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Edward T. "Tad" Stones (born May 28, 1952) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003.
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- Introduction
- Brer Rabbit
- Tad, Stan and Revolting Robots
- Back to The Past
- The Fox and The Hound
- Epcot Days
In the mid 1970s, the reign of Disneys fabled Nine Old Men was nearing its end. The team of master animators who had been by Walts side since Snow Whitewas nearing retirement age, and it was time to recruit and train a new generation. These days, the young artists who joined Disney during that period could be referred to as the Middle Aged Mob. The...
Joe Strike: What are you up to over at Universal? Snow White marked an end of an era for Disney as the Nine Old Men reached retirement age. © Disney. Tad Stones:Im producing a direct-to-video feature about Brer Rabbit. We go back to the folk tales via a series of books by Julius Lester that dropped the southern dialect. We have an all black cast th...
JS: What else have you been doing since The Disney Afternoon wrapped? TS: My last day at Disney was February 26, 2003. I did one small development project for them that didnt get too far. Then I did a direct-to-video Scooby-Doo script Scooby-Doo and the Anime Invasion. I think it needs a title change, because evidently kids loved the concept but mo...
JS: Lets jump in the Time Top and go way back to the beginning. How did you wind up in animation? TS: I always loved animation, I loved cartoons and comic strips and comic books. I remember being very young and buying the original Bob Thomas Art of Animation book at Disneyland that was all about the making of Sleeping Beauty. It was actually the se...
I finally moved up to assistant animator, but at the same time I took stock of where I was going. I realized I enjoyed creating characters or deciding what they were doing more than making them do it. I was telling someone this morning that one of the most magical parts of animation that I love is rolling the drawings on an animation desk to see ac...
After I did an educational film called Health and Alcohol Abuse, for the studios education division they said, Wed like you to try going over to WED [Disneys theme park design department]. Were doing this thing called EPCOT, which is entertainment and education. That was the fun part of the Disney organization that it did entertainment in all these...
Read Part 1 of The Tad Stones Interview in which he talks about his thirtysome years in animation, from Eric Larson's training program at Disney, his work on EPCOT, the influence of Jeffrey Katzenberg, Disney TV Animation and now his new project, Brer Rabbit, at Universal Cartoon Studios.
Aug 12, 2004 · Stones got his chance to work on a sci-fi series with Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. © Disney Television. TS: The show's title was Warp Wild. Obviously everything gets reused because Warp Darkmatter reappeared when I finally got to do a science fiction comedy called Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
