Rob LaDuca is an American animation producer, director, storyboard artist and animator who debuted with Tubby The Tuba in 1975. In 1979 he was assistant animator on the animated TV film A Family Circus Christmas where he worked together with Glen Keane. A year earlier he was assistant animator on Lord of The Rings. In 1981 he animated American Pop followed the following year by The Plague Dogs. He was effects animator on Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi and directed the Dreamworks sequel to The Prince of Egypt Joseph: King of Dreams. Then in 2003 he directed a number of episodes of Tutenstein. Rob LaDuca joined Disney TV animation department in the mid-1980's as storyboard designer on a Gummi Bears episode. He then moved to Ducktales where he story boarded a number of episodes. In the mid-1990's he directed and produced a sequence of Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie followed by helming the first Lion King sequel Simba's Pride. In 2006 Rob directed episodes of Lilo & Stitch: The series and both produced and directed Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
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