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Bruce W. Smith

Bruce W. Smith

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born January 1, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Bruce W. Smith is an American character animator, film director, and television producer, best known as the creator of Disney's The Proud Family. He studied animation in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. One of the few Black animators working in the industry, Smith got his start as an assistant animator for Bill Meléndez's 1984 Garfield television special Garfield in the Rough. He went on to animate for Baer Animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and in 1992 directed his first feature, Bébé's Kids. Other notable work for Smith during the mid-1990s included supervising the animation for The Pagemaster, serving as director and character designer for Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, designing the characters for A Goofy Movie and C Bear and Jamal, and co-directing the animated segments of Space Jam. He was also was the creator of Da Boom Crew along with John P. White and Stiles White. In 1998 he joined Walt Disney Feature Animation, Smith served as a supervising animator on four of its films: Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Home on the Range and The Princess and the Frog. In 2000 when he still worked for Hyperion Pictures, he piloted his series The Proud Family to Nickelodeon, who passed on it. Disney Channel eventually picked the series up the following year and ran it until 2005. The series was the first to be produced by his production company Jambalaya Studios. Smith grew up in Central Los Angeles.

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Filmography

Actor

9

Type

Year

53rd Annual Annie Awards Video2026Self - Presenter

Not Just a Goof Poster

Not Just a Goof Feature Film2025Self

Pencils vs Pixels Poster

Pencils vs Pixels Feature Film2023Self

Inside the Black Actors Studio Poster

Inside the Black Actors Studio TV Series2019Self - Guest

Cartoons VS Cancer TV Series2015Self

The Princess and the Frog Poster

The Princess and the Frog Feature Film2009Party Guest

The Princess and the Frog Poster

The Princess and the Frog Video Game2009

The Sweatbox Poster

The Sweatbox Documentary2002Self

Back to Neverland Poster

Back to Neverland Short Film1989Self - animator

Writer

7

Type

Year

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Poster

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder TV Series2022

The Proud Family Movie Poster

The Proud Family Movie TV Movie2005

Da Boom Crew Poster

Da Boom Crew TV Series2004

The Proud Family Shorties Poster

The Proud Family Shorties Mini-Series2002

The Proud Family Poster

The Proud Family TV Series2001

Silverhawks Poster

Silverhawks TV Series1986

Thundercats Poster

Thundercats TV Series1985

Producer

6

Type

Year

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Poster

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder TV Series2022

Substance Poster

Substance Short Film2019

The Proud Family Movie Poster

The Proud Family Movie TV Movie2005

Da Boom Crew Poster

Da Boom Crew TV Series2004

The Proud Family Shorties Poster

The Proud Family Shorties Mini-Series2002

The Proud Family Poster

The Proud Family TV Series2001

Animation Department

45

Type

Year

Hullabaloo Poster

Hullabaloo Feature Film2023

Teen Titans GO! To the Movies Poster

Teen Titans GO! To the Movies Feature Film2018

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Poster

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Feature Film2016

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Poster

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Video2015

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Poster

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow TV Movie2013

Tangled Ever After Poster

Tangled Ever After Short Film2012

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters Poster

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters Video2011

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol Poster

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol Short Film2011

Winnie the Pooh Poster

Winnie the Pooh Feature Film2011

Monsters vs. Aliens Poster

Monsters vs. Aliens Feature Film2009

The Princess and the Frog Poster

The Princess and the Frog Feature Film2009

Kung Fu Panda Poster

Kung Fu Panda Feature Film2008

Shrek the Third Poster

Shrek the Third Feature Film2007

Over the Hedge Poster

Over the Hedge Feature Film2006

Madagascar Poster

Madagascar Feature Film2005

Home on the Range Poster

Home on the Range Feature Film2004

Shark Tale Poster

Shark Tale Feature Film2004

The Incredibles Poster

The Incredibles Feature Film2004

John Henry Poster

John Henry Short Film2000

The Emperor's New Groove Poster

The Emperor's New Groove Feature Film2000

The Indescribable Nth Short Film2000

How to Haunt a House Poster

How to Haunt a House Short Film1999

Tarzan Feature Film1999

Histeria! Poster

Histeria! TV Series1998

Cats Don't Dance Poster

Cats Don't Dance Feature Film1997

C-Bear and Jamal Poster

C-Bear and Jamal TV Series1996

Quack Pack Poster

Quack Pack TV Series1996

Space Jam Poster

Space Jam Feature Film1996

A Goofy Movie Poster

A Goofy Movie Feature Film1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV Series1995

The Pagemaster Poster

The Pagemaster Feature Film1994

A Cool Like That Christmas Poster

A Cool Like That Christmas TV Movie1993

Bebe's Kids Poster

Bebe's Kids Feature Film1992

Cool World Poster

Cool World Feature Film1992

Michael & Mickey Poster

Michael & Mickey Feature Film1991

Rock-A-Doodle Poster

Rock-A-Doodle Feature Film1991

Rover Dangerfield Poster

Rover Dangerfield Feature Film1991

Back to Neverland Poster

Back to Neverland Short Film1989

Happily Ever After Poster

Happily Ever After Feature Film1989

Tummy Trouble Poster

Tummy Trouble Short Film1989

Vytor: The Starfire Champion Poster

Vytor: The Starfire Champion TV Movie1989

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Poster

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Feature Film1988

Meerkats Poster

Meerkats Short Film1987

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Poster

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Feature Film1987

Garfield in the Rough Poster

Garfield in the Rough TV Movie1984

Director

9

Type

Year

Hair Love Poster

Hair Love Short Film2019

The Beach TV Movie2005

The Picnic TV Movie2005

The Proud Family Movie Poster

The Proud Family Movie TV Movie2005

The Male Contestant's New School TV Series2004

The Proud Family Shorties Poster

The Proud Family Shorties Mini-Series2002

The Proud Family Poster

The Proud Family TV Series2001

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV Series1995

Bebe's Kids Poster

Bebe's Kids Feature Film1992

Art Department

7

Type

Year

DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts Poster

DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts TV Series2019

#TheLateBatsby Poster

#TheLateBatsby Short Film2018

Frozen Feature Film2013

Wreck-It Ralph Poster

Wreck-It Ralph Feature Film2012

One by One Poster

One by One Video2004

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV Series1995

Rover Dangerfield Poster

Rover Dangerfield Feature Film1991

Other Crew

4

Type

Year

Once Upon a Studio Poster

Once Upon a Studio Short Film2023

Planes: Fire & Rescue Poster

Planes: Fire & Rescue Feature Film2014

The Pirate Fairy Poster

The Pirate Fairy Video2014

C-Bear and Jamal Poster

C-Bear and Jamal TV Series1996

Thanks

2

The Audition Poster

The Audition Short Film2021

Bounty Short Film2019

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