Bruce W. Smith

Bruce W. Smith

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Bruce W. Smith is an American character animator, film director, and television producer, best known as the creator of Disney's The Proud Family. He studied animation in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. One of the few Black animators working in the industry, Smith got his start as an assistant animator for Bill Meléndez's 1984 Garfield television special Garfield in the Rough. He went on to animate for Baer Animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and in 1992 directed his first feature, Bébé's Kids. Other notable work for Smith during the mid-1990s included supervising the animation for The Pagemaster, serving as director and character designer for Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, designing the characters for A Goofy Movie and C Bear and Jamal, and co-directing the animated segments of Space Jam. He was also was the creator of Da Boom Crew along with John P. White and Stiles White. In 1998 he joined Walt Disney Feature Animation, Smith served as a supervising animator on four of its films: Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Home on the Range and The Princess and the Frog. In 2000 when he still worked for Hyperion Pictures, he piloted his series The Proud Family to Nickelodeon, who passed on it. Disney Channel eventually picked the series up the following year and ran it until 2005. The series was the first to be produced by his production company Jambalaya Studios. Smith grew up in Central Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce W. Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Bruce W. Smith
  • Popularity: 2.088
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1961-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: 브루스 W. 스미스
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Bruce W. Smith Movies

  • 2002
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    The Sweatbox

    The Sweatbox

    6.9 2002 HD

    Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of 'Kingdom of the Sun'/'The Emperor's New Groove' as part of the deal that...

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  • 2023
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    Pencils vs Pixels

    Pencils vs Pixels

    8.9 2023 HD

    A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn...

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  • 1989
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    Back to Neverland

    Back to Neverland

    6.8 1989 HD

    Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite takes ecstatic Disneyland tourist Robin through the process of Disney's hand drawn animation and makes...

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  • 2010
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    Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

    Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

    10 2010 HD

    Featurette on the making of Disney's Princess and the Frog

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  • 1994
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    The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

    The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

    10 1994 HD

    Behind the scenes of 'The Pagemaster'

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  • 1987
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    Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

    Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

    5.6 1987 HD

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  • 1992
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    Bebe's Kids

    Bebe's Kids

    5.7 1992 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Proud Family Movie

    The Proud Family Movie

    5.8 2005 HD

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  • 2011
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    Winnie the Pooh

    Winnie the Pooh

    6.9 2011 HD

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  • 1991
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    Rover Dangerfield

    Rover Dangerfield

    5.3 1991 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Princess and the Frog

    The Princess and the Frog

    7.215 2009 HD

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  • 2004
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    Home on the Range

    Home on the Range

    6.1 2004 HD

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  • 2012
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    Wreck-It Ralph

    Wreck-It Ralph

    7.3 2012 HD

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  • 2000
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    The Emperor's New Groove

    The Emperor's New Groove

    7.6 2000 HD

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  • 2019
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    Hair Love

    Hair Love

    7.597 2019 HD

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  • 1996
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    6.5 1996 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A....

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    7.8 1970 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    7.8 1970 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    1.7 1970 HD

    Four foster kids create a video game about heroes going up against space alien terrorists. Then a portal appears and pulls them into a dimension...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    6.676 1970 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity and heart. The...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

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    6 1970 HD

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    8.227 1970 HD

    The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    8.1 1970 HD

    Bionic policemen fight an escaped alien mob boss and his gang in space.

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    7.8 1970 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    1.7 1970 HD

    Four foster kids create a video game about heroes going up against space alien terrorists. Then a portal appears and pulls them into a dimension...

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  • 1970
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    Arliss

    Arliss

    6.676 1970 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity and heart. The...

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