David A. Bossert is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, and author. He is a thirty-two-year veteran of The Walt Disney Company and is an independent producer and creative director. Dave is considered an authority and expert on Disney animation and history. He co-authored Disney Animated, which was named iPad App of 2013 by Apple and won a prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award. He is also the author of Remembering Roy E. Disney: Memories and Photos of a Storied Life; An Animator’s Gallery: Eric Goldberg Draws the Disney Characters; and Dali and Disney: Destino--The Story, Artwork, and Friendship Behind the Legendary Film; and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons. You can connect with Dave on social media and/or at www.davidbossert.com.

ERIC GOLDBERG, supervising animator and director at the Walt Disney AnimationStudios, has brought to life Aladdin’s Genie, Hercules’s Phil, ThePrincess and the Frog’s Louis, and many more. Mr. Goldberg codirected theAcademy Award-winning Pocahontas and directed two segments, ＂Rhapsody inBlue＂ and ＂The Carnival of the Animals, Finale,＂ in Fantasia/2000. Most recentlyhe led the hand-drawn animation team on the satirical short Get a Horse!, starring Mickey and friends, which debuted in theaters with Frozen.Before joining The Walt Disney Company in 1990, he founded and ran his ownaward-winning animation house, Pizazz Pictures, in London.