David Baas

David Baas is an animation director, known for working at Arc Productions (2005-2014), 20th Century Animation (2015-2020) and Universal Animation (2021-present).

Career
David Baas first joined IDT Entertainment (which became known as Starz Animation and then Arc Productions) in 2005 as head of animation department for some feature films. He also directed 26 episodes of Thomas & Friends (animated by Arc).

Baas left Arc in 2014 after working on Upside Mystery 3 (2015) and later joined 20th Century Fox Animation (now known as 20th Century Animation) the following year where he served as lead animator for many of their feature films. He then left 20th Century in 2020 and moved to Universal Animation the following year where he will serve as head of animation for the studio's upcoming animated feature Mechagirl for a 2022 release.