MEMORY LANE # 1 – Dorse Lanpher 1986
Show Notes :
The Official BLOG of Dorse Lanpher : LINK
Dorse A. Lanpher IMDB page : LINK
Dorse A. Lanpher LINKEDIN page : LINK
‘ FLYIN’ CHUNKS AND OTHER THINGS TO DUCK ‘ Memoirs of a life spent doodling for dollars
By Dorse A. Lanpher > behind the scene stories of being in the animation industry
Amazon.com : LINK
JIM HILL MEDIA article : LINK
DISNEY FANDOM article : LINK
TRADITIONAL ANIMATION article : LINK
CARTOON BREW article : LINK
Here are a few of the photo’s I had taken over the years of Dorse while working at the studios :
and another crew member [ ? ]
On the left, Producer Gary Goldman’s Assistant Cynthia Ankney takes notes with
Assistant Director David J. Steinberg and SFX Directing Animator Dorse Lanpher.
Assistant Director Sue Shakespeare works at her desk in the area known in the studio as ‘ The Music Room ‘.
Meeting Dorse Spring 1985 :
My first encounter with Dorse was Spring 1985 when I had just started my 1st week as a Key Clean Up Artist for Don Bluth’s feature ‘ An American Tail ‘. One of my closest friends from college, Ralph Zondag, had started two weeks earlier so we were the first new Canadians that just joined the crew. At the end of that first week, on the Friday, the entire studio went to a local theater for the company’s first full screening of the movie as it was 50% completed at that point. My Clean Up supervisor Vera offered to drive me to the theater with her husband at the time, Dorse.
Two years earlier I was sitting in college reading the ‘ Don Bluth fan club ‘ newsletter that the studio mailed out to subscribers, and now, here I was driving to the company’s newest in production feature with both Vera and Dorse whom i knew from photos and articles in the newsletter. It was a bit overwhelming to be in this opportunity with artists that were so respected.
After the screening Don Bluth had booked a private room at a restaurant where the leadership of the company could gather and discuss the movie over a meal. As we were leaving the theater, Don told both Ralph and myself, much to our surprise, that we were also invited. Ralph would get a ride to the restaurant with Thad [ head of finance ] and Don would drive me.
I was trying to figure out how all this happened ?
Only a few years earlier after seeing the new feature ‘ The Secret of NIMH ‘ in college and all of us animation students geeking out over how beautiful the animation was, I was now driving in Don’s pickup with just the two of us talking about animation.
In the restaurant both Ralph and myself looked completely out of place but taking in everything that was discussed. It was one of the best nights, everyone was excited about where the movie was headed.
And Dorse would interrupt the conversation various times throughout the meal to ‘ Toast to the Canadians ! ‘ All I could do was smile, it was all too surreal. Those moments I’ll never forget, surrounded by artists that were so passionate about what they were doing and where the future was going.
Thank you Dorse for those ‘ Toasts ‘ and for everyone at that table for including us.
– Mark
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My first encounter with Dorse was Spring 1985 when I had just started my 1st week as a Key Clean Up Artist for Don Bluth’s feature ‘ An American Tail ‘. One of my closest friends from college, Ralph Zondag, had started two weeks earlier so we were the first new Canadians that just joined the crew. At the end of that first week, on the Friday, the entire studio went to a local theater for the company’s first full screening of the movie as it was 50% completed at that point. My Clean Up supervisor Vera offered to drive me to the theater with her husband at the time, Dorse.
Two years earlier I was sitting in college reading the ‘ Don Bluth fan club ‘ newsletter that the studio mailed out to subscribers, and now, here I was driving to the company’s newest in production feature with both Vera and Dorse whom i knew from photos and articles in the newsletter. It was a bit overwhelming to be in this opportunity with artists that were so respected.
After the screening Don Bluth had booked a private room at a restaurant where the leadership of the company could gather and discuss the movie over a meal. As we were leaving the theater, Don told both Ralph and myself, much to our surprise, that we were also invited. Ralph would get a ride to the restaurant with Thad [ head of finance ] and Don would drive me.
I was trying to figure out how all this happened ?
Only a few years earlier after seeing the new feature ‘ The Secret of NIMH ‘ in college and all of us animation students geeking out over how beautiful the animation was, I was now driving in Don’s pickup with just the two of us talking about animation.
In the restaurant both Ralph and myself looked completely out of place but taking in everything that was discussed. It was one of the best nights, everyone was excited about where the movie was headed.
And Dorse would interrupt the conversation various times throughout the meal to ‘ Toast to the Canadians ! ‘ All I could do was smile, it was all too surreal. Those moments I’ll never forget, surrounded by artists that were so passionate about what they were doing and where the future was going.
Thank you Dorse for those ‘ Toasts ‘ and for everyone at that table for including us.
– Mark
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