Robert Walker was a layout artist best known for his work at Disney, as co-director of the film Brother Bear, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2004 for Best Animated Feature.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Walker went to school for animation at Sheridan College in Ontario. After graduating he was hired at Atkinson Film-Arts in Ottawa, where he worked on the animated television series The Raccoons and Dennis the Menace, the latter of which aired in the U.S. from 1986 to 1988. Walker also worked as a layout artist on the series The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, about a bear-like creature that leaves his home in search of adventure. Following Dennis the Menace, he worked on C.O.P.S., an animated children's program about a team of enhanced policemen who fight crime in the year 2020.

Walker’s film work began in 1989, when he joined the Walt Disney animation studio in Orlando, Florida. Soon he began production on many of Disney’s now classic features, including Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan and Lilo & Stitch. He became the head of layout at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida and partnered with Aaron Blaise to direct Brother Bear.

Walker died April 1, 2015, in California. He was 54.