Disney Returning To 2D Animated Movies, Says Aladdin Filmmaker

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Eric Goldberg, one of Walt Disney Animation Studios' most renowned animators, provides details on how the company is beginning to move back towards its traditional roots of producing 2D content. Goldberg first joined the Walt Disney Studio in 1992, working as the lead animator on Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin, before later taking on the same role for Phil in Hercules, Louis the Alligator inThe Princess and the Frog, and Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh. Along with his animation career, Goldberg has also acted as a co-director on Pocahontas as well as helming two segments of Fantasia 2000. He has additionally worked as the animation supervisor for certain elements of other Disney movies, including Tiana's fantasy sequence in The Princess and the Frog and Maui's tattoo animation in Moana. During his time working for the studio, Goldberg earned a number of Annie Awards for his iconic character designs and will appear in the upcoming Disney+ documentary series Sketchbook, illustrating his style of animation and his personal journey with Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Although the success of early movies such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and Fantasia allowed the Disney studio to gain the unparalleled reputation that it still holds, popularity in animated features gradually began to decline over the years and Walt Disney himself became less actively involved in producing them. The Disney Renaissance, beginning with The Little Mermaid in 1989, managed to rejuvenate interest in 2D animation for the studio, with the company producing some of its most lucrative movies of all time, such as the record-breaking The Lion King. However, the advent of 3D animation and Pixar Studios caused another slump in audience