Bruce W. Smith

About

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Bruce W. Smith is an American character animator, film director, and television producer, best known as the creator of Disney's The Proud Family. He studied animation in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. One of the few Black animators working in the industry, Smith got his start as an assistant animator for Bill Meléndez's 1984 Garfield television special Garfield in the Rough. He went on to animate for Baer Animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and in 1992 directed his first feature, Bébé's Kids. Other notable work for Smith during the mid-1990s included supervising the animation for The Pagemaster, serving as director and character designer for Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, designing the characters for A Goofy Movie and C Bear and Jamal, and co-directing the animated segments of Space...

Known for

Lilo & Stitch: The SeriesSeries • 2003Arli$$Series • 1996ThunderCatsSeries • 1985Wreck-It RalphMovie • 2012The Proud FamilySeries • 2001The Emperor's New GrooveMovie • 2000Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries • 1995Home on the RangeMovie • 2004The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderSeries • 2022The Princess and the FrogMovie • 2009SilverHawksSeries • 1986Who Framed Roger RabbitMovie • 1988A Goofy MovieMovie • 1995Winnie the PoohMovie • 2011Space JamMovie • 1996The PagemasterMovie • 1994Bebe's KidsMovie • 1992The Smurfs: A Christmas CarolMovie • 2011The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy HollowMovie • 2013The Proud Family MovieMovie • 2005Rover DangerfieldMovie • 1991Tummy TroubleMovie • 1989Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightMovie • 1987Hair LoveMovie • 2019