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Biography:

DAVID BURGESS is Head of Character Animation on DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters Vs. Aliens." Most recently he served as one of the supervising animators on the hip hit comedy "Bee Movie." Prior to that, Burgess' list of DreamWorks Animation credits includes a supervising animator position on "Over the Hedge," and animator on "Madagascar" and "Shrek 2."

Burgess got his industry start assisting filmmaker John Weldon at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal. He gradually made a shift to animating for television commercials at Michael Mills' Commercial Studio in Montreal and later at Animation House in Toronto.

In 1990, he began working at Walt Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, California. At Disney, he worked on many of their most successful productions. His assignments included: supervising animator on "Tarzan" (Professor Porter) and "The Lion King" (The Hyenas), as well as working as an animator on "Beauty and the Beast" (Gaston/Bimbettes) and "Aladdin" (Genie), among many others.

Born and raised in Orange County, California, Burgess attended the Emily Carr College of Art & Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, and graduated with honors in animation in 1981. Prior to that, he attended Vernon Senior Secondary School in Vernon, British Columbia.

Burgess is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and has taught animation courses in San Francisco and online.

FILMOGRAPHY

  1. Leonardo (2010) (animator)
  2. B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009) (V) (head of character animation)
  3. Monsters vs Aliens (2009) (head of character animation) ... aka "Monsters vs Aliens: A Monstrous IMAX 3D Experience" - USA (IMAX version)
  4. Bee Movie (2007) (supervising animator)
  5. Flushed Away (2006) (additional animator)
  6. Over the Hedge (2006) (supervising animator)
  7. Madagascar (2005) (animator)
  8. One by One (2004) (V) (animator)
  9. Shrek 2 (2004) (animator) (as David Burgess)
  10. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (CG character animator)
  11. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (animator: Milo)
  12. Tarzan (1999) (supervising animator: "Porter")
  13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (supervising animator: "Archdeacon") ... aka "The Bells of Notre Dame" - Japan (English title)
  14. Pocahontas (1995) (animator: "Grandmother Willow") (as David Burgess)
  15. "Garfield and Friends" (supervising animator) (1 episode, 1994)     - Sit on It/Kiddy Korner/Brainwave Broadcast (1994) TV episode (supervising animator) (as David Burgess)
  16. The Lion King (1994) (supervising animator: "Hyenas") (as David Burgess) ... aka "El rey león" - USA (Spanish title)... aka "Lion King" - Japan (English title)
  17. Aladdin (1992) (animator: "Genie") (as David Burgess)
  18. The Magic Voyage (1992) (key animator) (as David Burgess) ... aka "Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus" - Germany (original title)
  19. Beauty and the Beast (1991) (animator: "Gaston") (as David Burgess) ... aka "Beauty and the Beast 3-D" - USA (3-D version)... aka "Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition" - USA (longer version)
  20. The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (character animator) (as David Burgess)
  21. Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987) (TV) (supervising animator) (as David Burgess)
  22. Garfield in Paradise (1986) (TV) (key animator) (as David Burgess)
  23. "Paw Paws" (animator) (18 episodes, 1985-1986)     - Lost Lake Monster (1986) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - The Great Paw Paw Turnaround (1986) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Two Heads Are Better Than None (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Egging Dark Paw On (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Genie Without a Lamp (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)       (13 more)
  24. Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! (1986) (TV) (animator)
  25. Moses (1986) (V) (animator) (as David Burgess) ... aka "The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible - Moses" - USA (series title)
  26. "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" (animator) (13 episodes, 1985)     - Horror-Scope Scoob (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - The Ghouliest Show on Earth (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Coast-to-Ghost (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Scooby in Kwackyland (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - It's a Wonderful Scoob (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)       (8 more)
  27. "Smurfs" (animator) (50 episodes, 1984-1985) ... aka "Smurfs' Adventures" - USA (syndication title)    - All Work and No Smurf/Gargamel's Time Trip (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Brainy's Smarty Party (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - They're Smurfing Our Song (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Have You Smurfed Your Pet, Today?/Unsound Smurfs (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)     - Smurfette's Rose/The Mr. Smurf Contest (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)       (45 more)
  28. Garfield in Disguise (1985) (TV) (key animator) (as David Burgess) ... aka "Garfield's Halloween Adventure" - USA (reissue title)
  29. "The Jetsons" (animator) (1 episode, 1985)     - The Swiss Family Jetson (1985) TV episode (animator) (as David Burgess)
  30. Real Inside (1984) (assistant animator) (as David Burgess)

    31. Source: IMDB

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