Tag: Animator
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From Walt Disney Family Museum’s WWII Series – Willie Ito Discusses Internment and In-Betweening
The Walt Disney Family Museum had a presentation with Willie Ito, a Japanese-American former Disney and Hanna-Barbera animator who was interned in the US internment camps during WWII. The presentation was hosted by Mindy Johnson and part of a series about WWII Japanese artists with another presentation coming next month. Willie Ito discussed with Mindy…
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Veteran Disney Animator Ann Sullivan Dies at 91 from COVID-19
A veteran Disney animator has died of COVID-19 at age 91, and is the third resident of a nursing home to pass away from the disease. Ann Sullivan – who worked as a painter on many Disney animated classics – passed away Monday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) skilled-nursing facility in Woodland…
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A Last Remaining Disney Animator from Disney’s Golden Age Don Lusk Dies at 105
Disney animator Don Lusk has passed away at the age of 105. He was one of the last remaining animators from Disney’s ‘Golden Age.” The news came from his close friend Navah Paskowitz-Asner on Facebook. Lusk worked on Disney classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Song of the South, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty.to…
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Bud Luckey, Pixar Animator Behind Woody’s Cowboy Design, Passes Away at 83
Bud Luckey was not as much a known name in animation as Pete Docter or Andrew Stanton, but he still was a great animator behind many characters we know. He was the man that came up with Woody being a cowboy in Toy Story. Among other contributions were voicing Rick Dicker in the Incredibles, Chuckles…
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Francis Xavier “X” Atencio, Disney Legend and Animator, Dies at 98
Today it was announced that Disney Legend Francis Xavier “X” Atencio passed away on September 10. He was 98. Atencio was both an animator and Imagineer. As an animator he worked on movies like Pinocchio and Fantasia. In Imagineering he worked on several favorite Disney attractions including Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion.…