BIOGRAPHY
BUD LUCKEY (voice of Eeyore) was born in Billings, Mont., and was inspired at a
young age to become an animator after seeing “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Following
high school, Luckey spent four years in the Air Force as an artist illustrator cartooning briefing
charts and training manuals for the officers’ candidate school.
He attended the Chouinard Art Institute as an animation major, studying with Disney
alumni Don Graham, Marc Davis, Thorton “Tee” Hee and Elmer Plummer. Luckey also attended
night school at USC under the instruction of Art Babbitt.
After a brief stint in Los Angeles working on “The Alvin Show,” Luckey moved to San
Francisco in 1962 to work in advertising as a television art director/producer on a variety of
animated and live-action commercials, including Charlie Brown/Peanuts commercials. In 1971,
Luckey teamed up with Don Hadley to write, direct and animate early segments for “Sesame
Street” (some still run today), marking his debut as a voiceover artist.
After working in advertising for 30 years, Luckey was scooped up by Pixar Animation
Studios where he spent the next 15 years in a number of capacities. Luckey wrote, directed and
provided all of the voices in the Academy Award®-nominated short “Boundin.’” He provided the
voice of Rick Dicker in “The Incredibles,” and lent his voice to Chuckles the Clown in “Toy Story
3.”
ABOUT THE MOVIE
Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh,” the first big-
screen Pooh adventure from Disney animation in more than 35 years. With the timeless charm, wit and
whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of
very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least,
Eeyore, who has lost his tail. “Ever have one of those days where you just can’t win, Eeyore?” asks
Pooh. Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It
turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some honey. Inspired by three stories
from A.A. Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art style, “Winnie the Pooh” hits theaters in
Europe and Latin America in Spring 2011; the U.S. release date is July 15, 2011.