Walt Disney Imagineering (which was just past its centennial at the time) for the “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” exhibit, the first human Audio-Animatronic figure. Today, Audio-Animatronics are featured prominently in many popular Disney attractions, including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, The Hall of Presidents, Country Bear Jamboree, Star Tours—The Adventures Continue, and Muppet*Vision 3D. Guests have also had the opportunity to interact with some Audio-Animatronic characters, such as Lucky the Dinosaur, WALL-E, and Remy from "Ratatouille". The next wave of Audio-Animatronic development focuses on completely independent figures, or “Autonomatronics.” Otto, the first Autonomatronic figure, debuted at the 2009 D23 Expo
Colette Hiller Colette Hiller Colette Hiller is an American actress who starred on film, theatre and television. She attended the Performing Arts Academy in New York as a teenager, and appeared in the original musical play of "Annie", and in other films and plays such as "The Lonely Lady", "Ragtime", "Strong Medicine", and "Birth of the Beatles". She played Corporal Ferro in the 1986 film "Aliens". Colette Hiller has also worked for the BBC, creating documentaries such as "Too Clever by Half" and the children's music cassette "Applehead". As its Creative Director, Colette Hiller was instrumental in setting up SingLondon in 2007.