Filmography and Resume
FULL NAME: Ronald Lionel Dias
Born: Hawaii, U.S.
EDUCATION
Roosevelt High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Art School - 4 1/2 years formal Art Training from: Honolulu Academy of Art
Famous Artists School, West Port Connecticut.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Won National Contest for design of U.S. Postage CHILDREN'S FRIENDSHIP Stamp -1956
Won contest for color scheme for Murray Airlines, LTD., Hawaii
Won two ribbons for 2nd place in landscape in Hanna-Barbara Art show at Pass Gallery, Hollywood, CA 1969
EMPLOYMENT
Walt Disney Productions Worked in Animation on Sleeping Beauty, 1956, 1957
Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers Pictures & MGM Pictures
Scenic Art Department, 1958-1960
Phil Duncan Productions Worked as Assistant Animator, 1961
Since 1956 I have been connected with the Disney Studios in Consumer Products, Animation and Children's books.
CREDITS
1960's 1970's
1980's 1990's
2000's
Eagle Animation Corporation - Dale Robertson
THE MAN FROM BUTTON WILLOW
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture
1st Feature Screen Credit: Background Artist 1962-1963
Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc.
HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture
2nd Feature Screen Credit: Background Artist 1964
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
JONNY QUEST
T.V. Series
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1964
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
PINK PATHER, DAFFY DUCK,
and SPEEDY GONZALES
Theatrical Shorts
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1965
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND or WHAT'S A NICE KID LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?
T.V. Special for A.B.C.
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1966
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture
3rd Feature Screen Credit: Background Artist 1966
Hanna-Barbera
Productions Inc.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, with Gene Kelly
Emmy Award Winning T.V. Special for N.B.C.
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1967
Received a special award from Bill Hanna
Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc.
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
T.V. Series for N.B.C.
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1968
U.P.A. Pictures Inc.
UNCLE SAM MAGOO
T.V. Special for N.B.C.
Screen credit: Background Artist 1970
Vaccaro Associates Film Educational Films.
Filmstrips, Slide Presentations, Animation
Painted Backgrounds for an award winning medical animated film Medical Association:
DIZZINESS-- THE INNER EAR 1970-1973
Paul Carlson Cartoons
Commerical & Educational Films
Films for Moody Institute
Films for General Electric
Character Design and Key Background Artist 1974-1975
Sanario Film Corporation of America
METAMORPHOSIS (WINDS OF CHANGE)
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture
4th Feature Screen Credit: Background Artist 1975-1976
Bakshi Productions
Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture 1977
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
A FLINTSTONE CHRISTMAS
T.V. Special
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1977
Fantasy Fair Inc.
THE WORLD OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
Character Designs and Sets 1978
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
THE WANG DANG DOODLE
A Movie Presentation for Julie Andrew and Blake Edwards
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture 1978
Ron Cambell
TREASURE ISLAND
T.V. Special for Blue Marble Studios, New York
Screen Credit: Background Artist 1978
Stribling-Ludwig Productions
CHARLIE THE LEPRECHAUN a Movie Presentation
Feature Length Animated Motion Picture
Screen Credit: Art Director 1979
Chuck Jones Enterprises|
THE PUMPKIN THAT COULDN'T SMILE
Daffy Duck in DUCK DODGERS IN THE 241/2 CENTURY
BUGS BUNNY BUSTING OUT ALL OVER
T.V. Specials for C.B.S.
Art Director Key Background Artist 1978-1980
Don Bluth Productions Inc.
THE SECRET OF NIMH
5th Feature Screen Credit: Background Artist 1980-1983
Tom Carter Productions
HUCKS LANDING
6th Feature Screen Credit: Background Artist 1983
Don Bluth Productions Inc.
DRAGONS LAIR and SPACE AGE
Arcade Game Credit: Background Artist 1984
Ruby Spears Enterprises
Inc.
SPACE ACE
T.V. Special
Screen Credit: Key Background Artist 1984
Bagdasarian Productions
THE CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE
7th Feature Screen Credit: Key Background Artist 1985-1986
Robert
M. Overstreet
Official
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
Snow White cover 1987
One Stop Poster Co.
Snow White's 50th Anniversary Poster
1987
Gladstone Publishing Ltd.
Golden Anniversary Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Magazine Cover Art and Poster with article
1987
Touchstone Disney Pictures and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
8th Feature Screen Credit: Key Background Artist 1987-1989
Warner
Bros./Rodney Dangerfield/Tom Whilhite
and Willard Carrol (Producers) Hyperion Productions
ROVER DANGERFIELD
9th Feature Screen Credit: Background Color Styling 1990-1991
Disney
T.V.
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Special & Series C.B.S.
Screen Credit: Art Director, Color Styling 1992
Disney Art Edition's
Disney Gallery Limited Art
Art Director - Freelancing 1992
Full Time 1993-1995
A
Tribute To The Pioneers of Animation
September 1, 1994
Creative Capers / Disney CD-ROM
Full-time 1996-1999
Art Director
Disney Imagineering Tokyo
"Disney Sea" murals
Freelancing 1998
The Disney Galleries and Store
"Cinderella" Art for Marketing
Alan White Studio
Disney Records. New CD Cover Art
Stribling Productions
Pre-Production Art, Color Keying, Story Boards, Backgrounds
Joel Seibel Productions
Concept Art for P.B.S. TV Kids Show
2001
Animation Workshops
Lithos · Prints · Fine Arts
2002
Disney
Consumer Prod. (Publishing)
"The Disney Divas" poster
2003
Disney
Consumer Prod. (Publishing)
"Sleeping Beauty"
book art.
20 pieces
2004
Disneyland
Special 45th Anniversary Litho of Sleeping Beauty
"The Royal
Waltz"
2005
Disneyland
Special Commemorative Litho of Snow White at the Well with the Prince
"A Charming Wish"
Book
Illustration, Int.
Coroner's House, "Memories
of a Munchkin" Title. Pages 230-231
Outdoor Forest Theater, Monterey Calif.
Scenic
Designs
for local production of Disney's
"Beauty and
the Beast"
Ape Pen Publishing - Carlene
Thie
50th
Anniversary Disneyland book
"Home Coming Disneyland" ... Pages 128-129