hecallsmepineappleprincess:Black History Month SpotlightFloyd E NormanBorn June 22 1935Worked on the
hecallsmepineappleprincess:Black History Month SpotlightFloyd E NormanBorn June 22 1935Worked on the Film “Sleeping Beauty“ in 1956, becoming one of the first African American artists to remain at Walt Disney Studios on a long term basisOther work in Disney included “101 Dalmatians”, “the Sword and the Stone” , “The Jungle Book” and” Robin Hood”.He cofounded “AfroKids” which did various segments for shows like “Sesame Street”He was the last Mickey Mouse Comic strip Scripter before it was discontinued in the 1980s.He has been a Story Artist on WDAS and Pixar films including, “Toy Story 2”, “Monsters’ Inc”,”Mulan”, “Dinosaur”, and “Hunchback of Notre Dame” and continues to work for the Walt Disney Company as a freelance artist.He was also a story artist for other animation studios, recently doing work on the movie “Free Birds”Awards and Honors include the 2002 Winsor McCay Award for “Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation, being honored as a Disney Legend in 2007. the Inkpot award at Comic-Con international in 2008 and the “Sergio Award” in 2013 from CAPS (The Comic Art Professional Society)"This was like joining the Marine Corps of animation. If you made it at Disney, you could make it anywhere.” -- source link
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