Dan Lee (animator)
Template:For Template:More citations needed Template:Family name hatnote Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Dan Lee (May 19, 1969 – January 15, 2005) was a Canadian-American animator, best known as the character designer of Nemo, the title character from Finding Nemo.
Early life
Lee was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1969, the youngest of four children of Chinese immigrants and grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. He graduated with honours from the animation program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario.
Career
He worked on television cartoons and commercials for several studios, including Kennedy Cartoons in Toronto and Colossal Pictures in San Francisco before joining Pixar in June 1996.<ref name="la obit" />
He worked as an animator on Darkwing Duck and Goof Troop while at Kennedy Cartoons.
Personal life
Lee died on January 15, 2005, in Berkeley, California, at the age of 35 years old, after a 17-month battle with lung cancer.<ref name="la obit">Template:Cite news</ref> Ratatouille was dedicated to him.
Filmography
- A Bug's Life (1998) – Additional character designer, animator, sketch artist
- Toy Story 2 (1999) – Character designer, sketch artist
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) ... Additional character designer
- Finding Nemo (2003) ... Character designer
- Lifted (2006) ... Production artist
- Ratatouille (2007) ... Character designer<ref name="Paik2015">Template:Cite book</ref>
References
External links
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