Ann Sullivan was an animator for Disney and Hanna Barbera, working on films including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Lion King,” and “The Emperor’s New Groove.”
Sullivan began working in the animation paint lab at Disney Studios in the 1950s, though she took time off to raise her children. She returned to animation in the 1970s, first working for Hanna Barbera and then returning to Disney, where she had a hand in some of the studio’s modern classics. Sullivan worked in the paint lab for films including “The Little Mermaid” and “Oliver and Company,” and she painted cels for “The Lion King,” “Pocahontas,” “Hercules,” “Tarzan,” “The Emperor’s New Groove,” “Lilo & Stitch,” and others.
What people said about her
Ann Sullivan is credited as S. Ann Sullivan on IMDb, and she's credited on a number of Disney Renaissance classics, such as The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. Inking and painting was, even in the 90s, a valuable if easy-to-miss part of the animation process. Sad, sad story.
“All she ever wanted to do was work at Disney, and she did. Ann rejoined the animation dept in time to paint and ink on such classics as Little Mermaid, Lion King…Stunningly, late in her career, she made the switch to computerized animated production” https://t.co/fPUu6owI3x
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