Tom Bancroft

Birth : 1967-01-01, California, USA

History

Tom Bancroft has almost 25 years of experience in the animation industry, most of which was for Walt Disney Feature Animation where he was an animator for 11 years. He has been nominated for Annie and Rueben awards, spoken at the Kennedy Center and awarded an entry into the Chicago Children's Film Festival. While at Disney, Bancroft had the opportunity to contribute his talents to 10 animated feature films, five animated shorts, and numerous special projects and commercials. Among the classic films on which he worked are, "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "Aladdin," "Mulan" and "Brother Bear." He was also a character designer and director for Big Idea Productions, makers of the family-friendly "Veggietales" video series. In 2005, Bancroft had his popular art instruction book "Creating Characters with Personality" published by Watson-Guptill Publishers. It has become the most recognized book on designing characters for animation, video games, comic books and cartooning, and is a required textbook at many art schools around the world. In 2012, Focal Press published his second book, "Character Mentor" and it is already one of their best-selling art instruction books. He has also illustrated over 50 children's books, art directed a major children's educational website (ABCMouse.com), wrote and illustrated multiple comic book series, and created character designs for TV, Film, and Video games for clients like Lego, Disney, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, CBN, Random House, Big Idea Production, Marvel, and more. Presently, Bancroft is the Head of Character design for the animated TV series, "Superbook", Seasons 2 to 4 for Christian Broadcasting Network, President of his online art instruction website (TaughtByAPro.com), Artist in Residence for Lipscomb Univeristy, speaks at video game companies and art schools all around the world (EA Entertainment, SCAD, Ringling, Nemo Academy-Italy, etc.) and creates art and art direction for clients all over the world. Bancroft and his family reside in Franklin, Tennessee. -IMDB

Movies

Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studio
Animation
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short sees Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
Pencils Vs Pixels
Pencils Vs Pixels
Producer
A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.
VeggieTales: The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack
VeggieTales: The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack
Director
The made-for-video children's series VEGGIETALES stars adorable, computer-animated vegetables in family-friendly stories that foster Christian values and morality. One of the most beloved VEGGIETALES characters is the cucumber LarryBoy, a mild-mannered janitor who transforms into a plunger-clad superhero to save the residents of Bumblyburg. This collection includes two classic LarryBoy adventures: LARRYBOY & THE FIB FROM OUTER SPACE (1997), in which a little white lie ends up causing big trouble; and LARRYBOY & THE RUMOR WEED (1999), an important lesson about the power of gossip. The volume also features DAVE & THE GIANT PICKLE (1996), a retelling of the Biblical story of David and Goliath; as well as four LarryBoy cartoons rendered in traditional line-drawn animation.
VeggieTales: LarryBoy in The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly
VeggieTales: LarryBoy in The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly
Character Designer
Larryboy and fellow superhero, Dark Crow, scramble to learn a lesson in sharing. But it doesn’t come over-easy when they discover Greta Von Gruesome and Awful Alvin are the terrible team of trouble that has struck Bumblyburg with their new invention: the Over-Easy-Egg ray. Everything turns into a hard-boiled mess as this deceptive duo zaps everything in sight. Larryboy has to learn that sharing means working together as he and Dark Crow team up to share the responsibilities of fighting this crime. Will he learn this lesson before he and Dark Crow become the world’s biggest superhero omelet? See what happens in this exciting Larryboy adventure.
VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows
VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows
Character Designer
In a world… In a country… In a state… In a town… In a house… In a machine… Angry eyebrows!!!!!
VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows
VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows
Supervising Art Director
In a world… In a country… In a state… In a town… In a house… In a machine… Angry eyebrows!!!!!
VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
Director
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything present the 10 most popular Silly Songs, as tabulated on the VeggieTales website, with the addition of one new song.
The Lion King
The Lion King
Animation
A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?