Rasoul Azadani

Rasoul Azadani (Template:Langx, Template:IPA; born 1965) is an Iranian animator, lighting designer and layout artist. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In 1995, he was nominated for an Annie Award in the category "Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation" for his work on Pocahontas.

Life and career

Azadani was born in 1965 in the city of Isfahan. He entered Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults to study animation, after receiving his High school diploma. Azadani later worked for the Institution as an Animation Instructor, before emigrating to United States and studying at the California Institute of the Arts. Azadani joined Walt Disney Animation Studios to work as a layout assistant in 1985.

The character Razoul from the Disney animated film Aladdin is named after Azadani. In the movie, Jafar originally used the phrase "Rasoul Azadani" to open the Cave of Wonders, but it was later cut.

Filmography

Year	Film	Assistant layout artist	Layout artist	Layout supervisor	Animatic supervisor	Lighting designer	Notes
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Template:Yes
1987	The Chipmunk Adventure		Template:Yes
1988	Garfield and Friends		Template:Yes				2 episodes
	Oliver & Company		Template:Yes
1989	The Little Mermaid		Template:Yes
1990	The Rescuers Down Under		Template:Yes
1991	Beauty and the Beast		Template:Yes
1992	Aladdin			Template:Yes
1995	Pocahontas			Template:Yes
1997	Hercules		Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1999	Fantasia 2000			Template:Yes			Segment "Rhapsody in Blue"
2000	Rhapsody in Blue		Template:Yes
	The Emperor's New Groove			Template:Yes
2002	Treasure Planet			Template:Yes
2007	The Simpsons Movie			Template:Yes
2009	The Princess and the Frog			Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Pups of Liberty						Visual development artist
2011	Winnie the Pooh			Template:Yes
2012	The Longest Daycare			Template:Yes
	Paperman		Template:Yes
2016	Moana		Template:Yes
2019	Abominable (a.k.a. Everest)						Additional Visual Development Artist
TBA	Untitled Musical Film By Byron P. Howard and Jason Groh and Sean V. Jeffrey and Dan Fogelman and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
1995	Annie Awards	Pocahontas	Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation	Template:Nom

External links

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