Tom Bancroft

Tom Bancroft

Tom Bancroft has almost 25 years of experience in the animation industry, most of which was for Walt Disney Feature Animation where he was an animator for 11 years. He has been nominated for Annie and Rueben awards, spoken at the Kennedy Center and awarded an entry into the Chicago Children's Film Festival. While at Disney, Bancroft had the opportunity to contribute his talents to 10 animated feature films, five animated shorts, and numerous special projects and commercials. Among the classic films on which he worked are, "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "Aladdin," "Mulan" and "Brother Bear." He was also a character designer and director for Big Idea Productions, makers of the family-friendly "Veggietales" video series. In 2005, Bancroft had his popular art instruction book "Creating Characters with Personality" published by Watson-Guptill Publishers. It has become the most recognized book on designing characters for animation, video games, comic books and cartooning, and is a required textbook at many art schools around the world. In 2012, Focal Press published his second book, "Character Mentor" and it is already one of their best-selling art instruction books. He has also illustrated over 50 children's books, art directed a major children's educational website (ABCMouse.com), wrote and illustrated multiple comic book series, and created character designs for TV, Film, and Video games for clients like Lego, Disney, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, CBN, Random House, Big Idea Production, Marvel, and more. Presently, Bancroft is the Head of Character design for the animated TV series, "Superbook", Seasons 2 to 4 for Christian Broadcasting Network, President of his online art instruction website (TaughtByAPro.com), Artist in Residence for Lipscomb Univeristy, speaks at video game companies and art schools all around the world (EA Entertainment, SCAD, Ringling, Nemo Academy-Italy, etc.) and creates art and art direction for clients all over the world. Bancroft and his family reside in Franklin, Tennessee. -IMDB

  • Title: Tom Bancroft
  • Popularity: 0.167
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1967-01-01
  • Place of Birth: California, USA
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Tom Bancroft Movies

  • 2023
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    Once Upon a Studio

    Once Upon a Studio

    8.3 2023 HD

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  • 1997
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    Butterfly Man

    Butterfly Man

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2001
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    VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown

    VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown

    5.7 2001 HD

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  • 2002
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    VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows

    VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows

    9.7 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows

    VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows

    9.7 2002 HD

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  • 2003
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    VeggieTales: LarryBoy in The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly

    VeggieTales: LarryBoy in The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly

    7.3 2003 HD

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  • 2008
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    The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

    The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

    5.7 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

    The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

    5.7 2008 HD

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  • 2001
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    VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown

    VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown

    5.7 2001 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Lion King

    The Lion King

    8.256 1994 HD

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  • 2023
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    Pencils vs Pixels

    Pencils vs Pixels

    8.9 2023 HD

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  • 2007
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    VeggieTales: The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack

    VeggieTales: The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2025
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    Light of the World

    Light of the World

    1 2025 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    3-2-1 Penguins. is a kids cartoon that teaches kids about the Bible and helps them learn different Bible verses with Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel and Kevin...

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