Glen Keane

Glen Keane is one of Disney's longest-serving lead character animators. He is the son of Bil Keane, the creator and artist of the popular newspaper comic strip Family Circus. The character of "Billy" in the comic is based on both Glen and his older brother, Chris. Glen is the father of visual development artist Claire Keane. He joined Disney in 1974. On March 23, 2012, Keane announced his resignation from Walt Disney Animation Studios after a career there spanning nearly 40 years.
==Early life==
Keane was born in Abington, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1954, to Bill Keane and Thelma Keane. He is the middle of five children. At age five, Keane and his family moved to Paradise Valley, Arizona, where he was raised.
Keane developed an interest in art as a child while observing his father's cartooning work. His interest in art held throughout his high school years, driving his decision in choosing a college art career over a football scholarship. After high school, Keane submitted his portfolio to the California Institute of the Arts and was accepted into the School of Film Graphics by mistake. In order to attend the institute, Keane stayed in Film Graphics; he eventually thrived in it.
During Keane's time at the California Institute of the Arts, Disney artists, such as Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of Disney's senior Nine Old Men, visited the institute. Inspired by the visiting artists work, Keane made the decision to apply to Walt Disney Studios. His portfolio was reviewed by another of Disney's Nine Old Men, Eric Larson. In September of 1974, after receiving some helpful pointers and turning in another portfolio, Keane was accepted into the program. He continued his mentorship with Larson and trained with other Disney artists. Around that time, in August of 1975, Keane married Linda Hesselroth.
In a presentation ceremony at the 2013 D23 Expo, Keane was officially inducted as a Disney Legend.https://d23.com/glen-keane/
In March 2018 until September 2018, The Walt Disney Family Museum opened the one-man exhibition: Make Believe: The World of Glen Keane.https://waltdisney.org/exhibitions/make-believe-world-glen-keane
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1977	The Rescuers 	Character Animator: Bernard/Miss Bianca/Penny
1977	Pete's Dragon 	Character Animator: Elliott
1981	The Fox and the Hound 	Supervising Animator: Tod, Vixey, Mr. Digger, Porcupine and The Bear
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol 	Animator: Willie the Giant, Scrooge McDuck, Goofy
1985	The Black Cauldron 	Animator: Eilonwy/Gurgi/Hen Wen
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Supervising Animator: Ratigan/Fidget/Bartholomew
1988	Oliver & Company 	Supervising Animator: Bill Sykes/Georgette/Fagin/Jenny Foxworth
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Supervising Animator: Ariel
1990	The Rescuers Down Under 	Supervising Animator: Marahute/Cody/Bernard/Miss Bianca
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Supervising Animator: Beast
1992	Aladdin 	Supervising Animator: Aladdin
1995	Pocahontas 	Supervising Animator: Pocahontas
1999	Tarzan 	Supervising Animator: Tarzan
2002	Treasure Planet 	Supervising Animator: John Silver/Captain Amelia/Scroop
2010	Tangled 	Directing Animator: Rapunzel, Executive Producer, Animation Supervisor, Character Designer
2012	Wreck-It Ralph 	Additional Visual Development
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
PennyandTeddy.jpg|Penny
The-Rescuers-the-rescuers-5009968-1024-576.jpg|Bernard
The-Rescuers-the-rescuers-5010045-1024-576.jpg|Miss Bianca
Elliott.jpg|Elliott
Fox-and-the-hound-disneyscreencaps.com-6572.jpg|Vixey
Foxandthehound648.jpg|The Bear
Normal mcc 129.jpg|Goofy
Mickey's Christmas Carol - Willie as Ghost of Christmas Present.png|Willie the Giant
Blackcauldron742.jpg|Gurgi
2nrou90.jpg|Eilonwy
Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-2982.jpg|Fidget
Ratigan.jpg|Ratigan
Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-2013.jpg|Bartholomew
Oliverandcompany 0921.jpg|Fagin
BillSykes.jpg|Bill Sykes
Oliver-co-disneyscreencaps.com-4247.jpg|Jenny Foxworth
Oliver-disneyscreencaps.com-4199.jpg|Georgette
Little-mermaid-1080p-disneyscreencaps.com-1764.jpg|Ariel
Rescuersdownunder-disneyscreencaps com-180.jpg|Cody
Tumblr kydu301UiX1qzc8rmo1 250-1-.jpg|Marahute
Beauty-and-the-beast-disneyscreencaps.com-3918.jpg|Beast
Aladdin-disneyscreencaps.com-742.jpg|Aladdin
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-1548.jpg|Pocahontas
Tarzan-disneyscreencaps.com-2988.jpg|Tarzan
Treasure-planet-disneyscreencaps.com-3985.jpg|John Silver
Rapunzel 152.jpg|Rapunzel
Tangled-disneyscreencaps com-9502.jpg|Maximus
===Miscellaneous===
Glen Keane and David Block interview 1984.JPG|Keane with David Block in The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol.
Aladdin Character animators.jpg|L-R: David Pruiksma, Glen Keane, Duncan Marjoribanks, Eric Goldberg, Will Finn, Randy Cartwright, Andreas Deja.
Tarzan concert 12.JPG|Keane being interviewed during the production of Tarzan.
Andreas Deja Glen Keane Mark Henn.JPG|L-R: Andreas Deja, Glen Keane, Mark Henn
==References==
==External links==
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*http://glenkeane.jakegreenanimation.com/Bio.html
*http://www.animatedbuzz.com/journal/06-07/01.html#Anchor-31263
*http://www.cataroo.com/hkeane.html
*http://www.aimeemajor.com/anim/dkeane.html
*http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID506190.asp
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