James Lopez

James Lopez is a veteran Disney animator who has been working as a professional in the animation industry for twenty-five years.
==Career==
His credits at Disney include being a Lead Animator on films, such as The Emperor's New Groove and Hercules and as an animator on the character Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog and Timon in The Lion King. He also worked for studios such as Warner Bros. and Dreamworks in both television and features, and has performed a variety of positions that range from Storyboarding and Layout to Art Direction, Production Design and Character Design.
He is an alumni of CalArts where he recently taught drawing and animation to inspire a new generation of artists.
===Hullabaloo===
In 2014, James Lopez raised funds for an animated film/short series called Hullabaloo, a steampunk adventure created through the art of traditional 2D (hand-drawn) animation. The project aims to preserve the art of 2D animation with the hope of selling it to a studio and become either a feature film or a series. James Lopez originally aimed to raise $80,000 for one short, but within thirty-five days raised $470,726, enough to produce four shorts with support from over seventy countries around the world. 
Other veteran Disney artists and animators with years of experience in the film industry were brought together by James Lopez to work on Hullabaloo. Production took about ten years, and by November 25, 2023, the first short episode of Hullabaloo was released on YouTube, with more to come in the following year.
==Disney Filmography==
===Films===
Year	Film 	Position
1994	The Lion King 	Animator: Timon
1995	Pocahontas 	Animator: Wiggins
1995	Runaway Brain 	Additional Animator
1997	Hercules 	Supervising Animator: Pain
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Lead Animator: Tipo
2004	Home on the Range 	Lead Animator: Farm Animals
2005	The Proud Family Movie 	Storyboard artist
2005	Chicken Little 	Animator
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Animator: Dr. Facilier/Lead Animator: Tap Dancing Kid
2011	Winnie the Pooh 	Animator
2012	Paperman 	Final Line Animator
2016	Moana 	Visual developer
===Television===
Year 	Show 	Position
2012-2015	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Storyboard artist
2017-2020	Tangled: The Series 	Visual Developer: Rapunzel, Eugene, Cassandra, Maximus
==Trivia==
*James Lopez is a fan of steampunk, which he features in his personal animated project, Hullabaloo.
==Gallery==
Timon Series.jpg|Timon
Wig.jpg|Wiggins
Hercules404.jpg|Pain
Tipo.jpg|Tipo
FarmAnimals.jpg|Farm Animals
545px-Dr Facilier 001.jpg|Dr. Facilier
==External Links==
*www.jameslopezanimation.com
*YouTube: James Lopez Animation
*James Lopez at the Hullabaloo Wiki
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