Eddie Deezen lending his voice to animated feature films, including the voice of Donnie Dodo in "Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird" and Snipes the Magpie in Don Bluth's 1991 film "Rock-A-Doodle". According to a 2011 interview, Deezen unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of the title character in Robert Zemeckis's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", losing out to comedian Charles Fleischer. He was also considered for the role of Judge Doom in the film along with several other actors that were considered but lost the role to Christopher Lloyd. Deezen eventually found full-time voice work on television in the mid-1990s, playing recurring characters
Valiant (film) made his directorial debut with "Valiant". Initially hired for character and production design during project development, and ultimately hired to direct the film after extensive working with story development, writers, and producers. Chapman was subsequently storyboard artist, designing characters for the Vanguard Animation movie "Space Chimps". The film, on a tight budget and with a relatively small group of animators, was created in 106 weeks, in what "The Times" described as "a piece of guerrilla film-making" in comparison to the other CGI animated films created by major studios. At least 5 computer animators worked together for every scene of the