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Dave Zabowski

Animator

Dave Zabowski

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Biography

Dave Zabowski is a classically trained painter, illustrator and was a Senior Animator for Disney, Warner Bros. and Sony during the Second Golden Age of Animation on such films as Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000 and others. He has written and illustrated several nationally published children’s books, been the expedition artist on a search for a lost temple in the Andes, won a gladiatorial street art competition and painted for the Dalai Lama. Concurrently with continuing his painting, drawing and animating career, he also consult with companies on the process of creativity, collaboration and innovation.