Kathy Zielinski
Kathy Zielinski
(Torrance, California, USA)
Kathy Zielinski (born March 21, 1961) is an American character animator. She was recruited by Walt Disney Animation in 1981 after finishing her time in the Cal Arts animation program. Her beginnings at Disney started with working on Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Black Cauldron. After working on a series of other projects, including Urusla in The Little Mermaid, she progressed into the role of animation supervisor, working on Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.Afterward, she moved to DreamWorks and began working with them on projects in the early 2000s. Zielinski has since moved to working on television series as a Character Animator with Encore on a series of super-hero shows and, currently, with Fox Television on the hit animated series The Simpsons.She won the California Institute of Arts Student Academy Award in Animation in 1982 and was nominated for Best Individual Achievement: Animation at the 1996 Annie Awards. Zielinski has also played a part in the animation of multiple award-winning productions, including Academy Award winners and nominees.