Mark Dindal

Mark Dindal

Born: May 31, 1960
in Columbus, Ohio, USA
Mark Dindal (born in Columbus, Ohio) is an American effects animator and director, who created The Emperor's New Groove as well as Cats Don't Dance. He worked in many Disney classic projects as an effects animator, and also led the special effects for several classic movies such as The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers Down Under.

Movies for Mark Dindal...

Beware The Groove: The Making Of A Cult Classic
Title: Beware The Groove: The Making Of A Cult Classic
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 3, 2023
Type: Movie
in this fan made documentary learn the story of how the animated classic "The Emperor's New Groove" went from a troubled production to a pop culture phenomenon.
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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Title: Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2006
Type: Movie
Find out how the spectacular music inspired the animation, and learn more about the development of the characters—such as how Ursula ended up being a big octopus—and how the memorable song "Part of Your World" almost got cut from the film.
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Chicken Little
Title: Chicken Little
Character: Morkubine Porcupine / Coach (voice)
Released: November 4, 2005
Type: Movie
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
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The Sweatbox
Title: The Sweatbox
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of Kingdom of the Sun/The Emperor's New Groove as part of the deal that originally brought her husband Sting to the project. As a result, Styler recorded on film much of the struggle, controversy, and troubles that went into making the picture (including the moment when producer Fullmer called Sting to inform the pop star that his songs were being deleted from the film). Styler's completed documentary, The Sweatbox, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 13, 2002. Disney owns the rights to the documentary and has not released it on home video or DVD.
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The Emperor's New Groove
Title: The Emperor's New Groove
Character: Kitty Yzma (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a llama, who accidentally ends up in Pacha's village. Pacha offers to help Kuzco if he doesn't destroy his house, and so they form an unlikely partnership.
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Cats Don't Dance
Title: Cats Don't Dance
Character: Max (voice)
Released: March 26, 1997
Type: Movie
An ambitious singing and dancing cat goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.