Laura Nichols was involved in animation from 1987 to 2000. Having started with Garfield, Nichols also worked on The Rescuers Down Under, Rock-A-Doodle, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Swan Princess, The Lion King: Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Games, the 1996 adaptation of 101 Dalmatians, The Tigger Movie, and Little Go Beep.