In 1978, Jerry Rees worked as an animator for the Christmas children's film The Small One.
11 Facts About Jerry Rees
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Jerry Rees worked on the Disney film The Fox and the Hound, and the following year served as one of the visual effects supervisors for the cutting-edge science fiction film Tron.
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Jerry Rees teamed up with fellow CalArts alum Tim Burton to co-write and co-direct the cult classic featurettes Doctor of Doom and Luau.
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Jerry Rees directed the Neil Simon-penned The Marrying Man and served as an animation producer on the film Space Jam.
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Jerry Rees directed the award-winning Back to Neverland documentary starring Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite, shown as part of the animation studio tours at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
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Jerry Rees directed the educational films Tourist from Hell and The Editing Story, which screened as part of the backstage tour at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
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In 1993, Jerry Rees wrote and produced a new Betty Boop feature film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Jerry Rees directed the pre-ride film at Disney's Animal Kingdom ride Dinosaur.
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For some time, Jerry Rees was attached as director to a project called Rand Robinson, Robot Repairman, financed by Interscope and Philips.
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Currently, Jerry Rees is a full-time creative consultant at the San Francisco film studio Wild Brain, where he is developing CGI Features.
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Jerry Rees is attached to direct a Casey Silver Productions CGI feature.