DAVID BOSSERT received a B.F.A. in Animation from CalArts’ School of Film/Video in 1983. Mr. Bossert has been with the Walt Disney Company for more than 24 years and currently serves as Creative Director at Walt Disney Animation Studios Special Projects.

He has worked on such films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, Hercules, the Academy Award-nominated Runaway Brain, and Fantasia 2000 for which he served as Artistic Coordinator and Visual Effects Supervisor. Dave served as Associate Producer on the award winning and Academy Award-nominated short Destino. He also has served as the Artistic Coordinator and Visual Effects Supervisor on the award winning and Academy Award-nominated short Lorenzo.

Mr. Bossert was Producer for Walt Disney on the Front Lines a DVD compilation of films produced by the studio during W.W. II. The DVD has won numerous awards including a Special Achievement Award from ASIFA-Hollywood. David also served as a Producer on a four volume DVD collection of the award winning True Life Adventure films. He is also the Artistic Supervisor for the Disney Restoration Team and has overseen the digital restoration and preservation on many of the Disney animated shorts and the recently restored features Bambi, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan and Jungle Book.

David has directed the short film The Cat That Looked at a King for the 40th Anniversary of Mary Poppins DVD release. He has also directed four Winnie-the-Pooh Learning Adventure educational projects for Disney’s Buena Vista Home Entertainment division as well as overseeing numerous other projects for various divisions of The Walt Disney Company.

Mr. Bossert resides in Los Angeles with his wife Nancy and two daughters, Sydney and Marlee.