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Will Finn is an American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, and director.

Career

His work in animation includes characters from Disney, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, and Don Bluth films such as The Secret of NIMH, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, and Pocahontas. Finn animated such characters as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Iago in Aladdin, and Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Finn wrote and directed Home on the Range and voiced the character of Hollywood Fish in Chicken Little. In 2006, Finn directed the animated short Hammy's Boomerang Adventure, a spin-off of Over the Hedge.

Filmography

Awards

• In 2005, Finn received a nomination with John Sanford for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Annie Award for Home on the Range.
• In 2013, Finn received a nomination with Daniel St. Pierre for Best Feature Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival for Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

References

1. Will Finn: "Don't Go Looking for a Job in Animation"|Cartoon Brew
2. A Chat with Legendary Animator Will Finn - Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
3. Cogworth, Iago, & Comedic Animation with Will Finn - Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast
4. Beauty and the Beast's Lumiere and Cogsworth Have a Fascinating Real-Life Backstory|Vanity Fair
5. Behind The Voice Actors
6. Zahed, Ramin (October 15, 2023). "'Once Upon a Studio' Directors Reflect on Their Wonderful Disney Centenary Short". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023.

External links

• Will Finn's blog
• Will Finn at IMDb

• Disney
• Animation
• Arts
• Cartoon
• Film
• Visual arts

• American animated film directors
• American male voice actors
• American storyboard artists
• DreamWorks Animation people
• Warner Bros. Animation people
• Warner Bros. Discovery people
• Living people
• Walt Disney Animation Studios people