Brian Pimental

Brian Pimental is a veteran story artist and director of animated films.

Having started his career at Walt Disney Feature animation as a trainee on "Oliver & Company," he went on to become a story artist on "Beauty and the Beast" for which he created the "Be Our Guest" sequence as well as the "Human Again" sequence which was featured in the Broadway play as well as the extended version of the film. He was also a story artist on "Aladdin".

He went on to become head of story and co-screenwriter on "A Goofy Movie" for which he earned his first ASIFA Award nomination. His second nomination was for the film "Tarzan" for which he once again headed up the story team as head of story.

His directorial debut came on "Bambi II" which went on to win the ASIFA award for best non theatrical feature. He also created the voices for the Porcupine and Groundhog in the film.

He is currently working independently as director/writer of animated films.