Snow Bear

Aaron Blaise

For 21 years Aaron was with Walt Disney Animation where he helped to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas and Mulan. In 2003 he co-directed Brother Bear for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. After “Brother Bear” he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron co-founded one of the worlds top online art schools, CreatureArtTeacher.com. He was recently named as winner of the 2025 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒄𝑪𝒂𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 in animation.