Roberts Gannaway

**Roberts Burrell "Bobs" Gannaway** is an American writer, actor, voice actor, director, producer, and storyboard artist. He, along with Tony Craig, is an executive producer and director for *The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa*, as well as a writer and story editor for certain episodes of said series.

## Biography

### Career

Since he was a little boy, Gannaway has had a love for all things Disney and animation, as he was watching *The Wonderful World of Disney*.[1] When he was in second grade, he listed that he wanted to be a cartoonist, a veterinarian, or a magician.[1] He states that when working for Disney, he gets all the magic, all the drawings, and all the animals he can imagine all in one place.[1]

Before working for Disney, Gannaway has worked on the Hanna-Babera television series *2 Stupid Dogs* and the first season of the show's segment *Super Secret Secret Squirrel*. He was also a writer for the 1997 Warner Bros. animated film *Cats Don't Dance*.

A 20 year veteran for Disney animation, Gannaway has worked on several animated TV shows such as *The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa*, *101 Dalmatians: The Series*, *Mickey Mouse Works*, *House of Mouse*, *Lilo & Stitch: The Series*, *The Emperor's New School*, *Mickey Mouse Clubhouse* and *Jake and the Never Land Pirates*. He also worked on several Disney films such as *Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse*, *Mickey's House of Villains*, *Stitch! The Movie*, *Leroy & Stitch*, *Secret of the Wings* *The Pirate Fairy*, and *Planes* and its sequel. Gannaway will also serve as the executive producer of the upcoming Disney+ original web series *Monsters at Work*.

## Credits

*The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa*

* "**Boara Boara**" (producer/director/writer)
* "**Kenya Be My Friend?**" (producer/director/writer)
* "**Good Mousekeeping**" (producer/director)
* "**South Sea Sick**" (producer/director)
* "**Never Everglades**" (producer/director/writer)
* "**Cooked Goose**" (producer/director)
* "**Yukon Con**" (producer/director)
* "How to Beat the High Costa Rica" (producer/director/writer)
* "Swiss Missed" (producer/director)
* "Uganda Be an Elephant" (producer/director)
* "Rocky Mountain Lie" (writer)
* "French Fried" (producer/director)
* "Don't Break the China" (producer/director/writer)
* "The Pain in Spain" (producer/director/writer)
* "Guatemala Malarkey" (producer/director/writer)
* "Timon's Time Togo" (producer/director)
* "The Law of the Jungle" (producer/director)
* "Paraguay Parable" (writer)
* "Be More Pacific" (producer/director/writer)
* "Going Uruguay" (producer/director)
* "Mozam-Beaked" (producer/director/writer)
* "Ocean Commotion" (producer/director)
* "Palm Beached" (producer/director/writer)
* "Jamaica Mistake?" (producer/director)
* "Oregon Astray" (producer/director/writer)
* "New Guinea Pig" (producer/director/writer)
* "Klondike Con" (producer/director)
* "Isle Find Out" (producer/director/writer)
* "Wide Awake in Wonderland" (producer/director)
* "Zazu's Off-by-One Day" (producer/director)
* "Africa-Dabra!" (producer/director/writer)
* "I Don't Bolivia" (producer/director)
* "Catch Me if You Kenya" (producer/director/writer)
* "Scent of the South" (producer/director/writer)
* "Forbidden Pumbaa" (producer/director)
* "Washington Applesauce" (producer/director)
* "I Think I Canada" (producer/director/writer)
* "Zazu's Off Day Off" (producer/director)
* "Timon on the Range" (producer/director)
* "The Man From J.U.N.G.L.E." (producer/director)
* "Maine-Iacs" (producer/director/writer)
* "Fiji-Fi-Fo-Fum" (producer/director)
* "Rome Alone" (producer/director/writer)
* "Amusement Bark" (producer/director/writer)
* "Once Upon a Timon" (producer/director/writer)
* "Beethoven's Whiff" (producer/director/writer)
* "Bumble in the Jungle" (producer/director/writer)
* "Mind Over Matterhorn" (producer/director/writer)