Russell H. "Russ" Edmonds is an American animator who has worked as a character animator, an animator, a supervising animator, a lead animator and a final line animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He worked on several Disney feature films, including Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Home on the Range, The Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh. He studied at the Program in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Along with his wife, Angela, Edmonds owns and directs the Edmonds Studios, an independent animation production studio in Red Bluff, California.
Filmography Year Title Credits Characters 1986 Snookles (Short) Special Thanks Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (Short) "Aided And Abetted By" 1987 A Story (Short) Thanks Amazing Stories (TV Series) Principal Animator - 1 Episode 1988 Somewhere in the Arctic (Short) Thanks Oliver & Company Character Animator 1989 The Little Mermaid 1990 The Rescuers Down Under Supervising Animator 1991 Beauty and the Beast Phillipe 1992 Aladdin Animator Aladdin 1993 The Simpsons (TV Series) Animator/Character Designer - 1 Episode 1994 The Lion King Supervising Animator Sarabi 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame PhoebusQuack Pack (TV Series) Supervising Animator - 1 Episode 1999 Tarzan Supervising Animator Kala 2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini 2004 Home on the Range Rico, The Willie Brothers and Horses 2005 Kronk's New Groove (Video) Walk Cycle Animator 2006 Curious George Animator: Project Firefly 2007 Slacker Cats (TV Series) Animator - 1 Episode 2008 The Mr. Men Show (TV Series) 2009 Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart Goes Green! (Video short) Animator Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart in the Water! (Video short) The Princess and the Frog Animator / Lead Animator Prince Naveen, Marcel and Stella 2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) Animator - Segment "What The Oscars Would Mean To Me": "The Princess and the Frog" Prince Naveen 2011 Winnie the Pooh Animator TiggerBubble Guppies Storyboard Artist - 1 Episode 2012 Paperman (Short) Final Line Animator 2013 Get a Horse! (Short) Animator 2015 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 4 Episodes 2019 Wonder Park Story Artist
Awards Edmonds was nominated for the 1996 Annie Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Animation" as the supervising animator of Phoebus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
References Beck, Jerry, The Animated Movie Guide, Chicago Review Press, 2005, 348pp, Hill, Sally M.'Atlantis' animator visits Houston, The Daily Cougar, University of Houston, July 27, 2001 ''Pair of Disney artists to exhibit 'Ranch Art''' Redding Record, Scripps Interactive Newspapers January 13, 2008
External links Edmonds Studios animation website