Dan Abraham
Dan Abraham (Director) helms Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Once Upon a Studio alongside Trent Correy; the two previously directed the Frozen-inspired short film, Once Upon a Snowman, together. Abraham is a veteran storyman, director and animator. He began his association with Disney Animation in 2005 when he started an internship leading to full-time roles at Disney Animation and Disneytoon Studios. Abraham previously directed the Mbita episode of the Disney+ series Baymax! He was also a story artist on Frozen 2, and the Academy Award®-winning Encanto. Abraham was part of the story team on the first five Tinker Bell direct-to-DVD projects for Disneytoon Studios. As head of story on the 2013 animated feature, Planes, he oversaw a team of eight-story artists in the challenging assignment of bringing a wide range of plane characters to life. In 2014, he made his directing debut on the Disneytoon short, Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular, which offered an all-new adventure featuring the colourful characters from the world of Planes. Abraham was trained in traditional animation at Sheridan College in Toronto, from which he graduated in 1993. From there, he launched his career at Heart of Texas Productions where he worked on films for Warner Bros. and DreamWorks Animation. Moving to Los Angeles in 2000, Abraham worked as a clean-up animator and animator for Klasky-Csupo on a variety of commercials, and also illustrated interactive children’s books and provided character design for The Learning Company.