Dave Suding

David Suding was an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios from 1955-1999.
Born in California, Suding graduated from high school in Burbank while accepting a job at Disney Animation. He began his career as an in-between artist on Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping Beauty while briefly attending junior college to study art. He graduated to commercial work, then to shorts related to Donald Duck, then tried out for features. Throughout the years, Suding contributed to features such as The Jungle Book, The Rescuers, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hercules, and Mulan.
Suding retired in 1997 and lives in Laguna Beach.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1955	Lady and the Tramp 	In-between artist
1958	Paul Bunyan 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1959	Sleeping Beauty 	Assistant animatorClean up artist (uncredited)
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1963	The Sword in the Stone 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1964	Mary Poppins 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1967	The Jungle Book 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1970	The Aristocats 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1973	Robin Hood 	Assistant animator (uncredited)
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Assistant animator (uncredited): "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day""Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too"
1977	The Rescuers 	Key Assistant Animator
1981	The Fox and the Hound 	Coordinating Animator
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol 	The Creative Talent Of
1985	The Black Cauldron 	Coordinating Animator
1986	The Great Mouse Detective 	Coordinating Animator
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania 	Assistant Animator
1988	Oliver & Company 	Coordinating Animator
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Character Key
1990	The Rescuers Down Under 	Character Key
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Character Lead: Objects, Townspeople and Others
1992	Aladdin 	Key Assistant Character Lead: Miscellaneous Characters
1994	The Lion King 	Key Assistant Character Lead: Timon and Pumbaa
1995	Pocahontas 	Supervising Character Lead: English Settlers
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 	Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator: Gypsies, Guards and Others
1997	Hercules 	Key Assistant Animator: Pain and Panic
1998	Mulan 	Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator: Miscellaneous Characters
1999	How to Haunt a House 	Assistant animator
==Animation Gallery==
File:399312 1268829175017 full.jpg|Objects
File:Beauty-disneyscreencaps.com-560.jpg|Townspeople
File:Timon-(The Lion King).jpg|Timon
Pumbaa-(The Lion King).jpg|Pumbaa
File:Ratcliffe's Army.jpg|English Settlers
File:Hunchback-disneyscreencaps com-8028.jpg|Gypsies
File:Frollo's Soldiers.jpg|Guards
File:Hercules-disneyscreencaps com-4248.jpg|Pain and Panic
==External links==
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*Seattle Times - Artist was Drawn to a Life with Disney
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