Ken Duncan

Born: Ken Stuart Duncan
Birthday: March 4, 1964
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater: Sheridan College
Occupation: Animator, Producer
Years active: 1985-present

After attending Sheridan College, Ken Duncan worked in England and Spain where he collaborated on television commercials and feature films starring the French comic character Asterix.

Ken moved on to Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he served as an Animator and Supervising Animator for characters such as Jafar from Aladdin, Belle from Beauty & the Beast, Jane from Tarzan, and Meg from Hercules.

After Disney, he was the Supervising Animator of Angie for Dreamworks Animation’s Shark Tale. Duncan established a studio for Reel FX, where he served as Creative Director and Supervising Animator on projects including TMNT (Ninja Turtles) and The Wild.

Ken has earned three ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards nominations in the category of “Best Individual Achievement in Character Animation” for Hercules, Tarzan, and Shark Tale. Additionally, The Visual Effects Society nominated Ken’s work on Shark Tale for “Outstanding Performance” and an “Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature.” for the film 9.

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Lavalle Lee

Lavalle Lee has been creating animated cartoons online since 1999/2000 for his website flashcartoons.org. Many cartoons on the site have gained viral video status reaching millions of viewers online. In 2009, Lavalle started learning hand drawn animation from Don Bluth in his animation classes, as well as attending his Masterclasses in Arizona. He has also personally studied animation and visual effects from Veteran Disney animators in Orlando, FL.

Lavalle is widely known in the animation industry as the creator of the TraditionalAnimation.com website. After seeing that most animation sites were about all types of animation, not any specific to classical hand drawn animation, Lavalle knew Traditional Animation needed to be represented online. TraditionalAnimation.com has become the leading website and social media account for all things 2D. The website served as inspiration for “The Traditional Animation Show” in which Lavalle was both producer and host.

His partnership with Don Bluth began when he championed the Dragon's Lair Indiegogo campaign as lead project manager, editor, voice actor and in-betweener. The campaign reached $730,000 dollars to produce a 7-minute pitch video. In 2017, Lavalle brought the idea of creating a school to Don Bluth, and Don Bluth University was born. After a decade of learning from Don Bluth and working together on multiple pitches and business ventures, Lavalle accepted the position as Vice President of Don Bluth's new company Don Bluth Studios.