7.1
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Efeitos visuais
Abe Levitow
- Nascimento
- Falecimento
- (com 52 anos)
- Local de nascimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Créditos
- 76 títulos
Biografia
Abraham Levitow (July 2, 1922 – May 8, 1975) was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and MGM Animation/Visual Arts. He is best known for his work under Chuck Jones' direction.
Levitow began working as an in-betweener and assistant animator at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1940 at the age of 17. He briefly left Warner Bros. when he was drafted during World War II working on training films. Levitow returned to the studio, working as an assistant animator for Ken Harris under the Chuck Jones unit, and he was later promoted to animator in 1950 and would receive his first animations credit in 1953 for the cartoon Wild Over You. He worked steadily for Jones over the remainder of the 1950s, and directed several cartoons for release in 1959, including the Pepé Le Pew cartoon "Really Scent". While working under Jones, he made characters' joints more angular than most other animators. Those characters with fur (Wile E. Coyote, for example) looked especially shaggy in Levitow's scenes.
Levitow joined UPA in 1958 to work on the Mr. Magoo feature 1001 Arabian Nights, staying behind even after the studio was sold to Henry G. Saperstein. In 1962, he directed the first feature-length animated television special, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. 1962 also saw the release of his theatrical feature Gay Purr-ee. By 1962, he was working with Jones at MGM as an animator and a director in the Tom and Jerry series. He co-directed the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth with Chuck Jones at MGM. In addition, he worked with UPA on more Mr. Magoo cartoons, including The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, and also collaborated with Chuck again on the program Curiosity Shop through Format Films. He animated on the Chuck Jones-produced A Christmas Carol, directed by Richard Williams at Williams' London studio in 1971.
In 1972, he and producer Dave Hanson founded Levitow/Hanson Films. The studio produced several animated pieces for Sesame Street, the most notable being Willie Wimple. His last completed project was B.C.: The First Thanksgiving, which aired in November of 1973.
At the time of his death, Levitow was in line to direct the animated feature film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. The project was taken over by Richard Williams when Levitow died from a bone tumor during pre-production at the age of 52.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Créditos da equipe técnica 76
| Ano | Título | Função |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One Filme | Director |
| 2010 | Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Filme | Animation Director |
| 1991 | Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Filme | Director |
| 1980 | Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special Filme | Animation |
| 1975 | What Happened to All That Bread? Filme | Producer |
| 1973 | B.C.: The First Thanksgiving Filme | Director, Executive Producer |
| 1971 | A Christmas Carol Filme | Story Artist |
| 1971 | B.C. - The Shadow Filme | Director |
| 1971 | The Wizard of Id Filme | Director |
| 1970 | A Caixa Mágica Filme | Director, Producer |
| 1970 | Uncle Sam Magoo Filme | Director |
| 1967 | Surf-Bored Cat Filme | Director |
| 1967 | The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. Filme | Director |
| 1967 | Rock 'n' Rodent Filme | Director |
| 1967 | Guided Mouse-Ille Filme | Director |
| 1967 | O-Solar-Meow Filme | Director |
| 1966 | Catty-Cornered Filme | Director |
| 1966 | The A-Tom-inable Snowman Filme | Director |
| 1966 | Filet Meow Filme | Director |
| 1966 | Puss 'n' Boats Filme | Director |
| 1966 | Jerry-Go-Round Filme | Director |
| 1964 | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo TV | Director (1 ep.) |
| 1964 | Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery Filme | Director |
| 1962 | Martian Through Georgia Filme | Director |
| 1962 | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Filme | Director |
| 1962 | A Gata dos Meus Sonhos Filme | Director |
| 1961 | Nelly's Folly Filme | Co-Director |
| 1961 | Lickety-Splat Filme | Co-Director |
| 1961 | Magoo Meets Frankenstein Filme | Executive Producer |
| 1961 | The Dick Tracy Show TV | Director (76 ep.) |
| 1960 | Mr. Magoo TV | Associate Producer, Director (130 ep.) |
| 1960 | Barbecue for Two Filme | Animation |
| 1960 | O Marinheiro Popeye TV | Animation (1 ep.) |
| 1960 | Inside Magoo Filme | Director |
| 1959 | Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) Filme | Director |
| 1959 | As Mil e Uma Noites Árabes Filme | Art Direction, Animation Director |
| 1959 | Unnatural History Filme | Director |
| 1959 | A Witch's Tangled Hare Filme | Director |
| 1959 | Wild About Hurry Filme | Animation |
| 1959 | Really Scent Filme | Director |
| 1959 | Baton Bunny Filme | Director |
| 1958 | Cat Feud Filme | Animation |
| 1958 | Whoa, Be-Gone! Filme | Animation |
| 1958 | Hare-Way to the Stars Filme | Animation |
| 1958 | Robin Hood Daffy Filme | Animation |
| 1957 | Touché and Go Filme | Animation |
| 1957 | Zoom and Bored Filme | Animation |
| 1957 | Vai de Ópera, Velhinho? Filme | Animation |
| 1957 | Steal Wool Filme | Animation |
| 1957 | Boyhood Daze Filme | Animation |
| 1957 | Scrambled Aches Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | 90 Day Wondering Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | There They Go-Go-Go! Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | Deduce, You Say Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | Rocket-bye Baby Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | Barbary-Coast Bunny Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | Heaven Scent Filme | Animation |
| 1956 | Broom-Stick Bunny Filme | Animation |
| 1955 | One Froggy Evening Filme | Animation |