Kevin Lima
Directing · Acting · Visual Effects · Crew · Writing · Production
Born June 12, 1962, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Kevin Lima (born c. 1962) is an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film A Goofy Movie in 1995, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians, Eloise at the Plaza, Eloise at Christmastime and Enchanted. Before directing, he worked as an animator and character designer on films such as The Little Mermaid and The Great Mouse Detective and a story editor for Aladdin and Oliver & Company. At the moment he is working on a feature adaptation of the classic tale of Tom Thumb entitled Thumb for Warner Bros. Kevin is also developing Candy Land with Universal and Hasbro and Afterlife with Fox 2000. Kevin studied film and animation at the California Institute of the Arts, during the mid-80's. He is married to Brenda Chapman, an animation Director at Pixar. His grandparents were both Portuguese. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Lima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2008Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure — Director
- 2007Enchanted — Pip in New York (voice), Director
- 2006The Wild — Executive Producer
- 2003Eloise at Christmastime — Director, Producer
- 2003Eloise at the Plaza — Director, Producer
- 2002Return to Never Land — Thanks
- 2000102 Dalmatians — Director
- 1999Tarzan — Director
- 1995A Goofy Movie — Lester (voice), Director
- 1992Aladdin — Story
- 1991Beauty and the Beast — Visual Development
- 1990The Rescuers Down Under — Visual Development
- 1989The Little Mermaid — Character Designer
- 1988Oliver & Company — Story
- 1987A Birthday — Thanks
- 1987Sport Goofy in Soccermania — Animation
- 1987The Brave Little Toaster — Character Designer, Animation
- 1984Child Proof — Thanks
- 1983Let's Misbehave — Director, Animation
- 1983Paws — Thanks
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2024Not Just a Goof — Self
- 2018The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass — Self
- 1995The Making of A Goofy Movie — Self
- Disney Rewind Concert — Self