Adam Burke obit

Adam Burke, Veteran Pixar Animator, Dies

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Adam Gregory Burke, born September 12, 1971, passed away October 8, 2018 after a short battle with lung cancer. Adam is survived by Kimberly (Hendry) Burke of White Horse Beach Massachusetts, his sons Zachary Burke and Aidan Burke of Fairfield, Ca, as well as extensive family and friends. Adam worked in animation for over 26 years with 17 of those years with Pixar Animation Studios. He worked with Don Bluth on Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park, with Richard Rich on The Swan Princess, with Warner Bros. on Space Jam and The Iron Giant, and with DreamWorks on The Road to El Dorado, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. His work with Pixar includes Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, and most recently, Incredibles 2. Adam grew up in Plymouth. He was in the first graduating class of Plymouth South High School in 1989 but stayed close to his roots in Mass. He summered every year on White Horse Beach and did charitable work with Boston Childrens Hospital and Mass General Hospital. He was on the North Bay Hospital Foundation Board in Fairfield, Ca. which worked on fund raising for hospice and bereavement. Adam loved life; he had no regrets. He will be sorely missed. Adam and Kim created a wonderful life together and have raised two beautiful sons.

Animation department

2018 Incredibles 2 (animator)

2017 Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool (Video short) (animator)

2017 Nemo & Friends SeaRider (Short) (animator)

2012 Kinect Fun Labs: Kinect Rush - A Disney Pixar Adventures: Snapshot (Video Game) (animator: Pixar Animation Studios)

2011 Cars 2 (animator)

2010 Toy Story 3 (animator)

2009 Leonardo (Short) (animator)

2009 Up (animator)

2008 WALL·E (animator)

2007 Ratatouille (animator)

2006 Mater and the Ghostlight (Video short) (animator)

2006 Cars (animator)

2005 Robots (animator)

2004 The Incredibles (animator)

2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (animator: "Proteus")

2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (animator: "Spirit")

2000 The Road to El Dorado (animator: "Miguel")

1999 The Iron Giant (animator)

1998 The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (Video) (animator)

1998 Quest for Camelot (animator: United States)

1997 The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (Video) (animator)

1996 Space Jam (animator)

1996 Tonka Construction (Video Game) (animator)

1995-1996 Animated Hero Classics (TV Series) (character layout artist - 5 episodes)

- The Wright Brothers (1996) ... (character layout artist)

- Maccabees: The Story of Hanukkah (1996) ... (character layout artist)

- Leonardo da Vinci (1996) ... (character layout artist)

- Helen Keller (1996) ... (character layout artist)

- Alexander Graham Bell (1995) ... (character layout artist)

1995 The Lion King: Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Games (Video Game) (clean-up artist)

1995 Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (Video Game) (clean-up artist)

1995 Animated Stories from the Bible (TV Series) (character layout artist - 2 episodes)

- David and Goliath (1995) ... (character layout artist)

- Solomon (1995) ... (character layout artist)

1995 Animated Stories from the New Testament (TV Series) (character layout artist - 1 episode)

- Jesus, the Son of God (1995) ... (character layout artist)

1995 Gargoyles (Video Game) (clean-up artist)

1994 Aladdin Activity Center (Video Game) (assistant animator)

1994 Animated StoryBook: The Lion King (Video Game) (assistant animator)

1994 The Swan Princess (supervising key assistant animator: "Prince Derek", "Young Derek", "Young Odette" and "Young Bromley")

1994 A Troll in Central Park (character clean-up artist)

1994 Thumbelina (assistant character animator)


Visual effects

2013 Monsters University (crowds animation lead)

2005-2006 Little Einsteins (TV Series) (supervising CG modeler/animator - 14 episodes)

2005 Little Einsteins: Our Big Huge Adventure (supervising cg modeler/animator)


Writer

2020 Loop (Short) (story by) (completed)