Abe Levitow
- Effets visuels
- 2 juillet 1922 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- 8 mai 1975
Biographie
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]
Connu pour
Filmographie
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One · Réalisation
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony · Animation Director
- Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes · Réalisation
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special · Animation
- What Happened to All That Bread? · Production
- B.C.: The First Thanksgiving · Réalisation, Production exécutive
- A Christmas Carol · Story Artist
- B.C. - The Shadow · Réalisation
- The Wizard of Id · Réalisation
- La porte de l'imaginaire · Réalisation, Production
- Uncle Sam Magoo · Réalisation
- Tom Surfeur · Réalisation
- La souris de la faim · Réalisation
- Tapage nocturne · Réalisation
- Tom et Jerry dans le Futur · Réalisation
- L'odyssée de l'espace · Réalisation
- Jerry le caïd · Réalisation
- L'Abominable Tom des neiges · Réalisation
- Un poisson rouge bien appétissant · Réalisation
- Le cargo de fromage · Réalisation
- Tom et Jerry au cirque · Réalisation
- Les Aventures célèbres de Mr. Magoo · Réalisation
- Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery · Réalisation
- Un petit monstre tombé du ciel · Réalisation
- Le Noël de Mr Magoo · Réalisation
- Chat, c'est Paris · Réalisation
- Les folies de Nelly · Co-Director
- À toute berzingue · Co-Director
- Magoo rencontre Frankenstein · Production exécutive
- The Dick Tracy Show · Réalisation
- Mr.Magoo · Associate Producer, Réalisation
- Barbecue for Two · Animation
- Popeye le marin · Animation
- Inside Magoo · Réalisation
- Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) · Réalisation
- 1001 Arabian Nights · Art Direction, Animation Director
- Unnatural History · Réalisation
- La sorcière et le lapin · Réalisation
- Rien ne sert de courir · Animation
- A chacun son odeur · Réalisation
- Bunny chef d'orchestre · Réalisation
- Le chien de garde · Animation
- Et que ça saute ! · Animation
- La Guéguerre des étoiles · Animation
- Daffy des bois · Animation
- Touché and Go · Animation
- Prenez-en de la graine · Animation
- Quel opéra, docteur ? · Animation
- Un boulot harassant · Animation
- Boyhood Daze · Animation
- Omelette aux gnons · Animation
- 90 Day Wondering · Animation
- Les voilà repartis · Animation
- Elémentaire, mon cher · Animation
- Berceuse Martienne · Animation
- Lapin impair et passe · Animation
- Vrroum ! · Animation
- Heaven Scent · Animation
- Carottes et Malédiction · Animation
- La grenouille magique · Animation
- Fuselage de pierre · Animation
- Pépé sur la piste de l'amour · Animation
- Peut-on paître en paix · Animation
- À vos marques, prêts... pfiou · Animation
- Bunny et le haricot magique · Animation
- A Hitch in Time · Animation
- Bébé la terreur · Animation
- Équipe de jour, équipe de nuit · Animation
- Abus dangereux · Animation
- Bas les pattes · Animation
- A crocs et à griffes · Animation
- It's Everybody's Business · Animation
- Tout feu, tout flamme · Animation
- Lièvre de marche · Animation
- Le charivari du chat viré · Animation