Ron Husband

Ron Husband (born February 8, 1950) is an American character animator known for his work at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he has worked since 1975.

Information

Two of his most famous assignments while at Disney were as supervising animator for Djali in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Elk in the Firebird Suite - 1919 Version segment of Fantasia 2000 and Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He is currently working at Disney in the Publishing Group, as an illustrator.

Quick Sketching with Ron Husband

Ron Husband also has published a book called "Quick Sketching with Ron Husband." It lays out the fundamentals of quick sketching and how it benefits an illustrator. The includes the following features:

• instruction
• techniques
• gallery of work
• a workbook

Works

Some of Ron Husband's most recognizable animated works include:

• The Rescuers (1977) (Animator - Uncredited)
• The Small One (1978) (Short) (Character Animator)
• A Family Circus Christmas (1979) (TV Movie) (Assistant Animator)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981) (Character Animator)
• Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) (Short) (Animator - Uncredited)
• The Black Cauldron (1985) (Animator)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (Character Animator)
• Oliver & Company (1988) (Character Animator)
• The Little Mermaid (1989) (Character Animator)
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (Character Animator)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991) (Animator: "Gaston")
• Aladdin (1992) (Animator: "Jafar")
• The Lion King (1994) (Animator: "Pumbaa")
• Pocahontas (1995) (Animator: "John Smith")
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (Supervising Animator: "Djali")
• Hercules (1997) (Animator: "Titans" and "Cyclops")
• Fantasia 2000 (2000) (Animator - Segment "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102") / (Lead Character Animator: "Elk" - Segment "Firebird Suite - 1919 Version")
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (Supervising Animator: "Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet")
• Treasure Planet (2002) (Animator: "Long John Silver")
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (Animator)
• Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) (Video) (Animator) / (Character Animator)
• Fat Albert (2004) (Animator)
• Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) (Key Animator)
• Bambi II (2006) (Video) (Animator)
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) (Video) (Character Designer)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) (Documentary) (Caricaturist)

External links

• Ron Husband at IMDb