Victor Randolph "Randy" Cartwright is an American animator, storyboard artist, and character designer, who has been a part of Disney Animation Studios since 1974 working in various departments for the company and Pixar.
Born in Newport News, Virginia; Cartwright trained in art and motion pictures at UCLA. While at school, he worked at Disneyland in the character department and portrayed Pluto, Practical Pig, Dopey, Prince John, and others during those years before graduating in 1974. He submitted multiple portfolios to Disney veteran Eric Larson before being hired by the studio in July 1975. During his first week on the lot, he was invited by supervising animator John Lounsbery to view a rough cut of The Rescuers, and ended up working on it as Ollie Johnston's assistant.
He progressed to full animator on Pete's Dragon and continued to supervise animators both in the U.S. and abroad in Japan and Taiwan for films, such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Brave Little Toaster. In 1986, he returned to main studio as the Artistic Lead for the Disney CAPS development team. He combined his knowledge of animation with an understanding of computers to help design and build the first fully digital animation production system. He won a Scientific or Technical Academy Award for this work. CAPs became instrumental for the 1990s Disney Renaissance era. By the next century, Cartwright also worked at other studios, such as Dreamwork Animation and Sony Animation.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Rescuers | Assistant Animator (uncredited) |
| 1977 | Pete's Dragon | Character Animator |
| 1978 | The Small One | Character animator (uncredited) |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Supervising Animator: Adult Copper, Chief |
| 1982 | Fun with Mr. Future | Background artist Layout artist (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Mickey's Christmas Carol | Animator |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Layout artist (uncredited) |
| 1987 | The Brave Little Toaster | Directing Animator |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Character animator (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Conceptual artist (uncredited) |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Animator (uncredited) |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Digital Production System Development Artist |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Animator: Belle |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Supervising Animator: Magic Carpet |
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Animator: Zazu |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Additional Story Development Artist |
| 1996 | Quack Pack | Storyboard artist |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Animator: Esmeralda (uncredited) |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Lead storyboard artist |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Animator: overseas (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Hercules | Story Storyboard artist |
| 1998 | The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars | Animator: Moving Sun Animation Group Inc. (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Mulan | Animator: Mushu (uncredited) |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Animator (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Animator: Jane Porter (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Doug's 1st Movie | storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Animator: ILM |
| 2004 | Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin | Himself |
| 2005 | Dream On Silly Dreamer | Himself Archive Footage Provider |
| 2006 | Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp | Himself |
| 2006 | A Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp | Himself |
| 2006 | Cars | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Himself Additional Archival Materials |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Bolt | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2009 | Up | Animator (uncredited) Storyboard artist |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Story Artist Animator: Prince Naveen |
| 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Himself |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Brave | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Monsters University | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2013-2017 | Sofia the First | Storyboard Artist |
| 2014–2015 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Storyboard supervisor |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2017-2021 | Mickey and the Roadter Racers | Storyboard supervisor |
| 2017–2019 | Chip 'n Dale's Nutty Tales | Storyboard supervisor |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Coco | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Storyboard artist (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Howard | Self |
| 2021 | Mickey's Tale of Two Witches | Storyboard supervisor |
| 2021 | Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas | Storyboard supervisor |
| 2021-present | Mickey Mouse Funhouse | Storyboard supervisor |
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