Dan Kuenster

Dan began his career at Walt Disney where he studied under one of the Nine Old Men, Eric Larsen. He later joined Don Bluth Studios, where he animated on popular movies such as The Secret of NIMH, The Land Before Time and An American Tail, and co-directed All Dogs Go to Heaven and Rock-A-Doodle.

In the 80’s Dan animated on the first-ever interactive laser disc video games, Dragon’s Lair and its sequel Space Ace, which received rave reviews for their theater-quality animation.

In April of 2004, the National Television Academy presented Dan with an Emmy for his Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation as a Storyboard Artist for Jakers, which airs on PBS.

Dan began to explore multimedia at 7th Level, where he designed and directed award-winning CD-ROM Edutainment programs and games.

Dan spent 20 years with Istation, where his work reaches out to millions of students around the world. Dan worked closely with curriculum experts bringing Reading, Science, Math and Spanish to a new level of engagement and understanding for early readers .