Randy Cartwright

Victor Randolph "Randy" Cartwright is an American animator, storyboard artist, and character designer, who has been a part of Disney Animation Studios since 1974 working in various departments for the company and Pixar.
Born in Newport News, Virginia; Cartwright trained in art and motion pictures at UCLA. While at school, he worked at Disneyland in the character department and portrayed Pluto, Practical Pig, Dopey, Prince John, and others during those years before graduating in 1974. He submitted multiple portfolios to Disney veteran Eric Larson before being hired by the studio in July 1975. During his first week on the lot, he was invited by supervising animator John Lounsbery to view a rough cut of The Rescuers, and ended up working on it as Ollie Johnston's assistant.
He progressed to full animator on Pete's Dragon and continued to supervise animators both in the U.S. and abroad in Japan and Taiwan for films, such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Brave Little Toaster. In 1986, he returned to main studio as the Artistic Lead for the Disney CAPS development team. He combined his knowledge of animation with an understanding of computers to help design and build the first fully digital animation production system. He won a Scientific or Technical Academy Award for this work. CAPs became instrumental for the 1990s Disney Renaissance era. By the next century, Cartwright also worked at other studios, such as Dreamwork Animation and Sony Animation.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1977 	The Rescuers 	Assistant Animator (uncredited)
1977 	Pete's Dragon 	Character Animator
1978 	The Small One 	Character animator (uncredited)
1981 	The Fox and the Hound 	Supervising Animator: Adult Copper, Chief
1982 	Fun with Mr. Future 	Background artistLayout artist (uncredited)
1983 	Mickey's Christmas Carol 	Animator
1986 	The Great Mouse Detective 	Layout artist (uncredited)
1987 	The Brave Little Toaster 	Directing Animator
1988 	Oliver & Company 	Character animator (uncredited)
1988 	Who Framed Roger Rabbit 	Conceptual artist (uncredited)
1989 	The Little Mermaid 	Animator (uncredited)
1990 	The Rescuers Down Under 	Digital Production System Development Artist
1991 	Beauty and the Beast 	Animator: Belle
1992 	Aladdin 	Supervising Animator: Magic Carpet
1993 	The Nightmare Before Christmas 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
1994 	The Lion King 	Animator: Zazu
1995 	Pocahontas 	Additional Story Development Artist
1996 	Quack Pack 	Storyboard artist
1996 	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 	Animator: Esmeralda (uncredited)
1996 	James and the Giant Peach 	Lead storyboard artist
1997 	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue 	Animator: overseas (uncredited)
1997 	Hercules 	StoryStoryboard artist
1998 	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars 	Animator: Moving Sun Animation Group Inc. (uncredited)
1998 	Mulan 	Animator: Mushu (uncredited)
1998 	A Bug's Life 	Animator (uncredited)
1999 	Tarzan 	Animator: Jane Porter (uncredited)
1999 	Doug's 1st Movie 	storyboard artist (uncredited)
2003 	Finding Nemo 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2003 	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Animator: ILM
2004 	Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin 	Himself
2005 	Dream On Silly Dreamer 	HimselfArchive Footage Provider
2006 	Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp 	Himself
2006 	A Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp	Himself
2006 	Cars 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2007 	The Pixar Story 	HimselfAdditional Archival Materials
2007 	Ratatouille 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2008 	Bolt 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2008 	WALL-E 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2009 	Up 	Animator (uncredited)Storyboard artist
2009 	The Princess and the Frog 	Story ArtistAnimator: Prince Naveen
2010 	Waking Sleeping Beauty 	Himself
2010 	Toy Story 3 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2011 	Cars 2 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2012 	Brave 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2013 	Monsters University 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2013-2017 	Sofia the First 	Storyboard Artist
2014–2015 	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 	Storyboard supervisor
2015 	Inside Out 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2015 	The Good Dinosaur 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2016 	Finding Dory 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2017-2021 	Mickey and the Roadter Racers 	Storyboard supervisor
2017–2019 	Chip 'n Dale's Nutty Tales 	Storyboard supervisor
2017 	Cars 3 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2017 	Coco 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2018 	Incredibles 2 	Storyboard artist (uncredited)
2018 	Howard 	Self
2021 	Mickey's Tale of Two Witches 	Storyboard supervisor
2021 	Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas 	Storyboard supervisor
2021-present	Mickey Mouse Funhouse 	Storyboard supervisor
==Gallery==
Randy cartwright at work.JPG|Cartwright during production of The Fox and the Hound.
Aladdin Character animators.jpg|L-R: David Pruiksma, Glen Keane, Duncan Marjoribanks, Eric Goldberg, Will Finn, Randy Cartwright, Andreas Deja.
Walt-Disney-Animators-Randy-Cartwright-walt-disney-characters-22959649-650-725.jpg
=== Artworks ===
File:Adult Copper.jpg|Adult Copper
Fox-and-the-hound-disneyscreencaps.com-817.jpg|Chief
Beauty-and-the-beast-disneyscreencaps.com-160.jpg|Belle
File:Magic Carpet Promo.jpg|Magic Carpet
==External links==
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*Animation Guild - Randy Cartwright
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