Early life
Ruben A. Aquino was born on December 18, 1953 in Okinawa, Japan. His mother is Japanese while his father is Filipino. He studied in Christ the King International School in Okinawa from kindergarten to high school and graduated in 1971. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and majored in architecture.Professional career
From 1975 to 1979, Ruben worked as a graphic artist in Honolulu, Hawaii. He worked for Farmhouse Films as a trainee, which was his first job in animation. After moving to Los Angeles in 1980, he worked for Hanna-Barbera in visual development, character design, and layout. He was laid off after a year. Months later, he was able to enter Walt Disney Feature Animation's clean-up training program and after completing it, he worked on a 30-second animation test of Fflewddur Fflam from ''The Black Cauldron (film), The Black Cauldron'' and submitted it to the review board. He was promoted to animating assistant and worked for Disney from 1982 until 2013.Filmography
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aquino, Ruben A. Living people 1953 births American artists of Filipino descent American artists of Japanese descent Animators from California Animators from Hawaii Annie Award winners Japanese people of Filipino descent People from Okinawa Prefecture University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni Walt Disney Animation Studios people