Phil Nibbelink

Phil Nibbelink went to the Disney Animation program at California Institute of the Arts and started work at Disney Studios as an animator in 1978. There I animated on "The Fox and the Hound", "The Black Cauldron", "Basil the Great Mouse Detective", "Oliver and Company", and I was a directing animator in London on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". I then went to Germany and did direction and animation on "The Magic Voyage". From there I joined Steven Spielberg to form Amblimation in London where I directed "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "We're Back". I moved back to L.A. and directed the animation on "Casper" and developed Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats". In 1998 I started Phil Nibbelink Productions with my wife Margit Friesacher as Producer and together we made direct to video films "The Boogie Woogie Whale Sing-A-Long", "Puss in Boots",and "Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America".
In 2000 we decided to make the 35mm feature film "Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss". After completing my other projects I began working on Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss in early 2003. It was exciting as I was putting my two favorite things together, seals and Shakespeare. I figured if Bugs Bunny can do Opera...seals can do Shakespeare! Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss

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