- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Bruce W. Smith
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 J…
Filmography
A Proud Family Wizmas
movieA Proud Family Wizmas
2026 · Executive Producer
movieNot Just a Goof
2024 · Self
moviePencils vs Pixels
2023 · Self
tvThe Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022 · Executive Producer, Creator
movieHair Love
2019 · Director
movieWreck-It Ralph
2012 · Additional Effects Development
movieWinnie the Pooh
2011 · Supervising Animator
movieMagic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
2010 · Self
movieThe Princess and the Frog
2009 · Supervising Animator
movieThe Proud Family Movie
2005 · Director
tvDa Boom Crew
2004 · Producer, Creator
movieOne by One
2004 · Visual Development
movieHome on the Range
2004 · Supervising Animator
tvLilo & Stitch: The Series
2003 · Writer
movieThe Sweatbox
2002 · Self
tvThe Proud Family
2001 · Director, Producer, Creator
movieThe Emperor's New Groove
2000 · Supervising Animator
movieSpace Jam
1996 · Animation Director
tvArli$$
1996 · Bruce Smith
movieA Goofy Movie
1995 · Character Designer
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Director
movieThe Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994 · Self
movieThe Pagemaster
1994 · Animation Director, Supervising Animator
movieBebe's Kids
1992 · Director
movieRover Dangerfield
1991 · Sequence Supervisor
movieTummy Trouble
1989 · Animation
movieBack to Neverland
1989 · Animator
moviePinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987 · Animation
tvSilverHawks
1986 · Writer
tvThunderCats
1985 · Writer
movieGarfield in the Rough
1984 · Key Animation