Kevin Lima
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Kevin Lima
Kevin Limais an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film A Goofy Movie in 1995, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians, and Enchanted. He is married to Brenda Chapman, the head of story of The Lion King and co-director of The Prince of Egypt and Brave...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
CountryUnited States of America
disney great stable work
We feel really lucky at Disney to work with a great stable of artists.
bursting chris imagine jungle man simply
From the very, very beginning, we made the decision that 'Tarzan' wasn't going to sing. My co-director, Chris Buck, and I said to each other that we couldn't imagine a half-naked man in the jungle simply bursting into song.
collins disney great heard phil seemed studio
The way we got Phil Collins for 'Tarzan' was that we heard around the studio that he was looking for a Disney project, and we got him. It seemed like a perfect match. Phil is a great musician.
dialogue draw maybe pull recording tapes
What we do sometimes when we're in the sessions recording the dialogue is we'll set up a video camera and we'll video the whole session. So then the animator, if he wants, can draw upon those tapes to pull expressions, mouth shapes, maybe some gesturing that happens.