Steven E. Gordon

Steven E Gordon’s professional career began in 1977 when he was hired by Ralph Bakshi Productions to work on the animated feature film Lord of the Rings . He stayed with Ralph through several more films was promoted to Animation Director and Key Animator/Character Designer on the Ralph Bakshi / Frank Frazetta feature Fire and Ice . He then landed the unusual entry job of Animator at Disney Pictures animating on The Black Cauldron and stayed there for about five years and animated on The Great Mouse Detective and helped develop Oliver& Co. He returned to Bakshi to direct on season 1 of the groundbreaking Mighty Mouse series and then he spent 12 years working on and off with Rich Animation on a series of direct-to-videos, doing character design and layout which eventually culminated with him being Animation Director / Character Designer / Key Animator on The Swan Princess . He also was a key animator during this period of Holli Wood on the feature Cool World for Bakshi.