Kathy Zielinski is an American former Disney animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
She joined the studio in 1981, starting her career as an animator on The Black Cauldron. She was pregnant with her daughter, Jennifer, while she was working on Aladdin. After working on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Zielinski left Walt Disney Animation Studios and went to work for Dreamworks Animation SKG on films, such as The Prince of Egypt as an animator, The Road to El Dorado as the supervising animator for the villain Tezekel Khan, an animator on the main character Spirit in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and as an animator on Shark Tale, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and The Croods.
Zielinski returned to the Disney studio in late 2013 as an animator for Frozen and Zootopia (though she wasn't credited in the latter).
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Additional Animator |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Character Animator: Fidget the Bat |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Character Animator: Georgette |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Character Animator: Ursula and Chef Louis |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Supervising Animator: Frank |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Animator: LeFou (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Animator: Jafar as Beggar/Snake |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Animator: Scar (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Visual Development Artist/Character Designer |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Supervising Animator: Claude Frollo |
| 2013 | Frozen | Animator |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Animator (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Frozen Fever | Animator (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Animator (uncredited) |
Gallery[]
