KUDOS TO MR. K
Along with other recent articles, “The Strongmen Behind ‘Hercules’ ” (by Bruce Newman, June 22) failed to give proper credit to Jeffrey Katzenberg for turning Disney’s animation franchise around. As an animator who worked at Disney for over 10 years, I can attest to how he dramatically brought the department back from life support (“The Black Cauldron,” 1985) to the blockbuster status it has attained.
Jeffrey’s pursuit of excellence pushed the artists to be better than we ever thought we could. His involvement helped John Musker and Ron Clements to realize their full potential and attain their much-deserved status. The films’ success were the result of his attitude of never settling for good enough.
RICK FARMILOE
Valencia
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Farmiloe is supervising animator on “The Prince of Egypt,” a production of Katzenberg’s DreamWorks SKG.
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