Former students shape Disney’s stories
Movies watched in our childhoods help shape who we become, and many films and characters created by Disney have become part of the cultural zeitgeist, beloved and passed down through generations. Helping create those integral stories are hundreds of Aggies, working behind the scenes to bring these imaged worlds to life.
While many former students have gone on to work for the Mouse, most Disney Aggies learn their skills from within the departments of environmental design and visualization, both housed until recently in the Texas A&M School of Architecture.
The Department of Visualization was recently moved to cornerstone the new School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts, where they will continue to be a pipeline to the animation and film industry.
Some of our former students who have worked at Disney and its subsidiaries can be found below, with links to their phenomenal career paths and projects.
Walt Disney Animation studios
- David Batte ’97 Computer Science
- Cameron Black ’16 Visualization
- Amanda Blettner ’21 Visualization
- Gary Bruins
- Katherine Boyd ’88 Visualization
- Darin Butts ’90 Visualization
- Karla Chang Gonzelez ’19 Visualization
- Yolanda Cheng ’14 Visualization
- Sarah Fowler deLuna
- Bill Derrington ’71 Visualization
- Taylor Dziuk ’18 Visualization
- Caroline Fernandes ’20 Visualization
- Kelsey Grier ’16 Visualization
- Trisha (Butkowski) Hanley ’09 Visualization
- Chris Horne
- Jay Jackson Visualization
- Brandon Jarrett ’10 Visualization
- Avneet Kaur ’03 Visualization
- Logan Kelly ’14 Visualization
- Jonathan Kiker
- Kendall Litaker ’13 Visualization
- Shutong Liu ’16 Visualization
- Kamryn Massey ’21 Visualization
- Nicholas Nagle
- Jonathan Penny
- P. Antonio Piedra
- Angelique Reisch ’04 Visualization
- Michelle Robinson ’91 Visualization
- Krista (Murphy) Rogers ’12 Visualization
- Kim Ross
- Apurva Shah
- Kevin Singleton
- Arielle Steele ’22 Visualization
- Stephanie Strickland
- Annie Suther ’19 Visualization
- Ellen Trinh ’05 Visualization
- Jose Velasquez ’10 Visualization
- Jared Wright ’09 Visualization
- Jolena Yao ’22 Visualization
- Xiao Zhang ’05 Visualization
Pixar Animation Studios
- Eman Abdul-Razzak ’17 Visualization
- Eric Andraos ’02 Visualization
- Jacob Brooks ’02 Visualization
- Don Bui ’06 Visualization
- Cheyenne Chapel ’19 Visualization
- Chris Chapman ’95 Visualization
- Brian Clark ’90 Visualization
- Charu Clark ’04 Visualization
- Jasmine Derry ’19 Visualization
- Ravindra Dwivedi ’11 Visualization
- Donald Fong ’08 Visualization
- Seth Freeman ’03 Visualization
- Chia-an Fu ’14 Visualization
- Christina Garcia Weiland ’97 Visualization
- Johnathan Gibbs ’20 Visualization
- Krista Goll ’17 Visualization
- Robert Graf ’09 Visualization
- John Halstead ’97 Visualization
- Kim James Visualization
- Patrick James ’96 Visualization
- Jacy Johnson ’15 Visualization
- Jean-Claude Kalache ’93 Visualization
- Stephanie Kelly ’17 Visualization
- Cody King ’18 Visualization
- Keith Klohn ’93 Visualization
- Mallory Kohut ’16 Visualization
- Vandana Konda/Sahrawat ’97 Visualization
- Mitch Kopelman ’93 Visualization
- Robert Moyer ’03 Visualization
- Laura Murphy ’12 Visualization
- Eric Peden ’04 Visualization
- Jon Reisch ’02 Visualization
- Amanda Ronai ’94 Visualization
- William Sheffler ’95 Visualization
- Sajan Skaria ’00 Visualization
- Jackson Spencer ’18 Visualization
- David Verona ’14 Visualization
- Jesse Weglein ’03 Visualization
- Clay Welch ’94 Visualization
Industrial Light & Magic
- Adam Blank ’05 Environmental Design
- Kressa Bowens ’08 Visualization
- Danielle Crowley ’15 Visualization
- Craig Hammack ’05 Visualization
- Abby Henning ’20 Visualization
- Michael Mueller ’14 Visualization
- Elona Musha ’06 Visualization
- Kevin Reuter ’90 Visualization
- Jason Rosson ’93 Visualization
- John Walker Visualization
- Greg Weiner ’02 Visualization
Lucasfilm Animation
- Caitlin Cheek ’17 Visualization
- Taylor Chojecki ’19 Visualization
- Chris Edwards ’95 Environmental Design
- Emma Holthouser ’20 Visualization
- Miguel Perez ’19 Visualization
- Abigail Puhala ’23 Visualization
- Joshua Rowe ’02 Visualization
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