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Thornton Hee is a Actor, Director, Story Editor, Co-Director, Title Designer, Animation and Sequence Supervisor American born on 26 march 1911 at Oklahoma (USA)
"T." (Thornton) Hee (26 March 1911 – 30 October 1988) was an American animator, director, and teacher. He taught character design and caricature. He is always credited as T. Hee.
Hee worked at Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1935-36 as a character designer. He designed many of the celebrity caricatures used in The Coo Coo Nut Grove (1936) and The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937). A 1936 Christmas card that he drew, featuring caricatures of the Schlesinger animators, was used to design the gremlins in the 1944 animated short Russian Rhapsody.
Hee joined The Walt Disney Company around 1937. He is most recognized for directing the Dance of the Hours segment of Fantasia. He left after the strike, but returned to work there twice, from 1940 to 1946, and again from 1958 to 1961. Hee also worked for United Productions of America (1951 to 1958) and Terrytoons (1961 to 1963).
Hee was one of the co-founders, along with Jack Hannah, of the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. He later served as chairman of the Film Arts Department.
Hee provided the illustrations used during the opening credits of The Life of Riley television show of the 1950s.
Hee rejoint les studios Disney en 1938 comme réalisateur, styliste et caricaturiste. Il est alors surtout connu pour avoir réalisé la séquence la Danse des heures de Fantasia (1940), celle de Grand Coquin et Gédéon dans Pinocchio (1940), ainsi que pour son travail sur Victoire dans les airs (1943) et La Boîte à musique (1946).
Il quitte les studios Disney juste après la grève de 1941 mais y revient deux fois, la première de 1942 à 1946 puis à nouveau de 1958 à 1961
Entre 1951 et 1958, il est animateur chez United Productions of America, et travaille de 1961 à 1963 pour Terrytoons.
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Nationality USA
Birth 26 march 1911 at Oklahoma (USA)
Death 30 october 1998 (at 87 years) at Montana (USA)
Birth 26 march 1911 at Oklahoma (USA)
Death 30 october 1998 (at 87 years) at Montana (USA)
Hee worked at Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1935-36 as a character designer. He designed many of the celebrity caricatures used in The Coo Coo Nut Grove (1936) and The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937). A 1936 Christmas card that he drew, featuring caricatures of the Schlesinger animators, was used to design the gremlins in the 1944 animated short Russian Rhapsody.
Hee joined The Walt Disney Company around 1937. He is most recognized for directing the Dance of the Hours segment of Fantasia. He left after the strike, but returned to work there twice, from 1940 to 1946, and again from 1958 to 1961. Hee also worked for United Productions of America (1951 to 1958) and Terrytoons (1961 to 1963).
Hee was one of the co-founders, along with Jack Hannah, of the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. He later served as chairman of the Film Arts Department.
Hee provided the illustrations used during the opening credits of The Life of Riley television show of the 1950s.
Biography
Hee travaille comme concepteur de personnage de 1935 à 1936 dans le studio Leon Schlesinger Productions. Il dessine alors la plupart des caricatures de vedettes dans The Coo Coo Nut Grove (1936) et The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937). Une carte de noël qu'il dessina en 1936, avec les caricatures des animateurs des studios Schlesinger a été utilisée pour concevoir les gremlins dans le court métrage Russian Rhapsody (1944).Hee rejoint les studios Disney en 1938 comme réalisateur, styliste et caricaturiste. Il est alors surtout connu pour avoir réalisé la séquence la Danse des heures de Fantasia (1940), celle de Grand Coquin et Gédéon dans Pinocchio (1940), ainsi que pour son travail sur Victoire dans les airs (1943) et La Boîte à musique (1946).
Il quitte les studios Disney juste après la grève de 1941 mais y revient deux fois, la première de 1942 à 1946 puis à nouveau de 1958 à 1961
Entre 1951 et 1958, il est animateur chez United Productions of America, et travaille de 1961 à 1963 pour Terrytoons.
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Filmography of Thornton Hee (14 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Title Graphics | |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | Title Designer | |
| 1959 | Noah's Ark | Story | |
| 1953 | The Girl Next Door | Animation | |
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | Story | |
| 1943 | Victory Through Air Power | Story Editor | |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Story | |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Story | |
| 1940 | Fantasia | Director | |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Director, Co-Director, Sequence Supervisor | |
| 1940 | Danse des heures | Director | |
| 1938 | Mother Goose Goes Hollywood | Story | |
| 1937 | The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos | Characters |