Mark henn biography
Mark henn biography
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Legendary Animator Mark Henn Retires From Disney After 43 Years
Disney’s “lady’s man” is retiring after 43 years with the studio.
Mark Henn, a legendary animator who supervised the animation of five Disney Princesses (Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and Tiana), will retire this week.
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Disney’s Lady’s Man
Henn started his career at Disney in 1980.
After working on films such as The Great Mouse Detective and The Rescuers Down Under, the animator began work on Disney’s breakthrough classic The Little Mermaid.
Alongside animator Glen Keane, Henn would supervise the animation of the film’s titular character, Ariel.
It was Henn who, taking inspiration from live-action model Sherri Stoner, gave Ariel her trademark lip bite.
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“One of [those gestures],” he said, “was her habit of biting her bottom lip when she was intent on something.
I used that, and the gesture made her personality real