Brian Pimental (born 1963) is an American veteran storyboard artist, director and screenwriter of animated films. He is best known for directing Bambi II. Having started his career at Walt Disney Feature animation as a trainee on Oliver & Company, he went on to become a story artist on Beauty and the Beast, for which he created the "Be Our Guest" sequence as well as the "Human Again" sequence, the latter of which was featured in both the Broadway play and the extended version of the film. He was also a story artist on Aladdin. He is currently working independently as director/writer.