Weeds Short Film-Cartoon
“Weeds” tells the story of a dandelion, rooted on the wrong side of the driveway in a barren yard surrounded by dry dirt and dead grass. Just across the concrete lies another yard, where the sprinklers spray water endlessly, and the greener grass holds the promise of a better life. While watching helplessly as its fellow weeds wither away and die, the dandelion faces a decision: take action or suffer the same fate.
A group of Walt Disney Animation Studios Artists wanted to say something to help create empathy for immigrants and refugees. They felt that if they could make people feel compassion for something as tiny and insignificant as a little dandelion, perhaps they could make people feel more for their fellow human beings.
Written and Directed by Kevin Hudson
Producer: Brad Simonson
C0-Producer: Cameron Stephens
Art Director: Jim Finn
Animation Supervisor: Hyun Min Lee
Co-Art Director: Adil Mustafabekov
Visual Effects Advisor: Hendrik Panz
Editor: Michael Weissman
Assistant Editor: Rick Hammel
Music by: Dale Turner
Production Coordinator: Samantha Stendal
Marketing Production Supervisor: Lauren Nicole Brown
Technical Animation Supervisor: Adam Reed Levy
Layout: Celeste Pedersen, Jean-Christophe Poulain, Nathan Warner
Animators: Christopher Cordingley, Riannon Delanoy, Andrew Feliciano, Jacob Frey, Jorge Garcia, Brendan Gottlieb, Minor Gaytan, Matthew Meyer, David Stodolny, Manar Al Tawam, Wayne Unten.
Rigging: Joy Johnson, Jonathan Soto.
Technical Animation: Mitch Counsell, Scott Peters, Edward Everett Robbins III, Jonathan Soto.
Effects Animation: Aaron Adams, Eric Araujo, Robert Bennett, Chris Carignan, Dale Mayeda, Erin V Ramos.
Lighting: Paula Goldstein, Katherine Reihman
Technical Support: Ray Halebian, Megan E Moore, Jeff Sadler
Titles: Todd Lapiante
Re-recording Mixer: Gabriel Guy, CAS
Colorist: Eliot Milbourn
Special Thanks: Richard Gouge, Greg Coleman, Ashley Chafin, Mike Gortz, Fumi Kitahara, Cathleen Girdner, Dan Lund,
Paul Fiebiger, Stephanie Morse-Gortz, Colin Larkins, Justin Stirling, Lindsay Nadler, Ann Le Cam, Tony Melancon, Nuchy Simonson
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