feature length film to star the classic Disney characters, [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]].  The film, "[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]" premiered world-wide on [[DVD]] in 2004.
+Donovan Cook was born in [[California]] in 1968.  He grew up in Antioch, California, knowing from a young age that he wanted to be an artist.  In 1984, his sophomore year of high school, he moved to San Diego.  In San Diego he took up surfing and played water polo on his high school team.  He also started concentrating on his art, working in many different mediums.  After high school in San Diego he attended junior college to continue his art studies, where he worked on his portfolio and continued to hone his skills.  After junior college he applied to [[California Institute of the Arts]].  Upon seeing his portfolio in an application interview he was accepted into the school on the spot.  He graduated from the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in 1990 and has worked on several different Disney [[animated movies]], such as ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' and the [[Mickey Mouse]] adaptation of ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]''. In 1992 he created the [[Emmy]] nominated tv series ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]'' for [[Hanna-Barbera Studios]], which was significant in bringing back the extremely graphic style Hanna-Barbera cartoons had in the 1950s and 60s.  The style he revived in "2 Stupid Dogs" has been emulated and copied numerous times since.  Donovan then returned to Disney where he developed and produced the ground breaking series [[Nightmare Ned]].  In 1998, he returned to feature animation when he co-directed [[Return to Never Land]] for Disney.  In 2001, he took on the challenge of directing the first feature length film to star the classic Disney characters, [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]].  The film, "[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]" premiered world-wide on [[DVD]] in 2004.
 Donovan is currently developing a [[major motion picture]] that combines [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] animation and [[live action]] film techniques.