Tom Sito
- Professor of Cinema Practice, John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts
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Expertise
- animation
- Hollywood animation industry
- cartoons
- history of computer animation
Additional Information
- Walt Disney animator, 1987-1995
- animator of Disney films such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King
- animator of DreamWorks films such as Shrek and The Prince of Egypt
- author, Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson
- author, Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation
- winner, 2011 June Foray Award for outstanding service to the animation community
- member, AMPAS for animation
- member, National Cartoonists Society
- vice president, ASIFA of Hollywood
- president-emeritus, Hollywood Animation Guild, Local#839 LATSE
- named in Animation Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Important People in Animation, 1998