Character Builders
was an American animation studio established in 1986 by Jim Kammerud, Marty Fuller and Jeff Smith. Smith left the studio to pursue his comic interests in 1991 and created the Bone series later in his career. Writer and director Brian Smith and animator Dan Root also became eventual partners in the studio. Character Builders specialized in traditional animation for commercials, television and feature films. They ceased operations in 2005, and a spin-off studio, Hot Donut Productions, briefly worked on The Fox and the Hound 2 before shutting down as well.
Shows and films worked on by Character Builders:
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (additional animation for Walt Disney Animation Japan; with Yowza! Animation and Jade Animation)
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (storyboards; uncredited)
- Animaniacs (additional animation for season 5 Startoons episodes; uncredited)
- Anastasia (uncredited; with Canuck Creations)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (additional effects animation; with Walt Disney Animation Canada, Walt Disney Television Animation Australia, Red Rover Studios and Wang Film Productions)
- Bébé's Kids (with Wang Film, Bardel Entertainment and Tony Collingwood Productions)
- Beethoven: The Animated Series (storyboards)
- Doug (layouts; uncredited)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (with Wang Film, A. Film, Rough Draft Studios, Hanho Heung-Up, Saerom, Luk Film, Time Art Studios, Siam Mammoth Animation, Sidley-Wright & Associates, Available Light Productions, Kroyer Films, Lumeni Productions, Electric Filmworks, Karen Johnson Productions, The Baer Animation Company, Pacific Title and The Chandler Group)
- A Goofy Movie (storyboards; uncredited)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (storyboards; uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (with Disney Japan)
- The Indescribable Nth (original production)
- Invasion America (storyboards)
- Joseph: King of Dreams (additional animation services for Bardel Entertainment; with Wang Film, Tama Productions, Golden Bell, Starburst Animation, Fil-Cartoons, Mercury Filmworks, Canuck Creations, Heart of Texas, Spaff Animation, Studio Bihou, DKP Studios, Baku Productions, Giant Productions, Design Office MECHAMAN, VirtualMagic Animation, Blue Sunflower, Mukuo Studio, Red Rover, Dynomight Cartoons, Big Fish Animation, New Vision International, Wild Horse Animation Group, Hits for Less and Ray Pang Effects)
- Life with Louie (storyboards; uncredited)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (with Walt Disney Animation Canada and Wang Film)
- Pigs Next Door (storyboards)
- Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (with Disney Japannote , Walt Disney Animation Canada and Spaff Animation)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (storyboards for 4 episodes; uncredited)List
- Rover Dangerfield (with Wang Film, Bardel Entertainment, Tony Collingwood Productions, Hanho, Bon Art, The Baer Animation Company, Cartoons International, Sullivan Bluth Studios and Rhythm & Hues)
- Space Jam (with Bardel Entertainment, Cinesite, Spaff Animation, Heart of Texas, Chuck Gammage Animation, Kennedy Cartoons, Uli Meyer Studios, Orphan Films, Stardust Pictures and Premier Films)
- The Swan Princess (with Dream Quest Images and Hanho)
- Tarzan II (with Walt Disney Television Animation Australia and Toon City)
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (assistant animation)
- Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (layouts; uncredited)
