Will Finn

William Snelgrove Finn (born November 1, 1958) is an American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, and director whose work in animation includes characters from Disney, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, and Don Bluth films such as The Secret of NIMH, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, and Pocahontas. Finn animated such characters as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Iago in Aladdin, and Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Finn wrote and directed Home on the Range and voiced the character of Hollywood Fish in Chicken Little. In 2006, Finn directed the computer animated short Hammy's Boomerang Adventure, a spin-off of Over the Hedge.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Credits 	Characters
1979 	Banjo the Woodpile Cat (TV Short) 	Special Thanks 	
1982 	The Secret of NIMH 	Animator / Story Adaptation 	
1983 	Dragon's Lair (Video Game) 	Animator 	
1984 	Space Ace (Video Game) 	Voice / Animator 	Dexter (voice)
1987 	Sport Goofy in Soccermania (Short) 	Animator 	
1987 	Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 	Animator 	
1988 	Oliver & Company 	Character Animator 	
1988–1989	Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 33 Episodes 	
1989 	The Little Mermaid 	Character Animator 	
1990 	Happily Ever After 	Model Designer / Storyboard Artist / Animator 	
1990 	Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes / Model Designer - 4 Episodes 	
1990 	The Rescuers Down Under 	Storyboard Artist / Character Animator 	
1991 	Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (Video Game) 	Animator 	
1991 	Beauty and the Beast 	Supervising Animator 	Cogsworth
1992 	Aladdin 	Supervising Animator 	Iago
1994 	The Return of Jafar (Video) 	Storyboard 	
1994 	Aladdin (TV Series) 	Character Designer - 1 Episode 	
1994 	Chariots of Fur (Short) 	Animator 	
1995 	A Goofy Movie 	Character Designer 	
1995 	Pocahontas 	Visual Development / Character Designer / Additional Story Development 	
1995 	Carrotblanca (Short) 	Character Animator 	
1996 	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 	Artistic Supervisor: Story / Additional Screenplay Material / Supervising Animator	Laverne
1996 	Quack Pack (TV Series) 	Supervising Animator - 1 Episode 	
1997 	Pullet Surprise (Short) 	Additional Animator 	
1997 	Space Goofs (Storyboarder) 	 	
2000 	The Road to El Dorado 	Additional Sequences 	
2001 	Clerks (TV Series) 	Storyboard Revisionist - 1 Episode 	
2004 	Home on the Range 	Written & Directed by / Story 	
2004 	A Dairy Tale (Video short) 	Director 	
2005 	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 1 Episode 	
2005 	Chicken Little 	Voice 	Hollywood Fish (voice)
2006 	Over the Hedge 	Storyboard Artist 	
2006 	Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (Video short) 	Director 	
2006 	My Life as a Teenage Robot (TV Series) 	Written by - 1 Episode 	
2006–2007	My Life as a Teenage Robot (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 2 Episodes 	
2007 	Shrek the Halls (TV Short) 	Additional Story Artist 	
2008 	Sita Sings the Blues 	Donor 	
2008 	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 	Additional Story Artist 	
2009 	Astro Boy 	Storyboard Artist 	
2010 	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Video) 	Additional Story Artist 	
2011 	YooHoo & Friends (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes 	
2011 	The Looney Tunes Show (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes 	
2011 	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (Video short)	Additional Animator: Duncan Studio Production 	
2013 	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return 	Director 	
2013 	Free Birds 	Storyboard Artist 	
2016 	The Angry Birds Movie 	Additional Story Artist 	
2016 	It's Your Birthday (Short) 	Animated & Directed by 	
2016–2017	The Tom and Jerry Show (TV Series) 	Storyboard Artist - 3 Episodes / Story - 1 Episode 	
2017 	Rock Dog 	Voice / Storyboard Artist / Additional Story Material 	Floyd / Carl (voice)
2018 	Animal Crackers 	Storyboard Artist 	
2020 	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 	Storyboard Artist 	
==Awards==
* In 2005, Finn received a nomination with John Sanford for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Annie Award for Home on the Range.
* In 2013, Finn received a nomination with Daniel St. Pierre for Best Feature Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival for Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Category:Living people
Category:Animators from New York (state)
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American storyboard artists
Category:American animated film directors
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people
Category:1958 births
Category:Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi