Stephen Anderson

Stephen Anderson is an American animator and voice actor working for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Career Anderson joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1999 as a story artist on Tarzan. Prior to joining Disney, Anderson worked as an animator at Hyperion Animation on Rover Dangerfield and Bebe's Kids.

Following Tarzan, Anderson served as a head of story for The Emperor's New Groove and Brother Bear. Anderson made his directorial debut with the 2007 film Meet the Robinsons and later directed the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh with Don Hall. After the release of Meet the Robinsons he pitched an idea for a feature called The Earth and the Sky, which would have been The Fox and the Hound with a boy and a dragon. But when DreamWorks announced their movie How to Train Your Dragon, which had similar story elements, the idea was dropped.

Anderson currently resides in Canyon Country, California, with his wife, Heather, and their son, Jacob.

Credits Feature films YearFilmCredited as Director Writer Head of Story StoryArtist Other Voice Role Notes 1991 Rover Dangerfield Additional Animator 1992 Bebe's Kids Character Animator 1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Direct-to-video 1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars 1999 Tarzan 2000 The Emperor's New Groove Ipi Additional Story Material 2003 Brother Bear 2007 Meet the Robinsons Bowler Hat Guy /Grandpa Bud Robinson / Tallulah Robinson Disney Story Trust - uncredited 2008 Bolt Additional Voices 2009 The Princess and the Frog 2010 Tangled 2011 Winnie the Pooh 2012 Wreck-It Ralph 2013 Frozen Kai 2014 Big Hero 6 Creative Leadership 2016 Zootopia Additional Story, Creative Leadership Moana 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Creative Leadership 2019 Frozen II Kai Additional Story, Creative Leadership 2024 The Garfield Movie 2025 Zootopia 2 Creative Leadership

Short films Year TitleDirectorWriterOtherVoiceRole Notes 1992 Itsy Bitsy Spider Character Animator 1997 Loose Tooth Animation Story Developer 2016 Sugar 2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure Kai Featurette 2019 Rift Graphic Artist / Locations 2024 Elmer Untitled The Princess and the Frog/Tiana Special

Video 1992 – Itsy Bitsy Spider (character animator) 1996 – Toto Lost in New York (director, character designer, storyboard artist) 1996 – Virtual Oz (character designer) 1997 – Journey Beneath the Sea (director) 1997 – Underground Adventure (director)

Television 1993 – The Itsy Bitsy Spider (director) 2021 – Monsters at Work (supervising director and voice director) 2023 – Young Love (animation director) 2024 – Ariel (storyboard artist)

Comic books 1996 – Poop Jelly (anthology) – writer/artist for one short story 2001 – Short Stack (anthology) – writer/artist for one short story 2008 – Who is Rocket Johnson? (anthology) – writer/artist for one short story