Abe Levitow
- Effetti visivi
- 2 luglio 1922 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- 8 maggio 1975
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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Filmografia
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One · Regia
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony · Animation Director
- Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes · Regia
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special · Animation
- What Happened to All That Bread? · Produzione
- B.C.: The First Thanksgiving · Regia, Produzione esecutiva
- A Christmas Carol · Story Artist
- B.C. - The Shadow · Regia
- The Wizard of Id · Regia
- Il castello fantasma · Regia, Produzione
- Uncle Sam Magoo · Regia
- Il surf di Tom · Regia
- La spia di Jerry · Regia
- Rock 'n' Rodent · Regia
- Dal futuro alla preistoria · Regia
- Lotta nell'astronave · Regia
- Tom e il gatto giallo · Regia
- Il mostro delle nevi · Regia
- Filetto di gatto · Regia
- Tom e Jerry a bordo · Regia
- Jerry e l'elefante · Regia
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo · Regia
- Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery · Regia
- Un marziano sulla Terra · Regia
- La notte di Natale di Mister Magoo · Regia
- Musetta alla conquista di Parigi · Regia
- Il mal d'Africa · Co-Director
- Chi di spada ferisce · Co-Director
- Magoo Meets Frankenstein · Produzione esecutiva
- The Dick Tracy Show · Regia
- Mr. Magoo · Associate Producer, Regia
- Barbecue for Two · Animation
- Braccio di Ferro · Animation
- Inside Magoo · Regia
- Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) · Regia
- La principessa e lo stregone · Art Direction, Animation Director
- Scienze Innaturali · Regia
- Il coniglio tuttofare della strega · Regia
- Coyote, invidioso e malvagio · Animation
- Pepè a New Orleans · Regia
- Il maestro Bunny · Regia
- Una tenera amicizia · Animation
- Addio show · Animation
- Un coniglio fra le stelle · Animation
- Le sventure di Robin Hood · Animation
- Toccata e fuga · Animation
- Mimì il supersonico · Animation
- Cane all'Opera · Animation
- Ladri e guardie · Animation
- Ralph alla riscossa · Animation
- Mi-mi prenda chi può · Animation
- 90 Day Wondering · Animation
- Eccoli là · Animation
- Lo squartatore selvaggio · Animation
- La ninna nanna del marziano · Animation
- La costa dei barbari · Animation
- Cass... pita · Animation
- Mandato dal cielo · Animation
- Il coniglio nei guai · Animation
- Solo per te io canto · Animation
- Forza telecomandata · Animation
- Giulieo e Rometta · Animation
- Giorno di lavoro · Animation
- Pronti, attenti, via!!! · Animation
- Il pieno d'oro · Animation
- A Hitch in Time · Animation
- Il rapinatore bambino · Animation
- Turni di lavoro · Animation
- Vieni, guarda e vinci! · Animation
- Un posticino tranquillo · Animation
- Come incastrare un felino · Animation
- It's Everybody's Business · Animation
- Pazzo di te · Animation
- Un coniglio marmittone · Animation
- La fifa fa novanta · Animation