Dale Schott
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|name = Dale Schott
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|occupation = Animation crewmember
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|birth_place = Norfolk, Ontario
|known_for = Directing Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
|alma_mater = Sheridan College
|years_active = Late 1970s–present
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Dale Schott is a Canadian animator, writer and storyboard artist,{{cite journal|last=Tolusso|first=Susan|title=Animation writing: 'You have to almost see it,' says Schott|date=July 3, 1995|journal=Playback|publisher=Brunico Communications|page=21}} best known for directing the 1986 animated film Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation.{{cite web|last=Weagle|first=Gregory|url=http://cloudkicker.50webs.com/Info/tscrewtribute.htm|title=TaleSpin Crew Tribute|date=December 29, 2010|accessdate=July 27, 2011|publisher=Unofficial Kit Cloudckicker Homepage}}
Career
Over the years, Schott has served on various productions as an "animator, overseas animation supervisor, storyboard artist, director, writer and story editor". After graduating from the animation program at Ontario's Sheridan College in 1979, he started working at several studios, among them Toronto's Nelvana.{{cite book|last=Beck|first=Jerry|authorlink=Jerry Beck|title=The Animated Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck|url-access=registration|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|page=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/48 48]|year=2005|isbn=1-55652-591-5|publisher=Chicago Reader Press}} He was a "'junior' animator" on its TV special Take Me Up to the Ball Game, and its first feature, 1983's Rock & Rule. He was a storyboard artist for the first season of the DIC television series, Inspector Gadget, which was produced at Nelvana as work-for-hire.
Schott also storyboarded 1985's The Care Bears Movie,{{cite video |people=Selznick, Arna (director) |date=1985 |title= The Care Bears Movie |medium=Animated film |publisher=The Samuel Goldwyn Company (distributor) / Nelvana Limited / American Greetings / CPG Products Corp }} and made his directorial debut in the 1986 follow-up A New Generation. Later on, he was also among the crew of Ewoks (a Nelvana/Lucasfilm collaboration), the original Babar series, and Rupert.
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0774927|name=Dale Schott}}
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Category:Film directors from Ontario
Category:Canadian animated film directors
Category:Canadian male screenwriters
Category:Canadian storyboard artists
Category:Canadian television directors
Category:Canadian television writers
Category:Canadian male television writers
Category:People from Norfolk County, Ontario
Category:20th-century Canadian screenwriters
Category:20th-century Canadian male writers
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