David Pruiksma
{{short description|American animator (born 1957)}}
David Pruiksma (born January 15, 1957) is an American animator{{cite book|last=Grant|first=John|title=Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's animated characters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7ozAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=18 August 2011|date=1998-04-29|publisher=Hyperion Books|isbn=978-0-7868-6336-5|pages=318–}}{{cite book|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Questions for the Movie Answer Man|url=https://archive.org/details/questionsformovi00eber|url-access=registration|accessdate=18 August 2011|date=1997-06-01|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=978-0-8362-2894-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/questionsformovi00eber/page/141 141]–}} best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company and occasionally other studios.
Early life and education
Pruiksma was born and raised in Falls Church, Virginia where he attended J.E.B. Stuart High School. He graduated in 1975.{{cite journal|last=Walsh|first=Daniella|date=2 October 2012|title=Drawing Inspiration: David Pruiksma|journal=Laguna Beach Magazine|url=http://www.lagunabeachmagazine.com/drawing-inspiration-david-pruiksma/ | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20240719051304/http://www.lagunabeachmagazine.com/drawing-inspiration-david-pruiksma/
|archive-date =19 July 2024 | access-date=May 20, 2025}} He then studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York for two years. He left to attend California Institute of the Arts where he received a degree in character animation in 1981.
Career
Following graduation, Pruiksma was hired as an assistant animator at Disney and worked on the films The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers Down Under. He rose to supervising animator and created the characters of Mrs. Potts and her son Chip in Beauty and the Beast.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1143404975/?match=1&terms=%22Dave%20Pruiksma%22 | newspaper=USA Today | date=November 29, 1991 | page=Weekend 5 | title=From Mame to Mean to Mom | first=Dan | last=Olmsted }} Other characters including The Sultan in Aladdin,{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/574839884/?match=1&terms=%22Dave%20Pruiksma%22%20Flit | newspaper=The Spokesman-Review | date=February 7, 1997 | page=3 | title=Despite changes in attitudes, 'Bambi' still appeals to all ages | first=Dan | last=Webster}} Pumbaa's luau scene in The Lion King,{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/153341164/?match=1&terms=%22David%20Pruiksma%22%20Pumbaa | newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal | date=December 22, 1994 | page=36 | first=Roger | last=Ebert | title= Hey! What happened to Pumbaa's sweat?}} Flit in Pocahontas, Hugo and Victor in The Hunchback of Notre Dame{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/99645912/?match=1&terms=%22Dave%20Pruiksma%22 | newspaper=Detroit Free Press | date=June 15, 1996 | page=4C | title=Talk of the Toon | first=Susan | last=Stark}} and Mrs. Wilhelmina Bertha Packard and Mister Fenton Q. Harcourt in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
After completing working on 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Pruiksma left Disney because of his disenchantment with "Disney's greed-driven corporate structure." He then worked freelance as an animation director and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. He also accepted a position teaching at the Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) from the animation department's former chair Dave Kuhn, who Pruiksma had trained at Disney.
Pruiksma was a full-time faculty member at LCAD in Laguna Beach, California until his retirement in 2018.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Credits ! Characters ! Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Assistant Animator | ||
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Character Animator | ||
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | Animator | rowspan="2" | End Credited And Known As Dave Pruiksma | |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | rowspan="3" | Character Animator | ||
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | |||
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | End Credited And Known As Dave Pruiksma | ||
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | rowspan="2" | Supervising Animator | Mrs. Potts And Chip Potts | |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Sultan | ||
| 1994 | The Lion King | Animator | Pumbaa's luau scene | rowspan="2" | End Credited And Known As Dave Pruiksma |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Supervising Animator / Additional Story Development Artist | Flit And Forest Animals | |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | rowspan="2" | Supervising Animator | Hugo And Victor | |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Mrs. Wilhelmina Bertha Packard and Mister Fenton Q. Harcourt | rowspan="2" | End Credited And Known As Dave Pruiksma | |
| 2003 | Captain Sturdy: The Originals (TV Short) | Additional Animator | ||
| rowspan="2"|2004-2005 | One by One (Video short) | Animator | ||
| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Series) | Story / Teleplay / Animation Director - 2 Episodes | End Credited And Known As Dave Pruiksma | ||
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary) | rowspan="2" | Voice | Himself | |
| 2013 | A Little Hitch (Short) | Mother |
References
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External links
- [http://www.pruiksma.com/Bio.html Official website]
- {{IMDb name|0699213}}
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Category:Animators from Virginia
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people
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