T. Daniel Hofstedt

**T. Daniel Hofstedt** is an American animator, storyboard artist and special effects artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

## Career

He also worked on films included *Lifeforce* (1985), *An American Tail* (1986), *The Land Before Time* (1988), *All Dogs Go to Heaven* (1989), *Rock-a-Doodle* (1991), *Aladdin* (1992), *The Lion King* (1994), *A Troll in Central Park* (1994), *Pocahontas* (1995), *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), *Hercules* (1997), *Mulan* (1998), *Tarzan* (1999), *Treasure Planet* (2002), *Looney Tunes: Back in Action* (2003), *Home on the Range* (2004), *Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers* (2004), *The Polar Express* (2004), *Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas* (2004), *Pooh's Heffalump Movie* (2005), *Monster House* (2006), *Speed Racer* (2008), *Open Season 2* (2008), *The Princess and the Frog* (2009), *VeggieTales: Sweetpea Beauty* (2010), *VeggieTales: It's a Meaningful Life* (2010), *Open Season 3* (2010), *Planes* (2013), *Planes: Fire & Rescue* (2014), *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League* (2015), *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout* (2016), *Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory* (2017), *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash* (2018), and *LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis* (2018).

## Filmography

### Film

* *Lifeforce* (1985) - (special visual effects crew)
* *An American Tail* (1986) - (animator) / (rough inbetween supervisor)
* *The Land Before Time* (1988) - (animator: "Sharptooth")
* *All Dogs Go to Heaven* (1989) - (additional storyboard artist) / (character animator)
* *Rock-a-Doodle* (1991) - (directing animator)
* *Aladdin* (1992) - (animator: "Gazeem" and "Achmed")
* *The Lion King* (1994) - (animator: "Young Simba")
* *A Troll in Central Park* (1994) - (directing animator)
* *Pocahontas* (1995) - (supervising animator: "Ben" & "Lon") / (additional story development)
* *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996) - (animator: "Gargoyles")
* *Hercules* (1997) - (animator: "The Muses")
* *Mulan* (1998) - (supervising animator: "The Emperor")
* *Tarzan* (1999) - (supervising animator: "Captain & Thugs")
* *Treasure Planet* (2002) - (supervising animator: "Mr. Arrow")
* *Looney Tunes: Back in Action* (2003) - (animator)
* *Home on the Range* (2004) - (additional animator: "Mrs. Calloway")
* *Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers* (2004) - (Video) (character animator)
* *The Polar Express* (2004) - (character animator)
* *Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas* (2004) - (Video) (animator)
* *Pooh's Heffalump Movie* (2005) - (animator)
* *Monster House* (2006) - (animation co-supervisor) / (animation supervisor)
* *Speed Racer* (2008) - (animator)
* *Open Season 2* (2008) - (Video) (visual development artist)
* *The Princess and the Frog* (2009) - (lead animator: "Masks/Voodoo Dolls/Band")
* *VeggieTales: Sweetpea Beauty* (2010) - (TV Movie) (animation supervisor)
* *VeggieTales: It's a Meaningful Life* (2010) - (TV Movie) (animation supervisor)
* *Open Season 3* (2010) - (additional visual development)
* *Planes* (2013) - (assistant animation supervisor)
* *Planes: Fire & Rescue* (2014) - (assistant animation supervisor)
* *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League* (2015) - (Video) (animation supervisor)
* *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout* (2016) - (Video) (animation supervisor)
* *Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory* (2017) - (Video) (character layout and animation)
* *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash* (2018) - (Video) (animation supervisor)
* *LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis* (2018) - (Video) (animation supervisor)