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David Pruiksma

Teacher | * 01/15/1957 (67) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
David "Dave" Pruiksma (born January 15, 1957) is an American Disney animator best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company and occasionally other studios. ()

American animatorbest known for his work for The Walt Disney Company. He has worked on Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under (Bernard and Miss Bianca), Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts and Chip), Aladdin (The Sultan), The Lion King, Pocahontas (Flit), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor and Hugo). He attended J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia. After high school, he attended Pratt Institute in New York. He later studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts.After completing work on 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Pruiksma quit Disney and went into semi-retirement, although he did serve as an animation director and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. -Wikipedia.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Kids & Family | Romance / Love

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Disney’s animated take on the classic Arabian tale, featuring Oscar-winning music and Robin Williams as a wise-cracking blue genie. Young 'street rat' Aladdin has dreams of being something nobler th ...

Aladdin

G

1992 | 3.8/5 | 1h 30min
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia. ...

Pocahontas

G

1995 | 3.5/5 | 1h 25min
Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
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The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the ...

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

PG

2001 | 3.5/5 | 1h 35min
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Science Fiction
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This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Me ...

The Little Mermaid

G

1989 | 3.7/5 | 1h 23min
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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Movies with David Pruiksma as Actor(1)

as Self (voice)2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty

Movies with David Pruiksma as Crew(4)

Crew/Supervising Animator1995 Pocahontas
Visual Effects/Animation1994 The Lion King
Crew/Supervising Animator1992 Aladdin
Visual Effects/Animation Supervisor1991 Beauty and the Beast

Full Name: David Pruiksma
Born: Tuesday, 01/15 1957 (January) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 67 years + 101 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Educated at: California Institute of the Arts, Pratt Institute, Justice High School
Employer: Walt Disney Studios, Laguna College of Art and Design
Student of: Eric Larson, Mark Henn
Other names for David Pruiksma (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dave Pruiksma"
David Pruiksma frequently works together with these people:
Alan Menken (7x, Crew)
Chris Sanders (6x, Crew)
Frank Welker (5x, Actor)
Danny Troob (5x, Crew)
Anthony DeRosa (5x, Crew)
Howard Ashman (5x, Crew)
Glen Keane (5x, Crew)
Jean Gillmore (5x, Crew)
Burny Mattinson (4x, Crew)
Joe Grant (4x, Crew)
Francis Glebas (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:112009, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024