A Disney veteran runs a Southern California studio that created animation for ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
They may be frolicking in London on film, but the penguins in “Mary Poppins Returns” are actually from Pasadena – as is the horse and carriage and the antique china bowl. They were created by Duncan Studio, which did the animation for the Rob Marshall-directed Disney movie.
“The technique that we used was hand drawn on paper, which I think very few people still do that,” Duncan Studio owner Ken Duncan said. “People still do hand-drawn, but it’s on computer.”
Duncan was a Disney supervising animator for about 12 years working on films, like “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin.” In 2007, he set up Duncan Studio, which has worked on the Tim Burton animated film “9,” Kathryn Bigelow’s short documentary “Last Days,” Tom Hanks’ webseries “Electric City” and Universal Studios’ Minion Mayhem ride, as well as creating additional sequences for the re-release of Brad Bird’s film, “Iron Giant.
