Willard Bowsky
- Visual effects
- September 26, 1907 · Montclair, New Jersey, USA
- November 27, 1944
Biography
Willard Gustav Bowsky (September 26, 1907 – November 27, 1944) was an American animator best known for his work at Fleischer Studios where he worked on cartoons featuring Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman, in addition to two feature-length animated films. He was skilled at animating complicated perspective shots and directing many of the jazz-influenced cartoons produced by the studio. Bowsky was killed in World War II in eastern France while serving combat duty in the United States Army and was awarded posthumously the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known for
Filmography
- Eleventh Hour · Animation Director, Animation
- Volcano · Animation
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town · Animation Director
- Swing Cleaning · Animation, Animation Director
- Sneak, Snoop and Snitch · Animation
- Onion Pacific · Animation
- Gulliver's Travels · Animation Director, Director
- Wotta Nitemare · Animation
- A Date to Skate · Animation
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves · Animation, Animation Director
- I Never Changes My Altitude · Animation Director, Animation
- Morning, Noon and Night Club · Animation, Animation Director
- The Paneless Window Washer · Animation Director, Animation
- I'm in the Army Now · Animation Director
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor · Animation Director
- The Spinach Roadster · Animation, Animation Director
- Hold the Wire · Animation Director, Animation
- Let's Get Movin' · Animation, Assistant Director
- We Did It · Animation
- I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski · Animation
- Time for Love · Animation
- You Gotta Be a Football Hero · Animation
- Dizzy Divers · Animation Director
- Pleased to Meet Cha! · Animation Director, Animation
- Be Kind to 'Aminals' · Animation, Animation Director
- Beware of Barnacle Bill · Animation, Animation Director
- We Aim to Please · Animation, Animation Director
- The Dance Contest · Animation Director, Animation
- The Two-Alarm Fire · Animation Director, Animation
- Shiver Me Timbers! · Animation Director, Animation
- Shoein' Hosses · Animation Director, Animation
- The Man on the Flying Trapeze · Animation, Animation Director
- Let's You and Him Fight · Animation Director, Animation
- Red Hot Mamma · Animation Director
- Wild Elephinks · Animation Director, Animation
- Popeye the Sailor · Animation Director, Animation
- Song Shopping · Animation
- Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions · Animation
- Minnie the Moocher · Animation Director
- Swing You Sinners! · Animation