Director

Howard Swift

Directing

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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17

TMDB ID: 1179322

IMDb ID: nm0842593

Known for: Directing

Born: August 29, 1912

Died: January 13, 1983

Age: 70

Place of birth: Little Rock - Arkansas - USA

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1942 - 2000

Years active: 59

Average TMDB rating: 7.73

Wikidata: Q3141594

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Director (12)Animation (4)Story Supervisor (1)

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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

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