John Hubley
John Hubley ( born May 21, 1914 in Marinette, Wisconsin, † 21 February 1977 in New Haven, Connecticut ) was an American character animator, director and illustrator.
Life
For Walt Disney, he worked since 1937 as a draftsman for layout backgrounds at the major film productions Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi and Fantasia. In 1941, he left in the wake of a strike of the artist studio as a professional staff and first worked for Screen Gems, and then to set up with other former colleagues who were deterred from Disney's autocratic style of United Productions of America.
In 1952 he was urged out into the insulation and from UPA when he made before the Committee on Un-American Activities refused during the McCarthy era, to name author " un-American activities". As a result, Hubley worked mostly for advertising or short films since he was found on the blacklist so-called. There, his name did not appear in the credits, so that both sides had to have no fear of reprisals.
With his 1956 founded with his wife Faith Hubley 's animation studio Storyboard Studios Three years later he released the critically acclaimed due to the differentiated depiction of the characters and the color film Moon Bird. For this film he won at the Academy Awards 1960 in the category cartoon the coveted award and also was able to so that also nominated Disney production Noah 's Ark beat. Seven years later he won again the trophy for his work commissioned by the bandleader and composer Herb Alpert (A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature ).
Hubley mastered not only the traditional Disney style of the early decades and cultivated his own style, but also the absurd comedy as in Mister Magoo.
Hubley was also involved as the actual director of Down by the river. However, when the work stagnated after a year, fired him the producer Martin Rosen, and took over as director. The only thing that remained of Hubley work is the opening sequence of the film. This differs significantly from the rest of the film and reveals Hubley style.