Andreas Deja Left Disney

[Sotiris]

Anon#1: Duncan Marjoribanks and Mike Srurey have left the studio and also Andreas Deja has taken a leave of absence although most people seem to think he's going to return eventually.

Anon#2: For what it's worth Mr. Deja no longer lists Disney as his employer:

http://www.blogger.com/profile/10503659818150293229

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... izing.html

[Sotiris]

From Andreas Deja's blog profile:

I spent 30 years at Disney. Right now I am focusing on my own animated short films, sculpting with wire and this Blog. I might be back at Disney some time.....who knows.

Source: http://www.blogger.com/profile/10503659818150293229

[KubrickFan]

Well, John Lasseter claims another victim (just joking).

[Refael]

What happens to the studio!
First Glen Keane and now Anders leaves ... I do not believe ):
That's it, Without these two people the studio was finished,
Can not Lothoochach it

"If you take the drawing out of Disney, it just isn't Disney"

[Jules]

Don't be overly melodramatic Refael. The studio is not finished. I can understand it feels hard to see these people go because they were the face of WDAS these last 25 to 30 years. But there is plenty of young talent.

In fact, I ask ... shouldn't WDAS be developing its new Andreas Dejas and Glen Keanes and Mark Henns at this point? These people are considered the new generation of animators that continued the Disney tradition of animated features in the 1980s, but in truth they aren't young and new anymore. They will soon reach the same age attained by the Nine Old Men when some of those started retiring.

[ajmrowland]

This is far from the first important people left the studio. Many did back in walt's day, and one returned decades later in the 90s.

Will Finn left a few years ago. He returned too, but not before moving up the ladder a step at Dreamworks.

Sanders and Deblois, although different from other employees, left the studio and havent returned.

[milojthatch]

This is sad, but I think deep down inside we knew it had to happen one day. The nine old men and other classic Disney Animators from Walt's era one by one left or retired, now it is time for the 1980's group to do the same, and they have been. Lassiter is there however running things, let's hope some new talent is discovered and nurtured and we have a third generation of awesome Disney animators.

I won't lie, I have my worries, but I'm hopeful the next great group is just about ready to take the spot light.

[DisneyAnimation88]

That's it, Without these two people the studio was finished,

Disney survived the death of it's founder nearly half a century ago so I think they'll survive this.

[Disney Duster]

It's rather sad that...they kind of only produced about 4 or 5 films that are considered really great classics...while Disney's Nine Old Men produced a lot more... But if I was Andreas Deja or Glen Keane, I'd leave the studio as well because of how they are changing and getting all un-Disney!

[DisneyAnimation88]

Welcome back Disney Duster. For me, Andreas Deja is one of very few animators whose work comes close to the quality of the work done by the most talented of the Nine Old Men, Ward Kimball and Frank Thomas. It's sad that he's gone but hopefully he will return and as Julian Carter and ajmrowland said, a new generation of brilliant animators will start to emerge.

[Sotiris]

...a new generation of brilliant animators will start to emerge.

Perhaps. But they'll be CGI animators and not hand-drawn animators. Disney will not be willing to train hand-drawn animators since they consider 2D animation a dying and unprofitable medium.

[DisneyAnimation88]

Perhaps, only time will tell. But until the day that Disney says that that is the case and they will no longer produce any hand-drawn content, I would rather believe that the medium has a future at the company.

[Sotiris]

But until the day that Disney says that that is the case and they will no longer produce any hand-drawn content, I would rather believe that the medium has a future at the company.

If they do, I don't think they'll announce it. They will just stop producing it.

[DisneyAnimation88]

Like all things, we will have to wait and see. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull are on record saying that hand-drawn animation at the Studio will definitely continue so I'm just going to take their word at the minute, mostly because I would like to believe that the medium isn't simply going to be abandoned.

[ajmrowland]

...a new generation of brilliant animators will start to emerge.

Perhaps. But they'll be CGI animators and not hand-drawn animators. Disney will not be willing to train hand-drawn animators since they consider 2D animation a dying and unprofitable medium.

That's not set in stone. There are a lot of animators who still train in 2D.

[DisneyJedi]

Perhaps. But they'll be CGI animators and not hand-drawn animators. Disney will not be willing to train hand-drawn animators since they consider 2D animation a dying and unprofitable medium.

What?! Says who?! Lest we forget, John Lasseter WANTS to bring back 2D films!

[Sotiris]

So, if Andreas is still away, that probably means that are no hand-drawn features in the pipeline yet.

Q: What are you doing now?

Andreas Deja: We had just started on Winnie the Pooh and we had a meeting with management and it was announced that the Snow Queen would be cancelled which was supposed to be our next 2D film and that the director Chris Buck actually would jump over to a new project which would be CG.

I thought "OK, I can see where this is going" and that there wouldn't be any 2D for a long time. I saw that coming. So, I went in and I said you know if we have so much downtime coming up after Pooh, I’d rather not do downtime, I’d rather do something. And I have these ideas in my head for personal films, so why don’t I leave after I finish Pooh and then when and if you have something, I’d be happy to come back. And that’s the way it stands right now.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... rt-ii.html

[Victurtle]

Yay









Joking. You know if they didn't cut those extremely profitable 2D sequels, then 2D wouldn't be perceived as unprofitable as it is. and based on Cinderella 3 and Ariel's Beginning, they were certainly improving on quality. Thanks Lasetter

[DisneyJedi]

Ugh. Thanks a lot, Disney!

Talk about screwing us over. AGAIN!!! Really, Disney, if you're gonna promise something, go through on it! If you can't do that, DON'T promise anything!!!

Let's face it; they don't care anything about 2D animation. All they care about is making money, and it's all Michael 'Scrooge' Eisner's fault! If he hadn't gone and come up with the DTV sequels, then 2D animation wouldn't be dying and Disney wouldn't have become cheapskates! But NOOO!!!!! He just HAD to run the company into the ground! It's his fault the company is in ruins and I hope that he gets a fatal disease or something!

[estefan]

^ Somebody's been hanging around with Vincent Gallo.

You're acting as traditional animation has stopped happening at Disney. It hasn't. They still distribute Studio Ghibli's work and produce series like Phineas and Ferb. But, let's face it. Film is a business and computer animation is a lot more profitable at the moment. But, let's just see how Pooh does. It might just surprise us.