Rick Farmiloe is an animator and sequence director who has worked for various studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and DreamWorks.

Rick has been animating for over 30 years, and is best known for bringing life to Disney sidekicks Scuttle, LeFou, and Abu in the beloved Academy Award-winning films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

​​Rick’s early career began in 1978 after attending the California Institute of the Arts, when he was hired at Filmation Studios. There, he contributed to numerous projects, including Fat Albert, Mighty Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Zorro, and Flash Gordon, to name a few.

Our guest's remarkable career in animation has included contributions to beloved creations such as The Rescuers Down Under, The Swan Princess, The Prince of Egypt, The Iron Giant, and The Road to El Dorado.

Rick’s work in animated shorts and commercials has featured iconic names and projects, including Snoopy, Timon and Pumbaa, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Princess and the Frog.

Our guest’s influence on the musical genre, through his creativity, has led him to collaborate with iconic names such as Brian Wilson and Paula Abdul, among others.

His directing career as an animator at DreamWorks included bringing the beloved Moses the camel to life in The Prince of Egypt (1998). He followed that achievement in 2001 by contributing storyboards to Shrek, which went on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

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Original YouTube air date October 16, 2025.