Стивен Лотер: Американдық аниматор және режиссер

American animator

Steven Edward Loter is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, and producer. His work includes Kim Possible and developing Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

Loter's earliest works were as a character designer for Disney Consumer Products and at Jim Henson Productions. He started his work as a director directing episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show, where he learned from the team about helming an animated production. He later worked as a director and producer on Kim Possible starting on season 2, as well as on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers and American Dragon: Jake Long. Loter also directed the Happy Monster Band, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Disney's The Legend of Tarzan series, as well as episodes of Duckman and Stressed Eric. In 2008, he directed a music video for the song "Hidden in the Sand", for the indie rock band Tally Hall. He was also an animation director for The Penguins of Madagascar, which won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2012 for Outstanding Animated Program. Loter announced he was directing the feature film Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast from DisneyToon Studios, at the D23 Expo on August 9, 2013. The film is from the Tinker Bell film series and is executive produced by John Lasseter. It was released direct to video on March 3, 2015. Loter, who was approached by Lasseter to pitch a Tinker Bell film, drew inspiration for the film's story on his daughter's love for animals and his own experiences as a father. As of 2023, Loter serves as showrunner Loter and the team pitched the series to Disney with a roller skating sequence featuring Childish Gambino's "Sweatpants", which was approved by Disney. From this position, he approached musician Raphael Saadiq to compose the score and provide songs for the series, being a fan of his; the two were previously set to collaborate on the cancelled Cars spin off film Metro.

Loter is married, and has a daughter and a son. As a child, he used to watch Looney Tunes shorts and "a very poorly subtitled" bootleg of My Neighbor Totoro, which he credited as inspirations for his work on animation. Loter is a fan of anime, particularly Cowboy Bebop, and often references it in his animation work, something he described as "one of the things [he's] known for".

Year Title Credited as Notes Director Producer Animationdepartment1991 1995The Ren & Stimpy ShowLayout supervisor1994 1997Duckman✔Retake supervisor (episode: "Das Dub")1994 1995The Baby Huey Show1998 2000Stressed Eric✔1998 2004Rocket Power✔Unaired pilot only2000 2002Clerks: The Animated Series✔2001 2002Buzz Lightyear of Star Command✔2001 2003The Legend of Tarzan✔✔2002 2007Kim Possible✔✔2006Brandy & Mr. Whiskers✔2006 2007American Dragon: Jake Long✔2008 2015The Penguins of Madagascar2021–2024The Ghost and Molly McGee2023–presentMoon Girl and Devil DinosaurAlso developer and showrunner