# Donovan Cook

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American film director and animator (born 1968)

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Donovan Cook Born Donovan Cook (1968-01-30) January 30, 1968 (age 58) Berkeley, California, U.S. Occupations Television producer, director, animator, cartoonist Years active 1990–present Known for 2 Stupid Dogs

**Donovan Cook** (born January 30, 1968) is an American filmmaker, animator, cartoonist, director, and producer, best known for creating, directing and producing the animated series Hanna-Barbera's *[2 Stupid Dogs](/source/2_Stupid_Dogs)*[1] and directing the [Disney](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company) [animated features](/source/Animated_feature) *[Return to Never Land](/source/Return_to_Never_Land)* and *[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers](/source/Mickey%2C_Donald%2C_Goofy%3A_The_Three_Musketeers)*, as well as co-executive producing the animated series *[Gabby's Dollhouse](/source/Gabby's_Dollhouse)*.

## Early life and career

Cook was born in [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California), on January 30, 1968, and moved to [San Diego](/source/San_Diego%2C_California) at the age of 14. He graduated from the [California Institute of the Arts](/source/California_Institute_of_the_Arts) in 1990, after which he began working for Disney on several Disney [animated films](/source/Animated_films), such as *[The Little Mermaid](/source/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film))* and the [Mickey Mouse](/source/Mickey_Mouse) [adaptation](/source/The_Prince_and_the_Pauper_(1990_film)) of *[The Prince and the Pauper](/source/The_Prince_and_the_Pauper)*.

In 1993, Cook created the [Emmy](/source/Emmy)-nominated television series *[2 Stupid Dogs](/source/2_Stupid_Dogs)* for [Hanna-Barbera](/source/Hanna-Barbera); he got the idea for the series from two stray dogs roaming in his apartment and was trying to sell it when Hanna-Barbera bought it. *[Secret Squirrel](/source/Secret_Squirrel)* was one of his favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons that he watched in the 1970s, which influenced him to revive the series as *Super Secret Secret Squirrel*, the middle segment in *2 Stupid Dogs*.

Cook returned to Disney in 1997, where he developed and produced the series *[Nightmare Ned](/source/Nightmare_Ned_(TV_series))*. In 1998, he returned to feature animation when he co-directed *[Return to Never Land](/source/Return_to_Never_Land)* for Disney. In 2001, he directed the first feature-length film starring *Mickey Mouse* series characters [Mickey Mouse](/source/Mickey_Mouse) and [Donald Duck](/source/Donald_Duck); [Goofy](/source/Goofy) had previously appeared in *[A Goofy Movie](/source/A_Goofy_Movie)* and its sequel, *[An Extremely Goofy Movie](/source/An_Extremely_Goofy_Movie)*. The film, *[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers](/source/Mickey%2C_Donald%2C_Goofy%3A_The_Three_Musketeers)*, was released on DVD in 2004. He also served as a director for *[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse](/source/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse)* and *[The Adventures of Kid Danger](/source/The_Adventures_of_Kid_Danger)* and an assistant director for *[The Ren & Stimpy Show](/source/The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show)*, as well as doing sheet timing for episodes of the *[Ben 10](/source/Ben_10_(2016_TV_series))* reboot.

Cook also directed the micro-budget [indie film](/source/Independent_film) *Rideshare: The Movie*, the first film to be shot entirely on the [iPhone 4](/source/IPhone_4). It was released on April 12, 2011, at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival and was subsequently shown at the Honolulu Film Awards, receiving positive reviews.

Currently, Cook is co-executive producer of the preschool animated series *[Gabby's Dollhouse](/source/Gabby's_Dollhouse)*, produced by [DreamWorks Animation](/source/DreamWorks_Animation) for [Netflix](/source/Netflix).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-McCray2015_1-0)** McCray, Mark (2015-10-26). [*The Best Saturdays of Our Lives*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YizfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT79). iUniverse. pp. 79–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781491755075](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781491755075). Retrieved 21 March 2016.

## External links

- [Donovan Cook](https://www.facebook.com/cook.donovan) on [Facebook](/source/Facebook_(identifier))

- [Donovan Cook](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177015/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Official website of Cook's indie film *Rideshare: The Movie*](http://ridesharemovie.com/)

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