Sue Nichols Maciorowski was an animation artist who worked on beloved Disney films including “The Lion King,” “Mulan,” and “Hercules.”Maciorowski began her career in animation while she was still in college, working as a model designer for Jim Henson’s (1936 – 1990) “Muppet Babies” as part of a team that won an Emmy Award. She got her start with Disney in 1991 with “Beauty and the Beast,” for which she was a visual development artist.