ROBIN BUDD (Director) began his official tour on "Return to Never Land" in October 1997. The Emmy Award-winning director of the animated television series "Beetlejuice" had worked in television and feature film development at Nelvana, but wished to apply his talents to long—form storytelling.
Appealing to his boyish outlook on life, "Return to Never Land" presented an opportunity he could not resist.
"I agreed to the project because I always loved Peter Pan," Budd says. "It's a really wonderful story about fantasy and a world you can't see unless you believe in it. Plus, it's about a kid who never grows up — not only do I love that concept, but I can relate to it."
Budd has a quarter of a century of experience in animation, including work in direction, storyboarding, story reels, design and character animation.
Budd served as animation director on the 1997 film, "Pippi Longstocking," and spent 1994-96 directing the Clive Barker animated feature, "The Thief of Always" for Paramount Pictures/Nelvana. He directed the title sequence for the television series "Sam and Max," and was also the animation director on the Ray Bradbury/Windsor McKay feature film, "Little Nemo."
"Robin was a good choice for this material because he loved it," Donavan Cook says. "He always had the spirit of the movie, and was so engaged by doing a follow-up within the context of this incredibly hard point in history.
"Robin is prolific in his ability to visualize an idea and experiment with new ways of telling a joke or having a piece of drama play out. He got so deep under the skin of Captain Hook that often times he was just acting him out for us. I am a better artist for spending a year and a half working with Robin Budd."
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