Bruce W. Smith

Bruce W. Smith Movies and TV Shows

​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 Jam. He was also was the creator of Da Boom Crew along with John P. White and Stiles White. In 1998 he joined Walt Disney Feature Animation, Smith served as a supervising animator on four of its films: Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Home on the Range and The Princess and the Frog. In 2000 when he still worked for Hyperion Pictures, he piloted his series The Proud Family to Nickelodeon, who passed on it. Disney Channel eventually picked the series up the following year and ran it until 2005. The series was the first to be produced by his production company Jambalaya Studios. Smith grew up in Central Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce W. Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Date of birth: 1/1/1961 (63 years old)
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2022

Animation

Comedy

Family

3.1
79%
Hair Love
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 77%
role:
Director
Not available
2019

Animation

Drama

Family

7.4
77%
Not available
Wreck-It Ralph
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Additional Effects Development
2012

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

7.7
73%
Winnie the Pooh
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Supervising Animator
2011

Animation

Family

7.1
69%
The Princess and the Frog
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Supervising Animator
2009

Animation

Family

Romance

7.2
71%
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2005

Animation

Comedy

Family

TV Movie

5.3
59%
Home on the Range
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Supervising Animator
2004

Animation

Family

5.4
60%
The Proud Family
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 80%
role:
Producer
Not available
2001

Animation

6.5
80%
Not available
ThunderCats
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 82%
role:
Writer
1985

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
82%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Bruce W. Smith are, for example, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Wreck-It Ralph and Winnie the Pooh.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Disney+, Prime Video and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are ThunderCats (8.1), Wreck-It Ralph (7.5) and The Princess and the Frog (7.2).
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