Mark Henn

Mark Alan Henn is one of the most famous American Disney animators for title characters and leading characters.
First hired by Disney in 1980, he is one of the longest continuously employed artists at the studio.http://50mostinfluentialdisneyanimators.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/10-mark-henn/ He is well-known for drawing female characters, such as Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Giselle, and Tiana.
In more recent years, Henn has helped to instruct younger animators how to utilize the principles of traditional animation in CG animation, doing hand-drawn overlays on character poses to better help bring life to the character animation.
On December 14, 2023, Henn announced his retirement from Disney after 43 years. A year later, he was named a Disney Legend.
His final Disney project was directing the Donald Duck short D.I.Y. Duck in 2024 to commemorate 90th anniversary of the character's debut.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1981	The Fox and the Hound 	Animator: Vixey and The Bear
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol 	Animator: Mickey Mouse
1985	The Black Cauldron 	Character Animator: Eilonwy, Gurgi, and Fflewddur Fflam
1986	The Great Mouse Detective 	Supervising Animator: Basil, Dr. Dawson, and Olivia
1988	Oliver & Company 	Supervising Animator: Oliver and Dodger
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Directing Animator and Supervising Animator: Ariel and Florida
1990	The Prince and the Pauper 	Character Animator
1990	The Rescuers Down Under 	Supervising Animator: Bernard and Miss Bianca
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Supervising Animator: Belle and Florida
1992	Aladdin 	Supervising Animator: Jasmine
1994	The Lion King 	Supervising Animator: Young Simba
1995	Pocahontas 	Animator: Pocahontas
1998	Mulan 	Supervising Animator: Mulan and Fa Zhou
2000	John Henry 	Director
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Additional Animator
2002	Lilo & Stitch 	Lead Animator: Hula Dancers
2004	Home on the Range 	Supervising Animator: Grace, Wesley, Rusty, and Pearl
2006	Bambi II 	Supervising Animator: Ronno
2007	Meet the Robinsons 	Animator
2007	How to Hook Up Your Home Theater	Animator
2007	Enchanted 	Animator: Giselle
2009	The Princess and the Frog 	Supervising Animator: Tiana
2011	Winnie the Pooh 	Supervising Animator: Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin
2012	Wreck-It Ralph 	Additional Visual Development
2013	Get a Horse! 	Animator: Pete
2013	Frozen 	Animator: Anna and Olaf
2013	Saving Mr. Banks 	Animator: Tinker Bell
2014	Big Hero 6 	Lead 2D Animator
2016	Zootopia 	Animator: Judy Hopps and Bellwether (uncredited)
2016	Moana 	Animator
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet 	Animator: Mickey Mouse and Humphrey the Bear
2021	How to Stay at Home 	Supervising Animator: Binge Watching
2022	Zootopia+ 	Animator: Title sequence
2022	Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 	Animator: "Mickey in a Minute" short
2022	Strange World 	Additional 2D Animator
2022	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 	Animator
2023	Once Upon a Studio 	2D Animator: Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Snow White, Grumpy, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
2024	D.I.Y. Duck 	Director/Writer/Animator
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
2nrou90.jpg|Eilonwy
Blackcauldron-disneyscreencaps com-1239.jpg|Gurgi
Blackcauldron704.jpg|Fflewddur Fflam
Basil.jpg|Basil
Dawson.jpg|David Q. Dawson
Mousedetective017.jpg|Olivia Flaversham
Oliver-co-disneyscreencaps.com-1917.jpg|Oliver
Oliver-co-disneyscreencaps.com-5141.jpg|Dodger
Little-mermaid-1080p-disneyscreencaps.com-1764.jpg|Ariel
Downunder 570.jpg|Bernard
Downunder 314.jpg|Miss Bianca
Beauty-and-the-beast-disneyscreencaps.com-160.jpg|Belle
Aladdin-disneyscreencaps.com-1510.jpg|Jasmine
Lion-king-disneyscreencaps.com-1423.jpg|Young Simba
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-1548.jpg|Pocahontas
Mulan-disneyscreencaps.com-1528.jpg|Mulan
Mulan-disneyscreencaps.com-480.jpg|Fa Zhou
Lilo & Stitch - Lilo dances in hula class.jpg|Hula Dancers
Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps.com-1431.jpg|Grace
Wesley.jpg|Wesley
Home-disneyscreencaps com-1808.jpg|Rusty
Profile - Pearl Gesner.jpg|Pearl
Ronno1.jpg|Ronno (Bambi II)
Gisselle cartoon.jpg|Giselle (animated)
Tiana 22.jpg|Tiana
Winnie-the-pooh-disneyscreencaps.com-1393.jpg|Winnie the Pooh
Winnie-the-pooh-disneyscreencaps.com-849.jpg|Christopher Robin
GetAHorsePreview1.png|Mickey Mouse
GetAHorseUnused.jpg|Pete
Frozen-disneyscreencaps.com-819.jpg|Anna
Olaf transparent pose.png|Olaf
Tumblr n7ypqcy0yt1qhcrb0o1 1280.jpg|Tinker Bell
This is so exciting .jpg|Judy and Bellwether
===Miscellaneous===
Mark henn interview 1984.JPG|Henn in The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol.
Trey.jpg|Trey Finney (viewer's right) with fellow animators Tony Bancroft, Mark Henn, Pres Romanillos, and Tom Bancroft.
Walt-Disney-Animators-Mark-Henn-walt-disney-characters-22959690-651-773.jpg
Mark-Henn-11.jpg
Baer.jpg|L-R: Burny Mattinson, Eric Goldberg, Henn, and Dale Baer at the premiere of Winnie the Pooh.
Andreas Deja Glen Keane Mark Henn.JPG|L-R: Andreas Deja, Glen Keane, Mark Henn
==Trivia==
*Henn based the character of Princess Jasmine on his younger sister, Beth Henn-Allen.
*Henn appeared in an episode of the Disney+ series Disney Sketchbook, where he taught viewers how to draw Young Simba.
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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