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Shirley Mapes

  • Animation Department
  • Visual Effects
  • Additional Crew
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Shirley Mapes is known for The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986) and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). She died on 15 September 2013.
DiedSeptember 15, 2013
DiedSeptember 15, 2013
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Known for

Wil Wheaton, John Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Elizabeth Hartman, and Arthur Malet in The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Secret of NIMH
7.5
  • Animation Department
  • 1982
Phillip Glasser in An American Tail (1986)
An American Tail
6.9
  • Animation Department
  • 1986
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Kelly Briley, Cyndi Cozzo, and Vic Tayback in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
All Dogs Go to Heaven
6.7
  • Visual Effects(as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
  • 1989
Judith Barsi, Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, and Will Ryan in The Land Before Time (1988)
The Land Before Time
7.4
  • Visual Effects(as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
  • 1988

Credits

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Animation Department

  • Tapper World Tour (2011)
    Tapper World Tour
    6.1
    Video Game
    • color model (as Sam Mapes)
    • 2011
  • The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
    The Pebble and the Penguin
    5.5
    • colour special effects artist (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
    • 1995
  • Phillip Glasser in An American Tail (1986)
    An American Tail
    6.9
    • color styling assistant
    • 1986
  • Wil Wheaton, John Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Elizabeth Hartman, and Arthur Malet in The Secret of NIMH (1982)
    The Secret of NIMH
    7.5
    • cel painter
    • 1982
  • Trollkins (1981)
    Trollkins
    7.6
    TV Series
    • cel painter (uncredited)
    • 1981

Visual Effects

  • Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, and Charles Nelson Reilly in A Troll in Central Park (1994)
    A Troll in Central Park
    5.3
    • supervising color special effects artist (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
    • 1994
  • John Hurt, Charo, Jodi Benson, Carol Channing, Gino Conforti, Kendall Cunningham, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Gilbert Gottfried, Gary Imhoff, Joe Lynch, and Michael Nunes in Thumbelina (1994)
    Thumbelina
    6.2
    • supervising color special effects artist (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
    • 1994
  • Christopher Plummer, Glen Campbell, Sandy Duncan, Ellen Greene, Phil Harris, and Will Ryan in Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
    Rock-A-Doodle
    6.0
    • supervising special effects painter (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
    • 1991
  • Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Kelly Briley, Cyndi Cozzo, and Vic Tayback in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
    All Dogs Go to Heaven
    6.7
    • special effects painter (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
    • 1989
  • Judith Barsi, Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, and Will Ryan in The Land Before Time (1988)
    The Land Before Time
    7.4
    • special effects painter (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
    • 1988

Additional Crew

  • Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
    Bartok the Magnificent
    6.1
    Video
    • painting supervisor
    • 1999
  • John Hurt, Charo, Jodi Benson, Carol Channing, Gino Conforti, Kendall Cunningham, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Gilbert Gottfried, Gary Imhoff, Joe Lynch, and Michael Nunes in Thumbelina (1994)
    Thumbelina
    6.2
    • live action reference model: "Mother" (as Sam Mapes)
    • 1994

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Sam Mapes
  • Died
    • September 15, 2013

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