Michael Surrey

Michael Surrey is a Canadian animator and character designer, who worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios and is currently a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the creative director of Story and Animation at Spire Animation Studios since 2020.
A native of Toronto, Surrey attended Sheridan College from 1983 to 1987 with a diploma in Character Animation. Before beginning his animation career, was pursuing his BFA at New York Institute of Technology from 1987 to 1990 and is also a graduate from Sheridan College, where he studied animation. He soon began an 18 year career at Walt Disney Animation where he worked on films, such as Beauty the and Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame where he was nominated for an Annie Award for his work. He left the studio in February of 2013.
Additionally, Michael worked at DreamWorks Animation as a CG Animator from July 2003 to September 2004 and a storyboard artist from February 2012 to October 2020.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1990	The Prince and the Pauper 	Animating assistant
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Animating assistant
1992	Aladdin 	Animator: Aladdin
1994	The Lion King 	Supervising Animator: Timon
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Supervising Animator: Clopin
1999	How to Haunt a House 	Animator
1999	Tarzan 	Supervising Animator: Terk
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire 	Supervising Animator: Lyle Tiberius Rourke
2004	Home on the Range 	Supervising Animator: Buck
2009	The Princess and the Frog 	Supervising Animator: Ray
2010	Tangled 	Animator: Pascal
2011	Winnie the Pooh 	Additional animator
==Characters animated==
Profile - Aladdin.png|Aladdin
Profile - Timon.jpeg|Timon
Clopin THOND.jpg|Clopin
Terk.jpg|Terk
Profile - Lyle Tiberius Rourke.png|Rourke
Profile - Buck 2.jpg|Buck
Profile - Ray.jpeg|Ray
Profile - Pascal.png|Pascal
==External links==
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*Michael Surray - The Org
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Category:Males
Category:1960s births
Category:Canadian people
Category:Animators
Category:Character Designers
Category:Storyboard artists
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios
Category:Disney Renaissance
Category:Mickey Mouse
Category:Goofy
Category:Beauty and the Beast
Category:Aladdin
Category:The Lion King
Category:The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Category:Tarzan
Category:Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Category:Home on the Range
Category:The Princess and the Frog
Category:Tangled
Category:Winnie the Pooh
Category:Annie Award Nominated