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Deja is best known as the supervising animator of some of the most memorable Disney villains: Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Jafar in Aladdin, Scar in The Lion King and Queen Narissa in Enchanted.
Andreas Deja is a Polish animator, who joined the animation department of Walt Disney Productions in the 1980s, and soon established himself as a supervising animator on several villains in Disney animated features.
Meet Andreas Deja. Text courtesy of The Walt Disney Family Museum: Andreas Deja first applied for a job as a Disney animator at the age of 10. Born in Poland and raised in Germany, he remembers writing to The Studios immediately after seeing The Jungle Book.
Having been mentored by some of animation’s greatest legends, Andreas Deja is at once a link to Disney’s past, one of the greatest animators of its modern era, and an inspiration for the Studio’s future. Andreas is living proof of the most beloved Disney notion about dreams coming true.
Andreas Deja was born on 1 April 1957 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland. He is an assistant director, known for Mushka (2023), The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011).
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Andreas Deja was born on April 1, 1957 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland. He is an assistant director, known for Mushka (2023), The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011).
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Jun 17, 2023 · When Disney legend Andreas Deja was 11 years old, “The Jungle Book” played at his hometown in Germany and after watching it, he was hooked. He remembers how it cast a spell on him and how he...
