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David "Dave" Pruiksma is an American animator. He worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios from 1981-2001. After completing working on 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, he quit.

Pruiksma was born and raised in Falls Church, Virginia where he attended J.E.B. Stuart High School. He graduated in 1975. He later attended the Pratt Institute in New York for two years before finishing his education at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArt) where he received a degree in Character Animation in 1981.

Following graduation, Pruiksma was hired as an assistant animator at Disney and worked on the films The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, and Oliver & Company before rising to supervising animator and created the characters for films, such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Pruiksma left Disney because of his disenchantment with "Disney's greed-driven corporate structure" and worked freelance as an animation director and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. He also taught at the Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) until his retirement in 2018.

Filmography[]

Year Film Position
1981 The Fox and the Hound Breakdown artist (uncredited)
1983 Mickey's Christmas Carol Assistant animator (uncredited)
1985 The Black Cauldron Assistant Animator
1986 The Great Mouse Detective Character Animator: Basil of Baker Street and David Q. Dawson
1988 Oliver & Company Character Animator: Oliver, Jenny Foxworth, Winston and Tito
1989 The Little Mermaid Character Animator: Flounder/Lead Animator: The Seahorse Herald
1989 Cranium Command Supervising Animator: Buzzy
1990 The Rescuers Down Under Character Animator: Bernard and Miss Bianca
1991 Beauty and the Beast Supervising Animator: Mrs. Potts and Chip
1992 Aladdin Supervising Animator: Sultan
1994 The Lion King Animator: Pumbaa
1995 Pocahontas Supervising Animator: Flit and Forest Animals
Additional Story Development Artist
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Supervising Animator: Hugo and Victor
1999 How to Haunt a House Animator
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Supervising Animator: Mrs. Packard and Mr. Harcourt

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1920s—1970s
Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt KahlFrank ThomasOllie JohnstonLes ClarkJohn LounsberyMarc DavisWard KimballEric LarsonWolfgang Reitherman

Animators: Bill TytlaArt BabbittLee BlairPreston BlairFred MooreShamus CulhaneCy YoungDon LuskNorman FergusonHal KingJack HannahDick KinneyHal AmbroKen O'BrienJudge WhitakerBill JusticeDon BluthGary GoldmanCharles A. NicholsBlaine GibsonJohn EwingWalt StanchfieldRolly CrumpFred HellmichAmby PaliwodaWilfred JacksonXavier AtencioBen SharpsteenEarl HurdDale OliverEric CleworthDavid HandFred SpencerJulius SvendsenJack BradburyKenneth MuseRudolf IsingHugh HarmanFriz FrelengWalt KellyLeo SalkinJohn DehnerRetta ScottDavid SwiftJack CuttingGrant SimmonsArt StevensFrank TashlinWathel RogersTyrus WongJohnny CannonBernard WolfJohn W. DunnHenry SelickTony StroblChuck WilliamsBurny MattinsonDave SudingAndy GaskillCampbell GrantJohn HubleyPaul MurryHarvey ToombsJane Baer
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1980s—present
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Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee
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Signature Musicians: Robert B. ShermanRichard M. ShermanAlan MenkenKristen Anderson-LopezRobert LopezLin-Manuel MirandaHoward AshmanTim RicePhil CollinsStephen SchwartzMarc ShaimanDanny Troob
Supervising Animators: Glen KeaneAndreas DejaEric GoldbergMark HennJohn PomeroyRandy HaycockDale BaerTony BancroftTom BancroftAnthony DeRosaRuss EdmondsBruce W. SmithMichael SurreyDuncan MarjoribanksRuben AquinoNik RanieriKen DuncanRon HusbandRick FarmiloeTom SitoTony AnselmoWill FinnKathy ZielinskiHendel ButoyEllen WoodburyMatthew O'CallaghanDavid PruiksmaBob WalkerAaron BlaiseNancy KniepJames BaxterTony FucileSergio PablosRandy Cartwright
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBloisClaire KeaneBrittney LeeJin KimShiyoon KimRyan GreenSue C. NicholsMichael Peraza, Jr.Kevin LimaKelly AsburyToby SheltonBarry CookMark KennedyCarole HollidayJorgen KlubienBrian PimentalDonovan CookDavid PimentelJoseph Christopher PepeRob GibbsJoe RanftMichael GiaimoPerry FarinolaRandy FullmerMark WaltonLauren MacMullanDaniel Gerson
Other Animators: Kaaren LundeenMichael HumphriesTim BurtonBrenda ChapmanSandro CleuzoGary M. EgglestonBrad BirdDavid StephanRay HarrisRuben ProcopioBarry AtkinsonThomas BakerChris BaileyGeefwee BoedoeDaan JippesPres RomanillosAsh BrannonChristine Lawrence FinneyMike CosaJymn MagonButch HartmanBill WaldmanChris SonnenburgJames LopezBradley RaymondDarrell Van CittersAaron SpringerTerry Shakespeare