Lorna Cook is an American director, animator and storyboard artist at DreamWorks Animation.
Career[]
She directed of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and winner of four Annie Awards. Her extensive credits as an animator include The Secret of NIMH, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Rock-a-Doodle, and the Universal Pictures' An American Tail. Cook was an animator on two Academy Award-winning films from Walt Disney Pictures Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Cook spent several years as a valued story artist at Disney as well, including the position of key story artist on The Lion King, Mulan, and was co-head of story on DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt. Cook went back to DreamWorks Animation, where she continued as a story artist for films such as Antz, The Road to El Dorado, Chicken Run, Shrek, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Flushed Away and The Croods.
Filmography[]
- Robin Hood (1973) - Inbetween Artist (uncredited)
- Treasure Island (1973) - Layout Artist
- Oliver Twist (1974) - Layout Artist
- Xanadu (1980) - Assistant Animator: Animation Sequence Unit
- The Fox and the Hound (1981) - Character Animator (uncredited)
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) - Animator
- An American Tail (1986) - Animator
- The Land Before Time (1988) - Directing Animator
- All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) - Directing Animator
- Rock-a-Doodle (1991) - Directing Animator
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Animator: Belle
- The Lion King (1994) - Story / Animator: Adult Simba
- Mulan (1998) - Story
- Antz (1998) - Story Artist (uncredited)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Artistic Supervisor: Story
- The Road to El Dorado (2000) - Additional Storyboard Artist
- Chicken Run (2000) - Additional Story Artist (uncredited)
- Shrek (2001) - Storyboard Artist (uncredited)
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) - Director
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) - Additional Story Artist
- Shrek 2 (2004) - Storyboard Artist (uncredited)
- Shark Tale (2004) - Additional Storyboard Artist
- Madagascar (2005) - Additional Story Artist
- Flushed Away (2006) - Additional Storyboard Artist
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Special Thanks
- The Croods (2013) - Additional Story Artist (uncredited)
- Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) - Storyboard Artist (uncredited)
- The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) - Additional Storyboard Artist
- Duck Duck Goose (2018) - Storyboard Artist
- Spirit Untamed (2021) - Special Thanks