Will Finn is an American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, and director.
Career His work in animation includes characters from Disney, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, and Don Bluth films such as The Secret of NIMH, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, and Pocahontas. Finn animated such characters as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Iago in Aladdin, and Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Finn wrote and directed Home on the Range and voiced the character of Hollywood Fish in Chicken Little. In 2006, Finn directed the animated short Hammy's Boomerang Adventure, a spin-off of Over the Hedge.Will Finn: "Don't Go Looking for a Job in Animation"|Cartoon BrewA Chat with Legendary Animator Will Finn - Vancouver Institute of Media ArtsCogworth, Iago, & Comedic Animation with Will Finn - Bancroft Brothers Animation PodcastBeauty and the Beast's Lumiere and Cogsworth Have a Fascinating Real-Life Backstory|Vanity Fair
Filmography Year Title Credits Characters 1979 Banjo the Woodpile Cat (TV Short) Special Thanks 1982 The Secret of NIMH Animator / Story Adaptation 1983 Dragon's Lair (Video Game) Animator 1984 Space Ace (Video Game) Voice / Animator Dexter (voice)Behind The Voice Actors 1987 Sport Goofy in Soccermania (Short) Animator Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 1988 Oliver & Company Character Animator 1988–1989 Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 33 Episodes 1989 The Little Mermaid Character Animator 1990 Happily Ever After Model Designer / Storyboard Artist / Animator Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes / Model Designer - 4 Episodes The Rescuers Down Under Storyboard Artist / Character Animator 1991 Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (Video Game) Voice / Animator Gatekeeper (Voice)Beauty and the Beast Supervising Animator Cogsworth 1992 Aladdin Iago 1994 The Return of Jafar (Video) Storyboard Aladdin (TV Series) Character Designer - 1 Episode Chariots of Fur (Short) Animator 1995 A Goofy Movie Character Designer Pocahontas Visual Development / Character Designer / Additional Story Development Carrotblanca (Short) Character Animator 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Head of Story / Additional Screenplay Material / Supervising Animator LaverneQuack Pack (TV Series) Supervising Animator - 1 Episode 1997 Pullet Surprise (Short) Additional Animator 2000 The Road to El Dorado Additional Sequences 2001 Clerks (TV Series) Storyboard Revisionist - 1 Episode 2004 Home on the Range Written & Directed By / Story A Dairy Tale (Video short) Director 2004-2005 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 4 Episodes Chicken Little Voice Hollywood Fish (voice) 2006 Over the Hedge Storyboard Artist Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (Video short) Director My Life as a Teenage Robot (TV Series) Written by - 2 Episodes 2006–2007 Storyboard Artist - 2 Episodes 2007 Shrek the Halls (TV Short) Additional Story Artist 2008 Sita Sings the Blues Donor Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Additional Story Artist 2009 Astro Boy Storyboard Artist 2010 Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Video) Additional Story Artist 2011 YooHoo & Friends (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes The Looney Tunes Show (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (Video short) Additional Animator: Duncan Studio Production 2013 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Director Free Birds Storyboard Artist 2016 The Angry Birds Movie Additional Story Artist It's Your Birthday (Short) Animated & Directed by 2016–2017 The Tom and Jerry Show (TV Series) Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes / Story - 1 Episode 2017 Rock Dog Voice / Storyboard Artist / Additional Story Material Floyd / Carl (Voice) 2018 Animal Crackers Storyboard Artist 2021 Tom and Jerry in New York Story - 13 Episodes 2022 Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! Story 2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Storyboard Artist 2023 Once Upon a Studio (Short) Animator
Awards In 2005, Finn received a nomination with John Sanford for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Annie Award for Home on the Range. In 2013, Finn received a nomination with Daniel St. Pierre for Best Feature Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival for Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
References
External links
Will Finn's blog Will Finn at IMDb