Howard Swift
- Directing
- August 29, 1912 · Little Rock - Arkansas - USA
- January 13, 1983
Biography
Walt Disney Studios 1938-1941: Animator 1938-1941 (Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo. - MGM: Animator on Tom & Jerry 1942. - Warner Bros.: Animator 1942 (Bugs Bunny). - Columbia: Director and animator 1942-1949 (Color Rhapsodies, The Fox and the Crow, Li'l Abner, Phantasy Cartoons). - Leader of his own studio 1946-1965 (TV commercials). - Hanna-Barbera Story director 1966-1981 (Penelope Pitstop, The Cattanooga Cats, Motormouse and Autocat, The Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, Popeye, Dinky Dog, The Kwicky Koala Show). Editorial Art Syndicate/Sangor Shop: Scripts for various publishers 1940s (e.g. The Fox and the Crow 1945-1948). - Script for the newspaper strip Capt. Knot 1968-1969 (artist unknown). - Disney Studios: Scripts for foreign-market comic-book stories 1970s (Mickey Mouse, Goofy). Left the Disney Studios after the big strike in 1941. - Drawing teacher at Chouinard Art School. -https://coa.inducks.org/creator.php?c=HSw&redirected=1
Known for
Filmography
- Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers · Story Supervisor
- Harlem Globetrotters · Storyboard
- The Lost Planet · Animation
- Atom Man vs. Superman · Animation
- Pickled Puss · Director
- Superman · Animation
- Tooth or Consequences · Director
- Leave Us Chase It · Director
- Big House Blues · Director
- Fowl Brawl · Director
- Loco Lobo · Director
- Cagey Bird · Director
- The Schooner the Better · Director
- Unsure Runts · Director
- Polar Playmates · Director
- Kongo-Roo · Director
- Carnival Courage · Director
- Treasure Jest · Director
- Hot Footlights · Director
- Booby Socks · Director
- Dog, Cat, and Canary · Director
- Kickapoo Juice · Director
- As the Fly Flies · Director
- The Case of the Screaming Bishop · Director
- The Disillusioned Bluebird · Director
- Mr. Fore by Fore · Director
- Giddy-Yapping · Director
- Polly Wants a Doctor · Director
- Tito's Guitar · Animation
- Dumbo · Animation