Carole Holliday is an animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios who is also founder of Crowded Metro Films.
Initially wanting to be a theater actress, Holliday chose a career in animation after seeing a combination of her passion for theater and drawing. She graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in animation and worked on animated shows such as Muppet Babies, My Little Pony, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, and The Pound Puppies TV special in 1985.
Holliday began at Disney as an animation assistant on Oliver & Company and The Little Mermaid. She soon made her way into storyboarding with Disneytoon Studios' A Goofy Movie, Tarzan, The Jungle Book 2, Home on the Range, and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. She has done storyboard revisions on Disney Television Animation's Sofia the First and worked on story books for Elena of Avalor and Fancy Nancy respectively.
Outside of Disney, she worked on The Prince of Egypt, Rover Dangerfield, Alpha & Omega, and Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as well as animated shows such as Tutenstien, Superbook, Spirit Riding Free, Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, and Jessica's Big Little World. She latered directed her own live-action short film, Witt's Daughter, which won the Best Narrative Short Award at the 2009 GI film festival.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Animating Assistant |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | |
| 1992–1993 | The Little Mermaid: The Series | Character designer Character animator |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Character animation |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Voice: Nuns Animator (Paris) Character Designer Storyboard Artist |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Story |
| 1999 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Storyboard artist |
| 2000 | John Henry | Character Design Supervisor |
| 2001-2003 | The Legend of Tarzan | Storyboard artist |
| 2002 | Tarzan & Jane | Storyboard Artist |
| 2003 | The Jungle Book 2 | |
| Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo | Story Artist | |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Additional Visual Development Artist |
| Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Additional Visual Development Artist | |
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | Director/Screenplay/Story: "Donald's Gift" | |
| 2006 | Bambi II | Storyboard Artist |
| Brother Bear 2 | ||
| 2006-2015 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Storyboard artist |
| 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Story Artist |
| 2012 | Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess | Storybook Artist |
| 2013-2016 | Sofia the First | |
| 2016 | Elena of Avalor | Storyboard revisionist |
| 2018 | Puppy Dog Pals | Storyboard artist |
| 2021 | Spidey and his Amazing Friends | Storyboard artist: Marvel Animation Studios |
