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The seventh short film in the SparkShorts series, it is both Disney's and Pixar's first short to feature a gay main character and storyline, including an on-screen same-sex kiss. [191] The film was directed and written by Steven Clay Hunter, an openly gay animator.
The DreamWorks Experience is a package of character interactions and experiences, including shows: Ice shows, Aqua shows, Sailaway parties, parades, wow moments, meet and greets, and character dining, featuring from the Shrek franchise: Shrek, Princess Fiona, Puss in Boots, and Kitty Softpaws, the Kung Fu Panda franchise: Po the Panda, Tigress ...
It is the first same-sex kiss between the main characters in a Disney animated series. [50] Strange World, which was released on November 23, 2022, features Ethan Clade, who is the first gay lead character in a Disney animated film. [51] Ethan Clade is voiced by gay comedian Jaboukie Young-White.
The company was first formed in 1996 as the animation division of DreamWorks Television, a subsidiary of the main DreamWorks studio. The TV division was spearheaded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg and was headed by former Walt Disney Television Animation executives Gary Krisel and David Simon. [1]
The following is a list of productions produced by DreamWorks Animation, a division of NBCUniversal, which includes animated feature films, shorts, specials, and television series. As of 2025, DreamWorks Animation has released 49 feature films, with their first being Antz on October 2, 1998, and their latest being The Wild Robot on September 27 ...
Reviewers praised the film for featuring a gay couple as protagonists. Javier Ocaña of El País, while criticizing the film in some ways, still noted that although the characters don't kiss onscreen, their relationship is shown naturally, and is a "historic gesture" from Disney, creating a world that is "LGBT+ friendly and villain-less."
Beginning with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2019, Universal also released animated films by DreamWorks Animation, which was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Other studio units have also released films theatrically, including Universal Animation Studios , which now focuses mainly on animating television shows ...
Nicolas "Nico" Marlet is a French-American animator and character designer employed by DreamWorks Animation.He is best known for his character design work on films in the Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon franchises, as well as Disney television shows such as TaleSpin and DuckTales.