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Brian Smith(XV)

  • Animation Department
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Born and raised in Cincinnati, Brian studied fine art at the University of Cincinnati's prestigious DAAP program and cinema at The Ohio State University film school. He joined independent animation studio Character Builders in its first year and emerged as one of the company's leading animators, character designers and story artists. Brian later became a director as well as a vice-president and partner in Character Builders. He was instrumental in developing the small studio into an internationally recognized resource for the highest quality commercial, television and feature animation production.

During that period Brian directed many award-winning commercials for clients ranging from McDonalds to Moviefone. Additionally, he earned credits as a story artist on such classic television shows as Ren & Stimpy and the Emmy-winning HBO series Happily Ever After. His early feature experience included character animation for Paramount's cult-classic Bebe's Kids, New Line's Swan Princess, and Warner Bros.' The Quest for Camelot. As a key contributor to Space Jam he created character designs, developed storyboards, and was a lead animator on none other than Bugs Bunny (His animation was featured in the book Animating the Looney Tunes Way by Tony Cervone.)

Subsequently, Brian co-wrote and co-directed the critically acclaimed 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, a Disney feature that earned him a Best Screenplay Annie Award nomination and for which he won a Best Director Video Premiere Award. He next co-wrote and directed Tarzan II, another highly successful Disney feature that garnered multiple Annie and VP award nominations.

He's had the pleasure of directing Jason Alexander, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman, Barry Bostwick, George Carlin, Martin Short and Oscar nominee Glenn Close among many others.

Additionally, Brian has been a story consultant for studios including 20th Century Fox/Hot Donut and Sprite Animation, an L.A. based Japanese studio where he helped develop several projects. He's also completed a screenplay for an independent feature developed by producer David Lovegren (Hoodwinked.)

Brian lives in Los Angeles where he continues to write, draw and develop his own television and feature projects.
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    Barry Bostwick, Kath Soucie, Samuel West, and Bobby Lockwood in 101 Dalmatiens 2 : Sur la trace des héros (2002)
    101 Dalmatiens 2 : Sur la trace des héros
    5.7
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2002
    John Cleese, Jack Palance, James Arrington, Liz Callaway, Lex de Azevedo, Sandy Duncan, Davis Gaines, Jonathan Hadary, Mark Harelik, Dakin Matthews, Howard McGillin, Joel McKinnon Miller, Michelle Nicastro, Tom Alan Robbins, Steve Vinovich, Steven Wright, and David Zippel in Le cygne et la princesse (1994)
    Le cygne et la princesse
    6.4
    • Animation Department(Character Builders)
    • 1994
    Space Jam (1996)
    Space Jam
    6.5
    • Animation Department
    • 1996
    Tarzan 2: L'enfance d'un héros (2005)
    Tarzan 2: L'enfance d'un héros
    5.5
    Video
    • Art Department
    • 2005

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    Animation Department



    • Wish (2020)
      Wish
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Billy et Mandy, aventuriers de l'au-delà (2003)
      Billy et Mandy, aventuriers de l'au-delà
      7.6
      TV Series
      • color stylist
      • 2004
    • Ben Affleck, Jodi Benson, and James Eckhouse in Joseph le roi des rêves (2000)
      Joseph le roi des rêves
      6.5
      Video
      • animator: Character Builders
      • 2000
    • The Indescribable Nth
      7.5
      Short
      • animator
      • 2000
    • Irene Bedard in Pocahontas II : Un monde nouveau (1998)
      Pocahontas II : Un monde nouveau
      4.8
      Video
      • animator: Character Builders
      • 1998
    • Excalibur, l'épée magique (1998)
      Excalibur, l'épée magique
      6.3
      • animator
      • 1998
    • Space Jam (1996)
      Space Jam
      6.5
      • lead animator
      • 1996
    • John Cleese, Jack Palance, James Arrington, Liz Callaway, Lex de Azevedo, Sandy Duncan, Davis Gaines, Jonathan Hadary, Mark Harelik, Dakin Matthews, Howard McGillin, Joel McKinnon Miller, Michelle Nicastro, Tom Alan Robbins, Steve Vinovich, Steven Wright, and David Zippel in Le cygne et la princesse (1994)
      Le cygne et la princesse
      6.4
      • animator: Character Builders
      • 1994
    • L'araignée malice (1992)
      L'araignée malice
      6.2
      Short
      • character animator
      • 1992
    • Tone Loc, Jonell Green, Marques Houston, and Faizon Love in Bebe's Kids (1992)
      Bebe's Kids
      5.8
      • character animator: Ohio
      • 1992
    • Rodney Dangerfield, Susan Boyd, Bill Farmer, Barbara Goodson, Christopher Collins, Patricia Parris, Ronnie Schell, Ned Luke, and Tom Williams in Rover Dangerfield (1991)
      Rover Dangerfield
      5.9
      • assistant animator
      • 1991

    Art Department



    • Tarzan 2: L'enfance d'un héros (2005)
      Tarzan 2: L'enfance d'un héros
      5.5
      Video
      • story artist
      • 2005
    • Mulan 2 : La Mission de l'Empereur (2004)
      Mulan 2 : La Mission de l'Empereur
      5.6
      Video
      • storyboard artist: Character Builders (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Haley Joel Osment, Charles Kimbrough, and Jane Withers in Le Bossu de Notre-Dame 2: Le Secret de Quasimodo (2002)
      Le Bossu de Notre-Dame 2: Le Secret de Quasimodo
      4.6
      Video
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002
    • Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Tara Strong, Kenneth Mars, and Samuel E. Wright in La Petite Sirène 2 : Retour à l'océan (2000)
      La Petite Sirène 2 : Retour à l'océan
      5.5
      Video
      • storyboard artist
      • 2000
    • Billy West in Ren et Stimpy Show (1991)
      Ren et Stimpy Show
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard by
      • 1995
    • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
      Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1995
    • Beethoven (1994)
      Beethoven
      5.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: Character Builders, Inc (1994)
      • 1994–1995

    Writer



    • Ron Perlman, Christopher Plummer, and Patton Oswalt in Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023)
      Heroes of the Golden Mask
      4.8
      • writer
      • 2023
    • Tarzan 2: L'enfance d'un héros (2005)
      Tarzan 2: L'enfance d'un héros
      5.5
      Video
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003)
      Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
      6.2
      Video Game
      • based on: the movie, screenplay by
      • based on: the movie, story by (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Barry Bostwick, Kath Soucie, Samuel West, and Bobby Lockwood in 101 Dalmatiens 2 : Sur la trace des héros (2002)
      101 Dalmatiens 2 : Sur la trace des héros
      5.7
      Video
      • screenplay by
      • story by
      • 2002

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      Brian's work is featured in "Animating the Looney Tunes Way" by Tony Cervone as well as "The Art of Space Jam" by Charles Carney and Allen Helbig.

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