Brenda Chapman was born on November 1,1962 and is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and director.
14 Facts About Brenda Chapman
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Brenda Chapman went to Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois, receiving her Associate of Arts degree.
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Brenda Chapman then moved to California and studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts.
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Brenda Chapman then worked as a storyboard artist on The Rescuers Down Under and Beauty and the Beast, where she worked closely with Roger Allers to define many of the key sequences and motifs used in the film.
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Brenda Chapman later served as head of story, the first woman to do so in an animated feature film, for The Lion King.
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Brenda Chapman joined DreamWorks Animation at its inception in the fall of 1994.
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Brenda Chapman was one of a team of three directors who worked on 1998's The Prince of Egypt, along with Steve Hickner and Simon Wells.
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Brenda Chapman became the first female director for an animated feature by a major studio; three others had previously helmed independent efforts including Lotte Reiniger of The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Joy Batchelor of Animal Farm, and Arna Selznick of The Care Bears Movie.
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Brenda Chapman worked on Chicken Run, and several projects in development while at DreamWorks before leaving the studio on maternity leave.
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However, later that same year, Brenda Chapman moved to Pixar after being invited by her old colleague Joe Ranft, where she had a brief stint on Cars before developing The Bear and the Bow, which was re-titled Brave.
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In May 2016, it was reported that Brenda Chapman would make her live-action directorial debut with Come Away, a fantasy drama that serves as a prequel to Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
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In February 2020, it was reported that Brenda Chapman was attached to write and direct a live-action hybrid film adaptation of Ghost Squad.
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Brenda Chapman is married to director Kevin Lima, whom she met at California Institute of the Arts.
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In 2014, Brenda Chapman urged Scots to back independence in the September referendum.