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Dean Wellins

Dean Wellins

Actor, Animation Department, Art Department

Born March 24, 1971 in Zaragoza, Spain

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Dean Wellins was born March 24th, 1971 to Stan and Ellen Wellins at a US Air Force Base near Zaragosa, Spain. At about the age of three, his father (a Dentist/Oral Surgeon in the Air Force) was re-stationed and Dean along with his brothers William and Mike and his sister Patti, moved back to the US. First to Wyoming them finally to Merced, California. A few years later, his parents divorced and Dean spent the rest of his childhood with his mother and siblings in Merced until she remarried and moved them to Dos Palos, California where he went to Junior High and High School. After graduating he attended the University of California at Davis, where he studied art and design and was later accepted into the Character Animation Program at CalArts in Valencia, California. He then spent the next 27 years in the animation industry working on feature films such as The Iron Giant, Frozen, Zootopia and Big Hero 6. He then joined the director ranks at Walt Disney Animation Studios beginning with the short film, "Tick Tock Tale" in 2009 and Feature Film "Raya and the Last Dragon". He lives in Newhall, California with his wife, Teresa and his three sons Ethan, Owen and Aiden.

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1 wins and 3 nominations

Dean Wellins Videos

The Giant's Dream Trailer

Filmography

Actor

7

Type

Year

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 Poster

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 Mini-Series2020Self

Tick Tock Tale Poster

Tick Tock Tale Short Film2020Thief

Merryweather Fox and the Baron of Burrow's Bend Short Film2018Merryweather Fox

Ralph Breaks the Internet Poster

Ralph Breaks the Internet Feature Film2018Additional Voices

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant Poster

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant Documentary2016Self

The Making of 'The Iron Giant' Poster

The Making of 'The Iron Giant' Documentary2000Self

HBO First Look Poster

HBO First Look TV Series1994Self

Animation Department

20

Type

Year

Raya and the Last Dragon Poster

Raya and the Last Dragon Feature Film2021

Ralph Breaks the Internet Poster

Ralph Breaks the Internet Feature Film2018

Moana Feature Film2016

Zootopia Poster

Zootopia Feature Film2016

Big Hero 6 Poster

Big Hero 6 Feature Film2014

Frozen Feature Film2013

Tangled Feature Film2010

The Princess and the Frog Poster

The Princess and the Frog Feature Film2009

Bolt Feature Film2008

Chicken Little Poster

Chicken Little Feature Film2005

Fat Albert Poster

Fat Albert Feature Film2004

Eight Crazy Nights Poster

Eight Crazy Nights Feature Film2002

Treasure Planet Poster

Treasure Planet Feature Film2002

Osmosis Jones Poster

Osmosis Jones Feature Film2001

The Iron Giant Poster

The Iron Giant Feature Film1999

101 Dalmatians: The Series Poster

101 Dalmatians: The Series TV Series1997

Pullet Surprise Poster

Pullet Surprise Short Film1997

Gargoyles Poster

Gargoyles Video Game1995

What a Cartoon! Poster

What a Cartoon! TV Series1995

The Pagemaster Poster

The Pagemaster Feature Film1994

Art Department

6

Type

Year

Big Hero 6 Poster

Big Hero 6 Feature Film2014

Free Birds Poster

Free Birds Feature Film2013

Duck Dodgers Poster

Duck Dodgers TV Series2003

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command TV Series2000

The Iron Giant Poster

The Iron Giant Feature Film1999

Histeria! Poster

Histeria! TV Series1998

Other Crew

10

Type

Year

Once Upon a Studio Poster

Once Upon a Studio Short Film2023

Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Poster

Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Video Game2023

Encanto Feature Film2021

Raya and the Last Dragon Poster

Raya and the Last Dragon Feature Film2021

Ralph Breaks the Internet Poster

Ralph Breaks the Internet Feature Film2018

Moana Feature Film2016

Big Hero 6 Poster

Big Hero 6 Feature Film2014

Tangled Feature Film2010

The Princess and the Frog Poster

The Princess and the Frog Feature Film2009

Duck Dodgers Poster

Duck Dodgers TV Series2003

Composer

5

Type

Year

Mister Super Juice Short Film2013

Deadenders Short Film2003

Terror Island Video2003

Land of Abusement Poster

Land of Abusement Short Film1999

What a Cartoon! Poster

What a Cartoon! TV Series1995

Director

2

Type

Year

Baymax! TV Series2022

Tick Tock Tale Poster

Tick Tock Tale Short Film2020

Thanks

5

Type

Year

Little Bandits Poster

Little Bandits Short Film2018

Merryweather Fox and the Baron of Burrow's Bend Short Film2018

Such is Life... Feature Film2018

Born in China Poster

Born in China Documentary2016

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed Poster

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed Video Game2014

Writer

3

Type

Year

Raya and the Last Dragon Poster

Raya and the Last Dragon Feature Film2021

Tick Tock Tale Poster

Tick Tock Tale Short Film2020

Pullet Surprise Poster

Pullet Surprise Short Film1997

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