Not as special effects — but as storytelling.
He pitched computer animation as the next evolution of Disney’s legacy, testing it with projects like Where the Wild Things Are and The Brave Little Toaster.
Disney’s response?
They fired him.
At the time, Disney was bleeding money and terrified of unproven tech. But the irony is brutal:
They let go of the very person who would later help save Disney animation — through Pixar.
Sometimes the future looks like a distraction…
Until it becomes everything.
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