American painter and animator

Barry Kooser

Barry R. Kooser is an American artist, painter, and educator who worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios between 1992 and 2003 as a background artist on films such as The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and as background supervisor on Brother Bear. After leaving Disney, he worked independently as a painter exhibiting and selling fine art in galleries around the US. While teaching animation and story-boarding at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, he met Worker Studio founder Michael "Ffish" Hemschoot, and became a partner at the Colorado animation studio.

Born

1968

December 23

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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1968 Born

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484 The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
558 Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
583 Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
962 The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.

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The world in 1968

When Barry arrived

april 10 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
april 11 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
april 11 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
april 20 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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Also born on December 23

Adly Mansour 1945– Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt Arthur Gilligan 1894– English cricketer (died 1976) Bernard Pollard 1984– American football player Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Frederic Forrest 1936– American actor (died 2023) Gerrit W. Gong 1953– American religious leader and academic Jari Mäenpää 1977– Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist Jean-François Champollion 1790–1832 French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (died 1832)

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Also born in 1968

Alejandra Ávalos 1968– Mexican artist Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Brandi Chastain 1968– American soccer player and sportscaster Carlos Baerga 1968– Puerto Rican baseball player and coach Christopher Brookmyre 1968– Scottish author Didier Deschamps 1968– French footballer and manager Dwayne Schintzius 1968–2012 American basketball player (born 1968) Elisabeth Murdoch 1968–2012 Australian businesswoman Farrah Forke 1968–2022 American actress (born 1968)

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