Answer the following question: What type of details about barry cook can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: barry cook -lrb- born -rrb- is an american film director who has worked in the animated film industry since the 1980s . cook and tony bancroft directed '' mulan '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- and won the 1998 annie award for best animated feature . cook was also the co-director for '' arthur christmas '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , directed by sarah smith . cook also directed '' walking with dinosaurs '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- with neil nightingale . cook was born in nashville , tennessee in . he made his first film when he was ten years old . cook interned as an assistant animator at the animation studio hanna-barbera , where he contributed to the pilot episode of the 1981 tv series '' the smurfs '' . in 1981 , disney hired cook as an effects animator for '' tron '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- . cook subsequently animated or supervised effects for various films including '' the little mermaid '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , '' beauty and the beast '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , and '' aladdin '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- . he became the supervisor for the special-effects animation department at disney . in 1992 , he directed the animated short film '' off his rockers '' , which was about a child and his rocking horse . peter schneider , then president of feature animation , saw potential in cook 's film and supported its production . '' off his rockers '' drew the attention of director randal kleiser , who requested for the short to open his feature film '' honey , i blew up the kid '' in 1992 . in 1993 , cook directed another animated short , '' trail mix-up '' , which featured the cartoon character roger rabbit . his directing experience with '' off his rockers '' and '' trail mix-up '' led him to the opportunity to direct '' mulan '' with bancroft . following a five-month sabbatical break after directing '' mulan '' , cook began developing ideas for his second animated feature , and arrived at an idea he developed years earlier titled '' the ghost & his gift '' , adapted from oscar wilde 's '' the canterville ghost '' . in 2000 , cook pitched his idea to michael eisner...
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