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Mark Alan Henn (born April 6, 1958) is an American animator and film director. His work includes animated characters for Walt Disney Animation Studios films, most notably leading or titular characters and heroines. He served as the lead animator for Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (1991), Jasmine in Aladdin ...
Mark Henn is a director and animator who worked on Disney classics such as The Lion King, Mulan and Frozen. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA, and married to Debra Lou Hall since 1981.
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Mark Alan Henn is one of the most famous American Disney animators for title characters and leading characters.
First hired by Disney in 1980, he is one of the longest continuously employed artists at the studio. He is well-known for drawing female characters, such as Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Giselle, and Tiana.
In more recent years, Henn has helped to instruct younger animators how to utilize the principles of traditional animation in CG animation, doing hand-drawn overlays on character poses to better help bring life to the character animation.
On December 14, 2023, Henn announced his retirement from Disney after 43 years.
•Henn based the character of Princess Jasmine on his younger sister, Beth Henn-Allen.
•Henn appeared in an episode of the Disney+ series Disney Sketchbook, where he taught viewers how to draw Young Simba.
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Mark Henn is a celebrated Disney animator known for his work on some of the studio’s most iconic characters, including Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”, Belle from “Beauty and the Beast”, and Jasmine from “Aladdin”. A key figure during the Disney Renaissance, Henn has been at the forefront of animation for over four decades.
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Dec 16, 2023 · Mark Henn, a key animator and supervisor of five female leads at Disney, retired from the company this week after a long and influential career. He animated characters with sincerity, warmth, and restraint, and mentored cg animators on films like Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Dec 18, 2023 · Mark Henn, who supervised the animation of Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and Tiana, is leaving Disney after 43 years. He started his career in 1980 and witnessed the transition from hand-drawn to CGI animation.
Jan 21, 2024 · Mark Henn, a Disney legend who animated iconic characters like Ariel and Mulan, reveals why he left the studio in 2023. He says the work was not meaningful, he was blacklisted from directing, and he will finish a short film he started.
