Born: William Snelgrove Finn
Birthday: Novenber 1, 1958
Location: New York City, NY, U.S.
Alma mater: Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Occupation: Animator, Writer, Storyboard, Director
Years active: 1979–present
Will Finn got his start at working as an animator for Don Bluth’s 1982 animated film “The Secret of NIMH.” His efforts for Don Bluth Productions continued in the animated laserdisc games “Dragon’s Lair,” “Space Ace,” and “Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp.”
Moving to Disney, he served as an animator for such films as “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.” Along with John Sanford, he wrote, directed, and produced the 2004 feature film “Home on the Range.”
After Disney, Finn worked as an animator and storyboard artist for several DreamWorks Animation films, and directed the animated short “Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure,” a spin-off of Over the Hedge. He also directed the 2013 film “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return”
(Will Finn has also been credited as Bill Snelgrove and William Finn)
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