David "Dave" Brewster is an American animator at DreamWorks Animation.
Early life[]
He was born in Canada.
Career[]
He is known for his work on The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Looney Tunes Back in Action (2003), Osmosis Jones (2001), Curious George: The Movie (2006) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). He was one of the directing three animators on the original Care Bears Movie (1985) and animated the test promo that sold the project to American Greeting Cards. He has worked for European companies like Passion Pictures, Gerhard Hahn and Gaumont on commercials and the Asterix features. He single handedly did all the character animation in the "Anime Sequence" of Blue Sky's Horton Hears A Who ( 2008) and did the majority of the "Disney Sequence" in Foxes Family Guy: Road to the Multiverse. He also was one of the facial animation designers for Laika's Paranorman (2014). He was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmography[]
- Rock & Rule (1983) - Animator
- The Care Bears Movie (1985) - Supervising Animator
- Asterix in Britain (1986) - Animator
- Rock Odyssey (1987) - Animator (uncredited)
- The Land Before Time (1988) - Animator: Credited on Original Issue
- Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) - Supervising Animator
- All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) - Additional Character Animator
- The Nutcracker Prince (1990) - Animation Poser / Key Animator
- Rover Dangerfield (1991) - Additional Animator
- Rock-a-Doodle (1991) - Character Animator
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) - Karen Johnson Productions / Leading Character Animator: Crysta
- Son of the Pink Panther (1993) - Animator: Opening Sequence
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) - Animator: Kroyer Films (uncredited)
- Asterix in America (1994) - Lead Animator / Model Sheets
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Animator: Esmeralda
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Supervising Animator: Older Rameses and Queen
- The Road to El Dorado (2000) - Senior Supervising Animator: Miguel
- Osmosis Jones (2001) - Supervising Animator
- Eight Crazy Nights (2002) - Animator
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - Animator
- Curious George (2006) - Lead Animator: Ted
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) - 2D Animator: Anime Sequence (uncredited)
- ParaNorman (2012) - 2D Facial Animator
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) - 2D Animator: Warner Animator Group