Biography
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Andreas Deja (born in 1957 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish-born German character animator for The Walt Disney Company. He lived since 1958 in Dinslaken/Germany and studies Graphic-Design at the Folkwang-Schule in Essen/Germany. A lifelong fan of Disney animated films, he started with the studio in 1980. The first film on which he worked was The Black Cauldron, during which time he shared a cubicle with Tim Burton.
Deja is best known as the supervising animator of some of the most memorable Disney villains, such as Beauty and the Beast's Gaston, Aladdin's Jafar, and The Lion King's Scar. In addition, he is the current resident specialist for the animation of Mickey Mouse. He also animated King Triton in The Little Mermaid, the title character in Hercules, Lilo in Lilo & Stitch, and various characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, including Roger himself. He is currently animating the evil Queen Narissa in the partly-animated romantic-comedy Enchanted, expected to be released in late 2007.
Supervising Animator Credits
- Gurgi - The Black Cauldron (1985)
- Fidget - The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Roger Rabbit - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- King Triton - The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Gaston - Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Jafar - Aladdin (1992)
- Scar - The Lion King (1994)
- Hercules - Hercules (1997)
- Mickey Mouse - Fantasia 2000 (1999)
- Lilo - Lilo & Stitch (2002)
- Wesley - Home on the Range (2004)
- Queen Narissa - Enchanted (2007)
External links
de:Andreas Deja
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