Digital Hollywood Spring, March, 2006 Speaker Dave Bossert, Creative Director, Disney Animation Special Projects DAVID A. BOSSERT received a B.F.A. in Animation from CalArts’ School of Film/Video in 1983. Mr. Bossert has been with the Walt Disney Company for more than 22 years and currently serves as Creative Director at Disney Animation Special Projects. He has worked on such films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, Hercules, the Academy Award-nominated Runaway Brain, and Fantasia 2000 for which he served as Artistic Coordinator and Visual Effects Supervisor. Dave served as Associate Producer on the award winning and Academy Award-nominated short Destino. He also has served as the Artistic Coordinator and Visual Effects Supervisor on the award winning and Academy Award-nominated short Lorenzo. Mr. Bossert was Producer for Walt Disney on the Front Lines a DVD compilation of films produced by the studio during W.W. II. The DVD was released on May 18, 2004 and won numerous awards including a Special Achievement Award from ASIFA-Hollywood. Currently, David is producing a three volume DVD collection of the award winning True Life Adventure films. He is also the Artistic Supervisor for the Disney Restoration Team and has overseen restoration on many of the Disney animated shorts and the recently restored features Bambi, Cinderella and Lady and the Tramp. David has directed the short film The Cat That Looked at a King for the 40th Anniversary of Mary Poppins DVD release. He is currently directing four Winnie-the-Pooh Learning Adventure educational projects for Disney’s Buena Vista Home Entertainment division as well as overseeing numerous other projects for various divisions of The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Bossert resides in Los Angeles with his wife Nancy and two daughters, Sydney and Marlee.