Myron Waldman | |
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| Born | April 23, 1908 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 2006 (aged 97) Bethpage, New York, U.S |
Myron Waldman (April 23, 1908 – February 4, 2006) was an American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studios.
Career
Waldman was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 23, 1908. He was a graduate of the Pratt Institute, where he majored in Art. He started his first career work in 1930 at Fleischer Studio. At Fleischer he worked on Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann, Gulliver's Travels, the animated adaptations of Superman, and Popeye. He was head animator on two Academy Award-nominated shorts, Educated Fish (1937) and Hunky and Spunky (1939).
Waldman made the transition when Fleischer Studios was foreclosed on by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942. At Famous he worked mostly on the Casper the Friendly Ghost series. In 1958 he left Famous to become an animation director at Hal Seeger Productions where he worked on the revival of the Out of the Inkwell series, as well as Milton the Monster, until his retirement in 1968.
Outside of animation, Waldman partnered with writer Steve Carlin in 1940 to produce the Happy the Humbug comic strip. He also created one of the first graphic novels, the wordless novel Eve: A Pictorial Love Story (1943).[1]
In 1986 Waldman received the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Award, and in 1997 was given the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime work in the field of animation.
Death
Waldman died of congestive heart failure on February 4, 2006, at the age of 97 in Bethpage, New York.
Partial filmography (animator)
- 1985: See & Sing: Christmas Favorites
- 1985: See & Sing: Songs of America
- 1985: See & Sing: Silly Songs
- 1985: See & Sing: All-Time Favorites
- 1953: Spook No Evil
- 1952: Spunky Skunky
- 1949: Toys Will Be Toys
- 1949: A Haunting We Will Go
- 1943: The Mummy Strikes
- 1942: Japoteurs
- 1942: Billion Dollar Limited
- 1942: The Magnetic Telescope
- 1941: Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
- 1940: Ants in the Plants
- 1939: Rhythm on the Reservation
- 1939: The Barnyard Brat
- 1938: Riding the Rails
- 1938: The Playful Polar Bears
- 1937: Educated Fish
- 1936: Betty Boop and the Little King
- 1935: Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American
- 1934: Betty Boop's Trial
- 1934: Betty Boop's Little Pal
- 1934: Betty Boop's Prize Show
- 1933: Betty Boop's Birthday Party
- 1933: Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party
References
- ^ Beronä 2008, p. 170.
Works cited
- Beronä, David A. (2008). Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels. Abrams Books. ISBN 978-0-8109-9469-0.
- Myron Waldman at IMDb
- Artist: Myron Waldman at the Barker Animation Art Gallery. Features animation biography and examples of work.
- Obituary at the New York Times