Abe Levitow
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]
Fotos
Películas (71)
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
2011 · Director
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
2010 · Animation Director
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
1991 · Director
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
1980 · Animation
What Happened to All That Bread?
1975 · Producer
B.C.: The First Thanksgiving
1973 · Executive Producer, Director
A Christmas Carol
1971 · Story Artist
B.C. - The Shadow
1971 · Director
The Wizard of Id
1971 · Director
The Phantom Tollbooth
1970 · Director, Producer
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970 · Director
Surf-Bored Cat
1967 · Director
The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
1967 · Director
Rock 'n' Rodent
1967 · Director
Guided Mouse-Ille
1967 · Director
O-Solar-Meow
1967 · Director
Catty-Cornered
1966 · Director
The A-Tom-inable Snowman
1966 · Director
Filet Meow
1966 · Director
Puss 'n' Boats
1966 · Director
Jerry-Go-Round
1966 · Director
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 · Director
Martian Through Georgia
1962 · Director
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 · Director
Gay Purr-ee
1962 · Director
Nelly's Folly
1961 · Co-Director
Lickety-Splat
1961 · Co-Director
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 · Executive Producer
Barbecue for Two
1960 · Animation
Inside Magoo
1960 · Director
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 · Director
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Art Direction, Animation Director
Unnatural History
1959 · Director
A Witch's Tangled Hare
1959 · Director
Wild About Hurry
1959 · Animation
Really Scent
1959 · Director
Baton Bunny
1959 · Director
Cat Feud
1958 · Animation
Whoa, Be-Gone!
1958 · Animation
Hare-Way to the Stars
1958 · Animation
Robin Hood Daffy
1958 · Animation
Touché and Go
1957 · Animation
Zoom and Bored
1957 · Animation
What's Opera, Doc?
1957 · Animation
Steal Wool
1957 · Animation
Boyhood Daze
1957 · Animation
Scrambled Aches
1957 · Animation
90 Day Wondering
1956 · Animation
There They Go-Go-Go!
1956 · Animation
Deduce, You Say
1956 · Animation
Rocket-bye Baby
1956 · Animation
Barbary-Coast Bunny
1956 · Animation
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
1956 · Animation
Heaven Scent
1956 · Animation
Broom-Stick Bunny
1956 · Animation
One Froggy Evening
1955 · Animation
Guided Muscle
1955 · Animation
Two Scent's Worth
1955 · Animation
Double or Mutton
1955 · Animation
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
1955 · Animation
Beanstalk Bunny
1955 · Animation
A Hitch in Time
1955 · Animation
Baby Buggy Bunny
1954 · Animation
Sheep Ahoy
1954 · Animation
Stop! Look! and Hasten!
1954 · Animation
Claws for Alarm
1954 · Animation
Feline Frame-Up
1954 · Animation
It's Everybody's Business
1954 · Animation
Wild Over You
1953 · Animation
Forward March Hare
1953 · Animation
Scaredy Cat
1948 · Animation
