Dale Schott

Dale Schott
Born	Norfolk, Ontario
Alma mater	Sheridan College
Occupation	Animation crewmember
Years active	1979–present
Known for	Directing Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)

Dale Schott is a Canadian animator, writer and storyboard artist, ^[1] best known for directing the 1986 animated film Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation . ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Over the years, Schott has served on various productions as an "animator, overseas animation supervisor, storyboard artist, director, writer and story editor". ^[1] After graduating from the animation program at Ontario's Sheridan College in 1979, he started working at several studios, among them Toronto's Nelvana. ^{[3] [1]} He was a "'junior' animator" on its TV special Take Me Up to the Ball Game , and its first feature, 1983's Rock & Rule . ^[1] He was a storyboard artist for the first season of the DIC television series, Inspector Gadget , ^[1] which was produced at Nelvana as work-for-hire.

Schott also storyboarded 1985's The Care Bears Movie , ^[4] and made his directorial debut in the 1986 follow-up A New Generation. ^[3] Later on, he was also among the crew of Ewoks (a Nelvana/Lucasfilm collaboration), ^[3] the original Babar series, ^[1] and Rupert. ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. Tolusso, Susan (July 3, 1995). "Animation writing: 'You have to almost see it,' says Schott". Playback. Brunico Communications: 21.
2. Weagle, Gregory (December 29, 2010). "TaleSpin Crew Tribute". Unofficial Kit Cloudckicker Homepage. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
3. Beck, Jerry (2005). "Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation". The Animated Movie Guide . Chicago Reader Press. p.  48. ISBN   1-55652-591-5.
4. Selznick, Arna (director) (1985). The Care Bears Movie (Animated film). The Samuel Goldwyn Company (distributor) / Nelvana Limited / American Greetings / CPG Products Corp.

External links

• Dale Schott at IMDb