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Jack Hannah ( January 13, 1913 - June 11, 1994) was an animator, writer and director of animated shorts.He began as an employee of the Walt Disney Studios. He started as an animator in the short Modern Inventions (released on May 29, 1937). After thirteen films as an animator, he was assigned as a writer, beginning with Donald's Nephews (released on April 15, 1938). He was given writing credits for 21 films.
In 1942 he helped Carl Barks create his first two comic book stories, Pluto Saves the Ship and Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold. Unlike Barks he did not leave the studio after this and he was finally assigned as the director of his films. The short Donald's Off Day (released on December 8, 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin;) was the first of 94 films he would direct. His production includes most of the shorts featuring Donald DuckDonald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic book character best known for his cartoons from Walt Disney Studios. Donald is a white anthropomorphic duck with yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He usually wears a sailor shirt and cap — but no pants (excep, Chip 'n DaleChip 'n Dale are two fictional, animated chipmunks created by The Walt Disney Company. The names are a pun based on the name "Chippendale" (see Thomas Chippendale). They first appeared in the cartoon Private Pluto where they antagonize the dog Pluto, but and Humphrey the BearHumphrey the Bear is a fictional character created by The Walt Disney Company in 1950. He first appeared in a Goofy cartoon in which Goofy tried to take his picture. After that he appeared in at least three Donald Duck cartoons as an antagonist to Donald., although he also directed some shorts starring GoofyGoofy is a fictional character from the Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse universe. He is an anthropomorphic dog who was one of Mickey Mouse's best friends. Goofy first appeared in Mickey's Revue first released on May 25, 1932. Directed by Wilfred Jackson this s or minor Walt DisneyFor the same named company; see The Walt Disney Company Walter Elias Disney ( December 5, 1901 December 15, 1966) was an American animated film producer and animator. He was also the creator of an American-based theme park called Disneyland, and the found characters. Besides that he also directed a number of films for Walter Lantz's studio featuring both Woody WoodpeckerWoody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character who appears in short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio and distributed by Universal Studios. Though not the first of the " screwball" characters that became popular in the 1940s, Woody is and a number of minor characters. After Disney stopped producing animated shorts Hannah moved to the Lantz Studio on a more permanent basis. Besides directing shorts he was also assigned as Assistant Director in the TV series The Woody Woodpecker Show , which started airing on October 3, 1957. His last directing effort was the short Charlie's Mother-In-Law (released on April 16, 1963). After this he retired.
He was honored as a "Disney Legend" in 1992. As Carl Barks is credited with creating the personality of Donald Duck's comic book version, Jack Hannah is credited with developing, if not creating, the personality of the animated version.
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