Brenda Chapman Lima is a staff member of Pixar. She was one of three directors who worked on 1998's The Prince of Egypt (along with Steve Hickner and Simon Wells). Pixar Animation Studios is an award-winning American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ... The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated film, the first animated film produced and released by DreamWorks SKG. It is loosely based on the life of Moses in Exodus (Chapters 1 to 20). ... Simon Wells is the great-great grandson of H.G. Wells. ...

A native of the state of Illinois, Chapman's interest in animation as a teenager led her to study at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). During her summer breaks, she began her professional career working in syndicated television animation. After graduating with a BFA in Character Animation, she was a story trainee on Disney's successful animated film The Little Mermaid. She later served as head of story another Disney film, The Lion King, overseeing both the writers and the artists on the project. Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Entrance to CalArts on McBean Parkway The California Institute of the Arts is commonly referred to as CalArts. ... The Bachelor of Fine Arts, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... The Little Mermaid is the twenty-eighth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... For the theatrical musical, see The Lion King (musical). ...

Chapman also worked in story and development for other animated films such as The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (all from Disney). She has been with DreamWorks Animation from its inception in the fall of 1994. The Rescuers Down Under is the twenty-ninth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and was released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on November 16, 1990. ... Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated film, the thirtieth animated feature to be released by the Walt Disney Company. ... The Hunchback of Notre Dame (also known as The Bells of Notre Dame in some countries) is the thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ...

Chapman is only the third woman ever to direct an animated film (Lotte Reiniger of The Adventures of Prince Achmed, and Arna Selznick of The Care Bears Movie, came before her). Charlotte Reiniger (June 2, 1899 - June 19, 1981) was a German and later British silhouette animator. ... Die Geschichte des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the German animator Lotte Reiniger. ... Arna Selznick, a Canadian-born animation director, is married to her working partner, writer/director John van Bruggen. ... The Care Bears Movie is an animated feature film, released in 1985, that was the first to feature the popular Care Bears toy characters. ...

She is married to husband Kevin Lima, a member of the Disney Studios. Kevin Lima Kevin Lima, born 1962, is an American film director who most people might not know about by hearing his name. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

During her career, she also participated in the production of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (from Disney's Touchstone subsidiary), as well as DreamWorks' Chicken Run. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 film, produced by Disney subsidiary Touchstone and Amblin Entertainment, that combines animation and live action. ... The Touchstone lightning logo, used from 1986 to 2003. ... A chicken run is also an enclosed yard for keeping poultry. ...

References

• Biography of Brenda Chapman @ filmbug.com. Retrieved May 24, 2006.

External link

• Brenda Chapman at the Internet Movie Database