Mark Henn
Mark Alan Henn (born April 6, 1958) is a Disney supervising animator, whose contributions to animation have included several Disney leading or title characters, most notably heroines. His work includes Ariel in "The Little Mermaid", Belle in "Beauty and the Beast", Princess Jasmine in "Aladdin", Young Simba in "The Lion King" and the title character in "Mulan". He has also been animator of such films as 2007's "Enchanted" and the Goofy short "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater". Additionally he directed the award-winning short film "John Henry". Recently, he was the supervising animator of Princess  Tiana in "The Princess and the Frog". Early life. Henn grew up in Ohio. In 1978, Henn was accepted into the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied under Disney animators such as Jack Hannah and T. Hee. Fellow students included Joe Ranft, Mark Dindal and John Lasseter. Career. Henn joined the Disney studio in 1980 and began work as an inbetweener for Glen Keane on "The Fox and the Hound". According to Henn, Keane was finishing the climactic bear fight scene and Henn worked with him on that. Henn has also worked on  other animated features such as "Mickey's Christmas Carol", "The Great Mouse Detective" and "The Little Mermaid". Henn has also animated Mickey Mouse on Nighttime Spectaculars in DisneyParks and Resorts, including "Celebrate The Magic" in Walt Disney World's "Magic Kingdom", "World of Color" – Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney in "Disney's California Adventure Park", "Ignite the Dream, A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light" in "Shanghai Disneyland", "Disney Illuminations" in "Disneyland Paris", Disney Gifts Of Christmas and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in "Tokyo Disneyland", and "We Love Mickey" Main Street Projection Show in "Hong Kong Disneyland". Awards & Honors . Henn has been nominated for an Annie award four times: three times for Character Animation for "The Lion King", "Mulan", and "Winnie the Pooh", and once for Short Animated Film Direction for "John Henry". In 2017, Henn was the recipient of the Winsor McCay Award for lifetime achievement in animation.