Disney Animator: Andreas Deja
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Joined Company: 1980
- Notes:
- Andreas Deja was born in Gdansk, Poland. When he was 10, he earned enough money to
- watch The Jungle Book playing in Dusseldorf. With the help of the German-English
- dictionary, he wrote to "Walt Disney Studios, America," inquiring how to become a
- Disney animator. His talent was later discovered by Eric Larson, and he moved on
- working for Disney. Deja's first project was The Black Cauldron, where he animated
- Gurki.
Other Projects:
- Helped animate Mickey Mouse in "The Prince and the Pauper", and has served as
- supervising animator on Gaston in and the Beast", Jafar in "Aladdin", and Scar
- in "The Lion King"
Supervising Animator:
- Gurki (The Black Cauldron)
- The Mouse Queen (The Great Mouse Detective)
- Oliver & Company
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- King Triton, Vanessa * (The Little Mermaid)
- Mickey Mouse (The Prince and the Pauper) (short)
- Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
- Jafar (Aladdin)
- Scar (The Lion King)
- Hercules (Hercules)
- (Rhapsody in Blue [Fantasia 2000])
- Lilo (Lilo and Stitch)
- *co-animator with Chris Baily and Kathy Zielinski
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