To learn more about him, check out his book “Faster! Cheaper!: The Flip Side to the Art of Animation” or the documentary “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life” which is currently streaming on Max, Hulu, and Prime.

We spoke about his work as a story artist on projects like The Jungle Book and Dinosaur.

He was generous with his time and an inspiration to us all.

I learned more about his time as an animator - the first Black artist at Disney who worked on movies like 101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, and Mary Poppins.

I had a list of questions in a note on my phone that I wanted to ask Floyd if we ever had a chance to speak. I assumed it would probably be in a podcast interview, but this was even better.

I also put together a list of fellow theme park creative folks:
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