Mark Dindal
The Disney-trained director behind The Garfield Movie (2024).
Mark Dindal is an American filmmaker, effects animator and voice actor who directed the 2024 animated film The Garfield Movie for Sony Pictures and Alcon Entertainment.
Quick Facts
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
- Education
- CalArts
- Occupation
- Film director
- screenwriter
- effects animator
- character designer
- storyboard artist
- voice actor
- Employer
- Walt Disney Feature Animation (1980–1992, 1997–2006)
- Years active
- 1979–present
- Children
- 2
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Background
He is best known for his Disney work, directing The Emperor's New Groove in 2000 and Chicken Little in 2005. Earlier he worked on animation for The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, and on Tom and Jerry: The Movie.
Dindal was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up partly in Syracuse, New York, where his father taught him to draw. He learned animation at CalArts and began working at Disney in 1980 as an effects animator.
In 1997 he moved briefly to Warner Bros. Animation and made his feature directing debut with Cats Don't Dance, which won the Annie Award for Best Animated Film. The Garfield Movie was a commercial success despite negative reviews.
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