Linda Miller is one of the premier animators working in America today. She was one of a group of women promoted to the position at the Disney studios in the late seventies, and also worked on many features at the Don Bluth studio and Universal Cartoons, among others. In this interview, she tells us about her training and some of her assignments.
Q: Could you tell me what sort of art schooling you had?
LINDA MILLER: My background in art goes back a long way. When I was four years old, people were putting my finger-paint drawings of birds up in the schools. It was recognized I that I had a talent for it very early on. I actually got up to the fourth grade before I made I the connection that I could have a career doing the stuff that I liked doing anyway.
Q: Did you start animating at that age?
LM: I drew pretty much the things that girls draw. Trains. Horses. What influenced me a lot was sitting in the den watching ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE with my dad, when it was still on in prime time. They had Bugs Bunny cartoons in prime time, and my father and I really loved them. He thought it would just be the best thing if I grew up and went to work for Walt Disney. So that got put into my head at a pretty early age.
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