The Lion King: Digital Online

Over the years, a great many people have been instrumental in the creation of this web site. They are listed below. Recognized or not, I give everyone my deepest thanks for helping me make this site a reality.

First, I would like to thank The Walt Disney Company. They created a film that touched me in a way nothing had before. The same is true for a great many others, and we all owe Disney a great debt of gratitude for their amazing work. I think the world is a better place because of it.

Paul Summers
Original creator of the site in 1996, and tireless contributor to the lionking.org project.
Brian Tiemann
What hasn't Brian done. Well, first off, Brian runs the lionking.org server which this site is served from, including its 1+ gigabyte of media and information. He's been an inspiration and friend for quite some time, and has assisted with design and programming input countless times.
Eric Jarvies
Friend and business associate who has been a constant inspiration. Eric has taught many people not to give up on their dreams, and we're no exception.
Lewis Sellers
Min! A great programmer, poet and author. Lewis is ultimately the reason this site looks (and works) so cool, as his help in Paul's early years of web development were invaluable.
Margaret Petrie
The goddess of digital artwork. Margaret has helped Digital countless times with artwork and design suggestions. Thanks Meg!
Steven McClain
Tireless administrator of the site for a number of years.

Why?

Why in the world would someone spend hundreds if not thousands of hours doing intensive programming, graphic design, and video editing for a kid's movie? As soon as we figure it out, we'll tell you.

Seriously though, the reasons behind the creation of Digital are many and varied. The simple answer, is that The Lion King and Disney have done a lot for people over the years, and especially with The Lion King. Not least of all, they have both done a lot for the creators and maintainers of this site. As such, we like to give a little something back to the fans of such an amazing creative work.

How?

All of the HTML and Perl code for Digital is written by hand, without the use of any graphical editors. Early programming was done on a unix platform of some sort, running either Pico, Vim, or Emacs. Currently, the codebase is written using BBedit on MacOS X.

All graphical design work is done using Adobe Photoshop under MacOS X. All video and audio media is captured via a Blackmagic Design DeckLink interface, talking to Apple Final Cut Pro and Avid XpressDV, running on MacOS X.