Abe Levitow
- Visuelle Effekte
- 2. Juli 1922 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- 8. Mai 1975
Biografie
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]
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One · Regie
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony · Animation Director
- Bugs Bunnys Mondlaunen · Regie
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special · Animation
- What Happened to All That Bread? · Produktion
- B.C.: The First Thanksgiving · Regie, Ausführende Produktion
- A Christmas Carol · Story Artist
- B.C. - The Shadow · Regie
- The Wizard of Id · Regie
- Milos ganz und gar unmögliche Reise · Regie, Produktion
- Uncle Sam Magoo · Regie
- Tom der Supersurfer · Regie
- Jerry jagt Tom · Regie
- Schlafmütze Tom · Regie
- Tom und ich im Käseland · Regie
- Der Käseplanet · Regie
- Tom und der liebe Nachbar · Regie
- Tom und der kleine Wau-Wau · Regie
- Tom und ich und der Goldfisch · Regie
- Tom muss Wache schieben · Regie
- Tom und ich bei meinem Freund Jumbo · Regie
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo · Regie
- Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery · Regie
- Martian Through Georgia · Regie
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol · Regie
- Gay Purr-ee · Regie
- Nelly's Folly · Co-Director
- Die Jagd im Canyon · Co-Director
- Magoo Meets Frankenstein · Ausführende Produktion
- The Dick Tracy Show · Regie
- Mr.Magoo · Associate Producer, Regie
- Barbecue for Two · Animation
- Popeye, der Seeman · Animation
- Inside Magoo · Regie
- Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) · Regie
- Wenn es Nacht wird in Arabien · Art Direction, Animation Director
- Unnatural History · Regie
- A Witch's Tangled Hare · Regie
- Wild About Hurry · Animation
- Really Scent · Regie
- Musik, Maestro! · Regie
- Cat Feud · Animation
- Plattgemacht und durchgeschleudert · Animation
- Sternenflug · Animation
- Robin Hood Daffy · Animation
- Touché and Go · Animation
- Völlig durchgedreht · Animation
- Der Ring der Niegelungen · Animation
- Wolf im Schafspelz · Animation
- Boyhood Daze · Animation
- Rollschuhsegler und Dampfwalzen · Animation
- 90 Day Wondering · Animation
- Steinschlag und Dynamit · Animation
- Dorlock Holmes und Mister Watkins · Animation
- Das Baby vom Mars · Animation
- Goldrausch · Animation
- Mensch Meier! · Animation
- Es stinkt · Animation
- Maskerade mit Folgen · Animation
- Der singende Frosch · Animation
- Pfeilschnell und explosiv · Animation
- Liebe geht durch die Nase · Animation
- Wolf im Schafspelz · Animation
- Schwere Geschütze · Animation
- Wettlauf in die Wolken · Animation
- A Hitch in Time · Animation
- Baby Buggy Bunny · Animation
- Sheep Ahoy · Animation
- Heiße Sohle auf dem Highway · Animation
- Mäuse im Hotel · Animation
- Katzenkomplott · Animation
- It's Everybody's Business · Animation
- Liebliche Maskerade · Animation
- Schütze Bugs · Animation
- Schwein gehabt · Animation