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Ruben A. Aquino

Crew | * 01/01/1953 (71) | Okinawa (Japan)
Ruben Azama Aquino is an American Disney animator who formerly worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios, his work has included the several Disney characters, including Maurice in Beauty and the Beast, Simba as an Adult in The Lion King, Chief Powhatan in Pocahontas, Li Shang and Fa Li in Mulan, Pleakly and David Kawena in Lilo & Stitch, Denahi in Brother Bear, Mildred and Mr. Willerstein in Meet the Robinsons and Eudora and James in The Princess and the Frog. His style is easily recognized by his powerful figures and his extremely geometric facial movements. ()
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Filipino-Japanese American character animator and supervising animator who formerly worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios. His work has included several Disney characters, including Simba as an adult in The Lion King, Chief Powhatan in Pocahontas, Maurice in Beauty and the Beast, Denahi in Brother Bear, Shang in Mulan, and Ursula in The Little Mermaid. In March 2013, it was announced that Aquino had been laid off, as well as 8 other animators who worked at the studio, including Nik Ranieri. His style is easily recognized by his powerful figures and his extremely geometric facial movements. -Wikipedia.

Most frequent genres for this person: Kids & Family | Animation | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process. ...

Mulan

G

1998 | 4.0/5 | 1h 28min
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
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A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him. ...

The Princess and the Frog

G

2009 | 3.6/5 | 1h 38min
Romance / Love, Kids & Family, Animation
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Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family. ...

Meet the Robinsons

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2007 | 3.5/5 | 1h 35min
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
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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 Ruben A. Aquino as Actor(2)

as Self (archive footage)2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty
as himself2006 Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Movies with Ruben A. Aquino as Crew(10)

Visual Effects/Animation2023 Once Upon a Studio
Visual Effects/Animation2011 Winnie the Pooh
Crew/Supervising Animator2009 The Princess and the Frog
Crew/Supervising Animator2003 Brother Bear
Crew/Supervising Animator1995 Pocahontas
Crew/Supervising Animator1994 The Lion King
Visual Effects/Animation Supervisor1991 Beauty and the Beast
Visual Effects/Animation Director1989 The Little Mermaid
Crew/Special Effects1988 Mac and Me
Visual Effects/Animation1985 The Black Cauldron

Full Name: Ruben Aquino
Born: Thursday, 01/01 1953 (January) in Okinawa (Japan) (current age: 71 years + 110 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Educated at: University of Pennsylvania School of Design, The University of the Arts
Employer: Walt Disney Studios
Student of: Eric Larson
Other names for Ruben A. Aquino (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ruben Azama Aquino"
Ruben A. Aquino frequently works together with these people:
Andreas Deja (10x, Actor)
John Musker (9x, Crew)
Ron Clements (8x, Crew)
Anthony DeRosa (8x, Crew)
Alan Menken (8x, Crew)
Mark Henn (7x, Crew)
Howard Ashman (7x, Crew)
Glen Keane (7x, Crew)
Eric Goldberg (7x, Crew)
Frank Welker (6x, Actor)
Lisa Keene (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:91351, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024