Danie Townsley
- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Danielle Noelle West was born to Ralph Evers, Jr., a computer
professional, and Jacqueline, a data entry/customer service clerk, on
February 13, 1979 in Hanford, California. At the age of three she was
drawing with anything that came to hand, including the condiments on
her dinner plates. Even before that she knew she wanted to work in
animation. Though she rarely played with dolls she was fascinated with
the puppets of Jim Henson and Randall McGee. Danie married Jeffrey West
in 2002. After their divorce in 2008 she took a chance, quit her job as
Art Department Director for Bright Minds publishing, and attended AI in
Portland, Oregon. She supplemented student loans with work as a
security guard and free lance artist, graduating in 2011. Danie
continues to work many jobs at a time, even teaching Sanjuriu
karate/jujitsu as a second degree black belt. She has a wicked sense of
humor, a gift for story telling, singing and acting and seemingly
boundless energy.