ANIMATIONWorld — November 15, 2014
Roy Conli Talks Production on Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’

Producer Roy Conli says that family — the kind that you’re born with and the kind you find — is at the core of the movie. ‘It’s a powerful theme that audiences relate to,’ he says. ‘The nuances of the relationships in deeply emotional films like Bambi or The Lion King are so interesting. There’s something about these stories that can really touch people.’

Conli joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1993, and after assembling all the creative elements for The Hunchback of Notre Dame and launching the project, he relocated to France to oversee the contributions of the Paris-based animation team over the two-year production schedule. Upon completion of the film, he remained in France and guided production on Hercules and Tarzan. He returned to the studio in Burbank to produce Treasure Planet and, as part of the WDAS executive leadership team, went on to serve as the producer of Tangled.  (Read full story…)