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Mike Gabriel

Mike Gabriel

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Biography

Michael Richard "Mike" Gabriel is an American animator, director, and storyboard artist, who is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and as co-director of the Disney films The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and Pocahontas (1995). He also played Eddie Valiant in test footage of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Known For

Wreck-It Ralph
7.4

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

Wreck-It Ralph

2012
Pocahontas
6.9

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

Pocahontas

1995
Winnie the Pooh
6.9

During an ordinary day in Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh sets out to find some honey. Misinterpreting a note from Christopher Robin, Owl convinces Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore that their young friend has been captured by a creature named "Backson" and they set out to rescue him.

Winnie the Pooh

2011
Oliver & Company
6.7

Putting its own 'twist' on the story of Oliver Twist, the orange runt of a litter of kittens must fight for survival on the rough streets on New York City, finding unlikely friends in the dogs owned by a down-on-his luck man named Fagin. Soon, Oliver and his new band of comrades must fight for survival when Fagin is unable to pay his debts.

Oliver & Company

1988
The Great Mouse Detective
7.1

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

The Great Mouse Detective

1986
The Black Cauldron
6.4

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

The Black Cauldron

1985
Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.2

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009
Howard
6.8

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.

Howard

2018
The Rescuers Down Under
6.6

A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.

The Rescuers Down Under

1990
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
10.0

Featurette on the making of Disney's Princess and the Frog

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

2010
Lorenzo
6.4

A cat named Lorenzo is dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own.

Lorenzo

2004
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
10.0

A documentary on the making of Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp created for the 2006 Platinum DVD.

Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp

2006
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
N/A

Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio by the Disney studio, often considered the artistic pinnacle of the Disney feature.

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

2009
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
10.0

Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

1997
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
8.8

Released as a Bonus Feature for Disney's Platinum DVD Edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" this short documentary shows how this classic film came to life.

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

2001
Luau
4.8

A tribute to the surf movies of the early 60's with some touches of visual surrealism.

Luau

1982
Celebrating Dumbo
10.0

Bonus feature on the Dumbo DVD.

Celebrating Dumbo

2001