Brian Pimental is an American veteran storyboard artist, director and screenwriter of animated films. He is best known for directing ''

Bambi II ''Bambi II'' (also known as ''Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest'') is a 2006 American animated drama film directed by Brian Pimental and produced by the Australian office of Disneytoon Studios as a followup to the 1942 film ''Bambi''. A ...

''. Having started his career at Walt Disney Feature animation as a trainee on ''

Oliver & Company ''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. The 27th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the Charl ...

'', he went on to become a story artist on '' Beauty and the Beast'', for which he created the "Be Our Guest" sequence as well as the "Human Again" sequence, the latter of which was featured in both the Broadway play and the extended version of the film. He was also a story artist on ''

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...

''. He went on to become one of the screenwriters on '' A Goofy Movie''. He was also the Head of Story and earned his first ASIFA Award nomination for storyboarding on this film. His second nomination was for the film ''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

'', for which he once again headed up the story team as Head of Story. His directorial debut came on ''

'', which went on to win the ASIFA award for best non-theatrical feature. He also created the voices for the Porcupine and Groundhog in the film. A native of Massachusetts, Pimental earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at the California Institute of the Arts.' He is currently working independently as director/writer.

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