Russ Edmonds is an American animator who has worked as a character animator at the Walt Disney Company.
 He worked on several Disney feature films, including "Oliver & Company", "The Little Mermaid", "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Tarzan", "", "Home on the Range", "The Princess and the Frog", and "Winnie the Pooh".
 He studied at the Program in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts.
 Along with his wife, Angela, Edmonds owns and directs the Edmonds Studios, an independent animation production studio in Red Bluff, California.
Melendez Films is a film animation studio.
 It was founded in 1969 as a London subsidiary of Bill Melendez Productions (best known for producing the Peanuts specials) by Steven C. Melendez (son of animator Bill Melendez).
Bill "Tex" Henson (1924 - December 2, 2002) was an American animator and story artist who began his career at Disney in 1944 and later worked for Paramount Famous studios during his early career.
 He is credited with having named Disney's chipmunk duo "Chip 'n' Dale".
 In the 1960s, he was a supervising animator on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show".
Hamilton Luton Luske (October 16, 1903 – February 19, 1968) was an American animator and film director.
 He joined the Walt Disney Productions animation studio in 1931 and he was soon trusted enough by Walt Disney to be made supervising animator of Snow White in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
Sam Jaimes is an American animator from Hanna-Barbera Studios and Mendelson-Melendez Productions.
 He animated for the "Peanuts" cartoon specials and movies.
 He directed seven Peanuts specials in the 80's.
 he was the american animator in history of his life.
Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company.
 He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and also developed the character of Goofy.
 Babbitt worked as an animator or animation director on such films as "The Three Little Pigs" (1933), "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), "Fantasia" (1940), and "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964), among others.
José Cuauhtémoc Meléndez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008), known as Bill Melendez, was a Mexican American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer, known for his cartoons for Walt Disney Productions (working on four Disney films "Pinocchio", "Fantasia", "Dumbo" and "Bambi"), Warner Bros.
 Cartoons, UPA and the "Peanuts" series.
 Melendez provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well.
Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez is an American film and television director, producer and animator.
 He is the second son of "Peanuts" animator Bill Melendez.
Edith Vernick was an American animator, hired by the Fleischer Studios in the mid-1920s and became the In between Department Supervisor.
 Her animation work is uncredited on "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery" from 1939.
 Although Lillian Friedman Astor is generally considered the first female American animator, Vernick's employment at the Fleischer Studios preceded Friedman's.
Gary Mooney (1930 – August 5, 2008) was an American animator who worked for Walt Disney Studios, Hubley Studios and fellow animator Jay Ward during his career, which spanned several decades from the 1950s to the 2000s (decade).
 Some of the most famous projects in which Mooney participated in included Disney's "Sleeping Beauty", "Lady and the Tramp" and Ward's "George of the Jungle".
 He also worked on several live action films.
 Mooney also completed many animated sequences, title sequences and graphics for use in live action films, television shows and commercials.

Question: Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez and Disney are connected by what American animator?
Answer: Bill Melendez