Ruben A. Aquino

Ruben Azama Aquino
Background information
Born	Ruben Azama Aquino December 18, 1953 (age 67) Okinawa, Japan
Nationality	Filipino Japanese American
Occupation	Animator

Ruben Azama Aquino is a Japanese-Born Filipino-American Disney animator, a character animator and a supervising animator who has formerly worked on many Disney films at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Orlando, Florida.

First hired by the Disney Studios in 1982.

Disney Filmography Credits

Year	Film	Position
1985	The Black Cauldron	Animator: Dallben and Fflewddur Fflam
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Character Animator: David Q. Dawson
1988	Oliver & Company	Supervising Animator
1989	The Little Mermaid	Directing Animator
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Supervising Animator
1991	Beauty and the Beast	Supervising Animator: Maurice
1994	The Lion King	Supervising Animator: Adult Simba
1995	Pocahontas	Supervising Animator: Powhatan
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Additional Animator
1998	Mulan	Supervising Animator: Shang and Fa Li
1999	Tarzan	Additional Animator
2000	Fantasia 2000	Additional Animator
2002	Lilo & Stitch	Supervising Animator: Pleakley and David Kawena
2003	Brother Bear	Supervising Animator: Denahi
2007	Meet the Robinsons	Supervising Animator: Mildred and Mr. Willerstein
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Supervising Animator: Eudora and James
2011	The Ballad of Nessie	Animator
	Winnie the Pooh	Animator
2013	Frozen	Additional Visual Development Artist

Gallery

Maurice

Adult Simba

Powhatan

Shang

Fa Li

Pleakley

David Kawena

Denahi

Mildred

Mr. Willerstein

Eudora

James

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