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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.
Dan Lee | |
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| Born | May 19, 1969 |
| Died | January 15, 2005 (aged 35) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | animator, Character designer |
| Years active | 1996–2005 |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (1996-2005) |
Early life edit
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 edit
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.
He worked as animator on Darkwing Duck and Goof Troop while at Kennedy Cartoons.
Personal life edit
Lee died on January 15, 2005, in Berkeley, California, at the age of 35 years old, from heart failure and lung cancer-related complications.[1] Ratatouille was dedicated to him.
Filmography edit
- 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[2]
References edit
- ^ Harris M. Lentz III (9 May 2006). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2489-4.
- ^ Karen Paik (24 November 2015). The Art of Ratatouille. Chronicle Books LLC. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-1-4521-4754-3.
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