The celebration of The Lion King‘s 30th Anniversary continues, and soon-to-be Disney Legend Mark Henn recently visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park to enjoy the occasion. See more about this legendary Disney Animator below from The Walt Disney Company’s D23 and in this recent video from Disney Parks, showing Henn’s visit to Animal Kingdom:
Henn, Mark Animator; joined Disney in 1980 and animated Mickey Mouse in Mickey’s Christmas Carol and worked on Oliver and the Artful Dodger in Oliver & Company. In 1989 he moved to Florida to help establish the feature animation studio there. He animated Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and young Simba in The Lion King. He was also a supervising animator on The Rescuers Down Under, Aladdin, Mulan, Home on the Range, Winnie the Pooh, The Ballad of Nessie, The Princess and the Frog, and Lilo & Stitch, and an animator on Pocahontas, The Emperor’s New Groove, Enchanted, Frozen, Get a Horse!, and Saving Mr. Banks. For Mickey’s 90th anniversary in 2018, he painted a new official portrait of the character, titled ‘Spreading Happiness Around the World.’
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It’s a real-life Circle of Life! Disney Animator and soon-to-be Disney Legend, Mark Henn, recently visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Lion King! What’s your favorite memory of the film, share in the comments below.
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Zoë Wood is a travel writer from Sydney, Australia. Since her first visit to Disneyland at the age of 6, she has spent her years frequently visiting Disney Parks and traveling around the world.
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