Biography

Robert Lence has been a major contributor on some of the most successful films in the history of animated features. In his twenty-eight-year animation career, he has worked as a Screenwriter, Head of Story, Storyboard Artist, Visual Development Artist, and Story Consultant, helping create original characters, writing dialogue, and shaping the story on over a dozen major-release animated features. Robert has worked at Walt Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks. He worked in Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Lion King 2 (1998), A Bug's Life (1998) and Shrek 82001). Robert served as Co-Head of Story on Pixar's 1995 Toy Story, the first ever computer animated feature film.