---
name: "Robert Walker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-walker-61949"
fi1m_id: "robert-walker-61949"
imdb_id: "nm1074107"
tmdb_id: 61949
wikidata_id: "Q19822599"
roles: ["Layout","Director"]
born: "14 January 1961"
died: "1 April 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T03:04:40.461210+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Walker

## Identity

Robert Walker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-walker-61949
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-walker-61949
- **IMDb ID:** nm1074107
- **TMDB ID:** 61949
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19822599
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walker_(animator), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19822599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1074107/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61949

Layout and director. Born 14 January 1961 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 1 April 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Layout, Director
- **Born:** 14 January 1961, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 1 April 2015
- **Active:** 1998–2003
- **Also known as:** Bob Walker, Robert A. Walker, Röbert Walker
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 69 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walker_(animator), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19822599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1074107/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61949

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Brother Bear*](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Walker (1961–2015) was a Canadian-born animator and director who worked primarily at Walt Disney Feature Animation's Florida studio. He studied animation at Sheridan College in Ontario and began his career at Atkinson Film-Arts, contributing to television series including *Dennis the Menace* and *The Raccoons*.

Walker joined Disney in 1989 as a layout artist on the Roger Rabbit short *Roller Coaster Rabbit*. He worked in layout and supervisory roles on films including *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990), *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), *Aladdin* (1992), *The Lion King* (1994), *Mulan* (1998) and *Lilo & Stitch* (2002). He co-directed *Brother Bear* (2003) with Aaron Blaise; the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.

Walker died of a heart attack at his home in California on 1 April 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *Brother Bear* (2003), Fi1m 56, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Lilo & Stitch* (2002), Fi1m 82, Layout — [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), Fi1m 74, Layout Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brother Bear* (2003), Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md)
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2002), as Layout — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), Layout Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2004: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Brother Bear*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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