You are bidding on a great 8.5x11” ink drawing of The Lion King’s Simba and Pumbaa by animation wonder twins Tom Bancroft and Tony Bancroft! The brothers both worked on The Lion King as animators: Tom as part of the team working on young Simba, and Tony who was the supervising animator of the flatulent warthog Pumbaa! Signed by both brothers!
If you weren’t aware of it, The Bancroft Brothers have likely been a major part of your childhood. The started together at Disney as trainees, and both rocketed to successful careers in the business. Besides Simba, Tom Bancroft animated Pocahontas, Iago in Aladdin, Tuke in Brother Bear, and was the supervising animator of Mushu in Mulan! Tony Bancroft animated Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, also Iago, supervising animator of Kronk from The Emperor’s New Groove, supervised the animation for Stuart Little 2, he directed Mulan, and directed Animal Crackers - a new animated film coming to theaters in 2017! Together, The Bancroft Brothers do lectures around the world, and they host their popular Bancroft Brothers Podcast where they interview other luminaries in the animation business!
Don’t miss your chance to get this terrific memento based on a film that meant a lot to them! Hakuna Matata!
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