Jim Kammerud (born July 23, 1960) is an American director, writer, producer and animator, best known for his work with the Walt Disney Company.
Kammerud attended the Ohio State University in the mid-1980s. There he developed his cartooning style by working as an editorial cartoonist, as well as creating the comic strip "It's Working", for The Lantern , the University's student newspaper. Also on staff at The Lantern at the time was Jeff Smith, later known for the comic book Bone .
After college, while still living in Columbus, Ohio, Kammerud and Smith formed the Character Builders animation studio. [1] There, Kammerud began working on Rover Dangerfield and worked as an animator and storyboard artist for Bebe's Kids as well as Space Jam . He became involved with Disney as sequence director for the additional animation in Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and later joined to direct and design the new characters in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea . His next film as director was 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure , when he also worked on part of the screenplay. His second film where he worked on the screenplay was Tarzan II , in addition to producing the film, and his most recent Disney project, The Fox and the Hound 2 is his first film without co-direction from Brian Smith. He also worked on The Aristocats II, which has since been shelved after the decision to drastically reduce the number of direct-to-video sequels made by Disney.
He has also done storyboards for many non-Disney animated films with Toronto-based animation/animatic studio House of Cool, including Gnomeo & Juliet , Ice Age: Continental Drift , Escape from Planet Earth , Epic , The Nut Job and Rio 2 .
In 2009, Kammerud was featured in The Cartoonist, a documentary film on the life and work of Jeff Smith, creator of Bone. [2]
Year | Title | Role |
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1992 | Bebe's Kids | story artist |
1994 | The Swan Princess | animator |
1995 | A Goofy Movie | story artist |
1996 | Space Jam | supervising animator |
1998 | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | sequence director |
2000 | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | director/character designer |
2003 | 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | director/story/screenplay |
2005 | Tarzan II | co-producer/screenplay |
2006 | The Fox and the Hound 2 | director |
2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | additional story artist |
2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | story artist |
2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | story artist |
Epic | story artist | |
2014 | Rio 2 | additional story artist |
2015 | The Peanuts Movie | head of story |
2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | story artist (uncredited) |
2017 | The Emoji Movie | story artist |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | story artist (uncredited) | |
2018 | The Grinch | story artist (uncredited) |
2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | story artist |
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