GARY TROUSDALE (Director) made his feature directing debut with "Beauty and the Beast." He had been associated with Disney Animation since 1984 when he came to work as an effects assistant on "The Black Cauldron." He went on to join the story development team and contributed in that capacity to three successive and successful films: "Oliver & Company," "The Little Mermaid" and "The Rescuers Down Under." Most recently, he served an important role in storyboarding the Studio's 1994 blockbuster, "The Lion King." His other credits include story and design work on Disney's award-winning, innovative computer animated short, "Oilspot and Lipstick," as well as preliminary story development on "The Prince and the Pauper," "Aladdin" and other projects.
