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Kevin Lima

Director
KEVIN LIMA traces his fascination with animation to seeing Disney’s Jungle Book in 1967, when at the film’s end, he told his mother, “I’m going to make that when I grow up.” Lima was true to his word and after graduating from the California Institute of the Arts worked on many of the films of the Disney’s renaissance including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin before taking the director’s chair on A Goofy Movie and Tarzan. In 2000, Kevin made his live-action feature film debut with 102 Dalmatians, then the TV movies Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime for which he won the Director’s Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs. His film, Enchanted was the joyous culmination of all of Lima’s filmmaking experiences in live-action and animation. Currently, Kevin and his wife, Brenda Chapman, the Academy Award winning director of The Prince of Egypt and Brave, have combined their talents, developing and writing a slate of diverse projects across all media and platforms. Lima is represented by David Saunders at IAG and Farhad Amid at McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP.

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A Goofy Movie: From Script to Storyreels

Civic Auditorium | Kevin Lima | Jymn Magon | Brian Pimental

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of A Goofy Movie with the film’s director, Kevin Lima as he leads a discussion with Jymn Magon (the film’s first writer), Brian Pimental (head of story, writer) and a klatch of story artists who worked on the film. Go on a behind the scenes road trip from script to storyboards to storyreels, discovering how ideas evolved, characters took shape, and comedic moments found their “perfect” timing. With rare insights and never-before-seen visuals, this panel reveals how a beloved animated classic grew from concept to the heartwarming, hilarious classic we cherish today.

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