Ruben Aquino - my 494th choice to be named a Disney Legend

Ruben Azama Aquino is a Filipino-Japanese American character animator, who has worked on many Disney films. He was first hired by Disney Studios in 1982. n March 2013, it was announced that Aquino had been laid off, as well as 8 other animators who worked at the studio, including Nik Ranieri. He is my my 494th choice to be named a Disney Legend.

Credits

Year     Film     Position

1983    Mickey's Christmas Carol        Inbetweener (uncredited)

1985    The Black Cauldron     Supervising Animator: Dallben, Character Animator Fflewddur Fflam and Fair Folk

1986    The Great Mouse Detective    Character Animator: David Q. Dawson

1988    Oliver & Company       Supervising Animator: Francis

1989    The Little Mermaid     Supervising Animator: Ursula

1990    The Rescuers Down Under     Supervising Animator: Jake

1991    Beauty and the Beast Supervising Animator: Maurice

1992    Aladdin            Supervising Animator: Razoul

1994    The Lion King   Supervising Animator: Adult Simba

1995    Pocahontas     Supervising Animator: Powhatan

1996    The Hunchback of Notre Dame          Additional Animator: Frollo

1998    Mulan Supervising Animator: Shang and Fa Li

1999    Tarzan Additional Animator

2000    Fantasia 2000 Additional Animator

2002    Lilo & Stitch     Supervising Animator: Pleakley and David Kawena

2003    Brother Bear   Supervising Animator: Denahi

2007    Meet the Robinsons    Supervising Animator: Mildred and Mr. Willerstein

2009    The Princess and the Frog       Supervising Animator: Eudora and James

2011    The Ballad of Nessie    Animator

2011    Winnie the Pooh         Animator

2013    Frozen    Additional Visual Development