About

David A. Bossert is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, and author. He is a 32-year veteran of The Walt Disney Company, where he contributed his talents to Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), The Lion King (1994), Fantasia/2000 (1999) among many others. Bossert is an independent producer, creative director, and writer and is considered an authority in Disney art and animation history. He is a CalArts Board of Trustees member and is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) in Pittsburgh. In 2018, he was awarded a U.S. Patent for his invention Parallax Based Monoscopic Rendering, and in 2020, he received an additional U.S. Patent for Varying Display Content Based on Viewpoint. He continues to explore transformative, immersive experiences in book publishing. Bossert is the author of numerous books, liner/program notes, and dozens of articles on animation. Learn more at www.davidbossert.com

Other Works

  • Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion

    2023
  • The Art of George Scribner: The Panama Canal Paintings

    2022
  • 3D National Parks: Like You've Never Seen Them Before

    2022
  • Claude Coats: Walt Disney’s Imagineer—The Making of Disneyland: From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond

    2021
  • 3D Disneyland: Like You've Never Seen It Before

    2020
  • OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT The Search For The Lost Disney Cartoons (Special Edition)

    2019
  • Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios

    2018
  • DALI AND DISNEY: DESTINO (Limited Edition)

    2017
  • OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT The Search For The Lost Disney Cartoons

    2017
  • The Art of Tennessee Loveless: 10 X 10 X 10—The Mickey Mouse Contemporary Pop Art Series

    2017
  • AN ANIMATOR'S GALLERY Eric Goldberg Draws The Disney Characters

    2015
  • DALI AND DISNEY: DESTINO

    2015
  • Remembering Roy E. Disney Memories and Photos of a Storied Life

    2013

Awards and Recognition

  • 2023- Nonfiction Writers Association Book Awards, Gold Winner for 3D National Parks: LIke You've Never Seen Them Before
  • 2024- The Eric Hoffer Award- Nomination for The House of the Future: Walt Disney, MIT, and Monsanto's Vision for Tomorrow.
  • 2021- Nonfiction Writers Association Book Awards, Gold Winner for 3D Disneyland: LIke You've Never Seen It Before
  • 2020- Patent Awarded- Varying Display Content Based on Viewpoint
  • 2019- 31st Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards- Gold and Siver medals for Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios