Mark Dindal
Biography
Mark Dindal, an American filmmaker, animator and voice actor, began at Disney in 1980 after learning animation at CalArts. Born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Syracuse, New York, he was taught to draw by his father. His early credits as an effects animator include The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992) and Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992). He made his feature directing debut with Cats Don't Dance (1997), voicing Max; it won the Annie Award for Best Animated Film and earned him a directing nomination. He then directed The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and Chicken Little (2005), also voicing characters in the latter, and created the television series The Emperor's New School. His later film The Garfield Movie (2024) was a commercial success despite mixed to negative reviews.
66years old
Turns 67 on May 31in 202 days
- Born Columbus
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Mark Louis Dindal (birth name)Also credited as Mark L. Dindal
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 27 years1997 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024The Garfield MovieIMDb rating 5.7
- 2005Chicken LittleIMDb rating 5.7
- 1997Cats Don't DanceIMDb rating 6.9
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First role
Dindal first directed a short wartime propaganda segment in a 1940s style for the 1991 superhero film The Rocketeer. He worked with three other animators on it.
Behind the camera
The Emperor's New Groove began as a Disney musical called Kingdom of the Sun, but when that idea failed Dindal, Chris Williams and David Reynolds reworked the script into a comedy.
A role that slipped away
Dindal was replaced as director of DreamWorks Animation's Me and My Shadow by story artist Alessandro Carloni in January 2012, and the film has sat in development limbo since 2013.
Mark Dindal movies on Netflix
Worked with
Mark Dindal shares two films with Don Knotts, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Frank Welker's page
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Dee Bradley Baker's page
Wallace Shawn's page
John Rhys-Davies's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.