Pocahontas (1995 film) character flowered into the idea of a grandmotherly spiritual adviser to Pocahontas. Because of Katzenberg's opposition to having Grandmother Willow in the story, Joe Grant assisted fellow veteran story artist Burny Mattinson with coming up tree puns such as "My bark is worse than my bite", "The roots of all problems", and "They're barking up the wrong tree." Mattinson reluctantly added them to his pitch for the next morning, and during the story meeting, he exclaimed, "Everybody loved it! All of a sudden: 'Oh, I want her in!' 'Let's build her part bigger!'" In September 1992, Disney began casting actors
Jo Ratcliffe the animation director. Previous notable collaborations have also been made with Nina Ricci and Barneys New York under Inez and Vinoodh. Clients include: Lady Gaga, Louis Vuitton, Barneys New York, Balmain, Nina Ricci, Chloe, Kenzo, Jimmy Choo, Vogue Nippon, British Vogue, Another Magazine, V magazine, Dazed and Confused Magazine, Wallpaper Magazine, Nylon Magazine, and Nowness Magazine. Jo Ratcliffe Jo Ratcliffe is a London based artist known for her kaleidoscopic animations, strange hand-drawn characters, and spindly scenes sometimes overlain atop live action footage. She is frequently commissioned by fashion labels and magazines to create art films, animations and editorials that appear