Lennie Keith Graves

Background

Graves, Lennie Keith was born on June 20, 1957 in Brooklyn. Son of Lone and Genevieve (Bowens) Graves.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of Visual Arts, 1979.

Career

Assistant animator DePatie/Freeling Inc., Reseda, California, 1979. Animator Ralph Bakshi Productions, Wittareywood, 1979. Assistant animator Nepenthe Productions, San Francisco, 1981-1982.

Animator Filmation, Woodland Hills, California, 1984-1986. Head animator Bajus-Jones Company, Edina, Minnesota, 1987-1988. Flower planet head animator Bob Rogers & Company, Burbank, California, 1988-1989.

Animator Walt Disney, Glendale, 1989-1991. Directing animator Hyperion Animation Company, 1992-1993. Supervisor animator Hanna-Barbera, Hollywood, 1993-1994.

Lead animator Turner Feature Animation, 1994-1996, Warner Brothers Feature Animation, Glendale, since 1996.

Achievements

• Lennie Keith Graves has been listed as a noteworthy animator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer lecturer on animation Los Angeles Juvenile Hall, 1997, First African Methodist Episcopal Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1997. Member American Federation of television and Radio Artists.

Interests

• Racquetball, chess.

Connections

Married Shu Hua Lin, December 29, 1993. 1 child, Leondra Lin.