Faith Hubley

Faith Hubley (birth name: Faith Elliott ) ( born September 16, 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, New York; † 7 December 2001 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American director, producer and screenwriter of animated films that do not only twice won the Oscar for best animated short film, but also numerous other film awards.

Biography

The daughter of a Jewish dentist originating from Russia dropped out of high school without a degree and began her career in the film industry in Hollywood as a messenger at Columbia Pictures, where she, however, was soon sound engineer. During this activity, she met her future husband John Hubley know, an animation artist at The Walt Disney Company and later Oscar winner. After their marriage in 1955, John Hubley, however, was dismissed because of his pro-union activities, which led to the storyboard studio founded his own independent film production company with him and animated short films produced, where their four children Mark, Emily, Georgia and Ray Hubley roles takeovers.

For the film produced by her Moon Bird ( 1959) John Hubley in 1960 was awarded the Oscar for best animated short film. 1961 were the two at the International Film Festival in Cannes for the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film for Children of the Sun (1960 ) nominated. At the Academy Awards in 1963 she won with her husband, then her first official Oscar for best animated short film and indeed for The Hole (1962).

For A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966 ) about the trumpeter Herb Alpert, she won with her husband at the Oscar ceremony in 1967 her second Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This was followed with her husband nominations in this category at the Oscars 1969 Windy Day (1968 ), 1970 for Of Men and Demons (1969 ) and 1975 Voyage to Next (1974). Many of the films made ​​by her and her husband were marked by a love for jazz, which meant that in numerous films Dizzy Gillespie lends his voice and contributed musical contributions. In addition, Faith and John Hubley contributed animation scenes to known children's programs such as Sesame Street (1969) and The Electric Company (1971 ) at.

In 1975, she also won the Windsor McCay Award at the Annie Awards and was also nominated at the film festival in Cannes with WOW Women of the World again for the Golden Palm for Best Short Film.

For A Doonesbury Special ( 1977), she received not only with her husband and Garry Trudeau at the Oscar ceremony in 1978 her last nomination for the Oscar for best animated short film, but won it and the jury prize for best short film at the film festival in Cannes 1978 with her ​​husband John that price only posthumously received, as this was passed in 1977.

For Sky Dance ( 1980) and Yes We Can ( 1989), she was again nominated for the Golden Palm for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival and was awarded for Yes We Can, a special mention. At the Sundance Film Festival, she was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for The Cosmic Eye ( 1986).

In 1997 she received at the Gotham awards ceremonies the special award for animation and later won in 2000 at the San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award. Other awards were the Web of Life Award at the High Falls Film Festival in 2001 and a Special Mention at the National Society of Film Critics Awards 2002.

In addition to her film- generating activities, she was over 30 years a lecturer at Yale University. Faith Hubley died of breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in the late 1970s.