John Hubley

John Hubley

Nacimiento : 1914-05-21, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA

Muerte : 1977-02-21

Historia

John Hubley (May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American animation director, art director, producer and writer of traditional animation films known for both his formal experimentation and for his emotional realism which stemmed from his tendency to cast his own children as voice actors in his films.

Perfil

John Hubley

Películas

The Cosmic Eye
Director
Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
Orejas largas
Writer
En los pacificos prados de Inglaterra vive una comunidad de conejos. Cuando su madriguera se ve amenazada, un pequeño grupo de valientes conejos escapa de la madriguera en busca de un nuevo hogar. Conducidos por Fiver el visionario, Bigwig el valeroso, y el honorable Hazel hacen frente a multitud de desafíos y peligros que superan gracias a su fuerza y astucia para sobrevivir, mientras persiguen su sueño.
A Doonesbury Special
Screenplay
Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s.
A Doonesbury Special
Director
Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s.
People, People, People
Producer
Traces life in USA from the first Native Americans to the Bicentennial.
People, People, People
Director
Traces life in USA from the first Native Americans to the Bicentennial.
Everybody Rides the Carousel
Producer
Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.
Everybody Rides the Carousel
Writer
Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.
Everybody Rides the Carousel
Director
Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.
Voyage to Next
Writer
Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make.
Voyage to Next
Director
Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make.
In Quest of Cockaboody
Self
A documentary incorporating 13 weeks of teaching of film animation by Faith and John Hubley in the School of Art at Yale University including the conception and production of the film entitled Cockaboody. Made in collaboration with film students and faculty of the Yale Child Study Center, the film comprehends the realm of animation from the basic soundtrack of two small children to visualization and then execution in an art form
Cockaboody
Producer
John & Faith Hubley combined animation with the voices of their preschool daughters (Georgia & Emily) to make this award winning short. (New York Animation Festval) Similar in concept to their earlier work "Moonbird".
Cockaboody
Director
John & Faith Hubley combined animation with the voices of their preschool daughters (Georgia & Emily) to make this award winning short. (New York Animation Festval) Similar in concept to their earlier work "Moonbird".
Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Writer
A boy and his dog take a wondrous trip under the earth's crust and through the geological eras of time, introducing children to geology in the form of a musical fantasy.
Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Director
A boy and his dog take a wondrous trip under the earth's crust and through the geological eras of time, introducing children to geology in the form of a musical fantasy.
Eggs
Producer
Eggs
Director
Of Men and Demons
Director
A man lives in peace and harmony. But one day his quiet life is interrupted by demons.
Uptight
Title Designer
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Windy Day
Producer
Two little girls muse on marriage and babies, love and death as they create and act out plays in their backyard.
Zuckerkandl!
Layout
Animated cartoon, in which philosopher and scholar Alexander Zuckerkandl proposes the view that detached, uninvolved existence is the best.
Zuckerkandl!
Producer
Animated cartoon, in which philosopher and scholar Alexander Zuckerkandl proposes the view that detached, uninvolved existence is the best.
Zuckerkandl!
Director
Animated cartoon, in which philosopher and scholar Alexander Zuckerkandl proposes the view that detached, uninvolved existence is the best.
Windy Day
Director
Two little girls muse on marriage and babies, love and death as they create and act out plays in their backyard.
Urbanissimo
Producer
A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.
Urbanissimo
Writer
A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.
Urbanissimo
Director
A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.
A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
Writer
A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored brass ensemble - "Spanish Flea" and "Tijuana Taxi". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.
A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
Director
A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored brass ensemble - "Spanish Flea" and "Tijuana Taxi". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.
The Year Of The Horse
Animation
A young boy from Chinatown befriends an elderly Central Park carriage driver in this children's drama. Their relationship takes a sad turn when the driver's horse dies, and the young boy bands together with his friends to try and cheer up the deeply depressed old man.
The Cruise
Producer
The dance floor of a cruise ship. As each passenger is chosen, they choose a song on the jukebox and dance to it. But one passenger, playing a joke on another, selects a different song first. He keeps choosing that song, and eventually fills the jukebox with coins. It plays the same song over and over, and everyone is compelled to dance with the ship itself getting sick, while the man who was the brunt of the joke escapes in a rowboat.
The Cruise
Director
The dance floor of a cruise ship. As each passenger is chosen, they choose a song on the jukebox and dance to it. But one passenger, playing a joke on another, selects a different song first. He keeps choosing that song, and eventually fills the jukebox with coins. It plays the same song over and over, and everyone is compelled to dance with the ship itself getting sick, while the man who was the brunt of the joke escapes in a rowboat.
Flatland
Idea
A short, animated film based on Edwin Abbott's 1884 satirical novella, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.
The Hat
Writer
Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation between individuals and nations.
The Hat
Producer
Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation between individuals and nations.
The Hat
Director
Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation between individuals and nations.
Of Stars and Men
Writer
Of Stars and Men is a 1964 animated film from the Hubley family of animators, based on the 1959 book of the same name by astronomer Harlow Shapley, who also narrates. Made in the style of a documentary, it tells of humankind's quest (in the form of a child) to find its place in the universe, through themes such as outer space, physical matter, the meaning of life and the periodic table. There are no character voices; instead, they "talk" through their actions. It has been cited as an example of an "animated documentary".
Of Stars and Men
Producer
Of Stars and Men is a 1964 animated film from the Hubley family of animators, based on the 1959 book of the same name by astronomer Harlow Shapley, who also narrates. Made in the style of a documentary, it tells of humankind's quest (in the form of a child) to find its place in the universe, through themes such as outer space, physical matter, the meaning of life and the periodic table. There are no character voices; instead, they "talk" through their actions. It has been cited as an example of an "animated documentary".
Of Stars and Men
Director
Of Stars and Men is a 1964 animated film from the Hubley family of animators, based on the 1959 book of the same name by astronomer Harlow Shapley, who also narrates. Made in the style of a documentary, it tells of humankind's quest (in the form of a child) to find its place in the universe, through themes such as outer space, physical matter, the meaning of life and the periodic table. There are no character voices; instead, they "talk" through their actions. It has been cited as an example of an "animated documentary".
The Hole
Producer
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
The Hole
Story
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
The Hole
Director
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
Children of the Sun
Director
On the one hand, a healthy child who has enough to eat. On the other hand, a poor, undernourished kid. On the one had, a quarter of the blue planet's children. On the other hand, the remaining three quarters.
A Tale of Old Whiff
Director
A 70mm scope cartoon in which a dog learns to smell in order to become a detective.
Moonbird
Story
Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird.
Moonbird
Producer
Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird.
Moonbird
Director
Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird.
Harlem Wednesday
Director
The paintings of Gregorio Prestopino convey the sights and sounds of a day in Harlem. Music by Benny Carter.
A Smattering of Spots
Animation
A compilation reel of television commercials produced by Story Board Inc.
A Smattering of Spots
Producer
A compilation reel of television commercials produced by Story Board Inc.
The Tender Game
Art Designer
Inspired by the song Tenderly Jack Lawrence and Walter Gross, a tender animation on a florist and a sweeper that she falls madly in love.
The Tender Game
Producer
Inspired by the song Tenderly Jack Lawrence and Walter Gross, a tender animation on a florist and a sweeper that she falls madly in love.
The Tender Game
Director
Inspired by the song Tenderly Jack Lawrence and Walter Gross, a tender animation on a florist and a sweeper that she falls madly in love.
Date with Dizzy
Director
A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.
The Adventures of *
Writer
Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.
The Adventures of *
Producer
Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.
The Adventures of *
Director
Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.
Spare the Child
Producer
It shows a family where the son makes a wish to switch sizes with the father so that he can be the boss for a change. The father doesn't like this at all. After a while, the son slowly realizes that being a grownup isn't all that easy. Unfortunately, the father doesn't seem to realize that the same holds true for being a kid.
Rooty Toot Toot
Producer
The story of Frankie and Johnny: Frankie walks into a bar, where she catches her boyfriend Johnny with the sensuous Nellie Bly and kills him in a fit of jealousy.
Rooty Toot Toot
Writer
The story of Frankie and Johnny: Frankie walks into a bar, where she catches her boyfriend Johnny with the sensuous Nellie Bly and kills him in a fit of jealousy.
Rooty Toot Toot
Director
The story of Frankie and Johnny: Frankie walks into a bar, where she catches her boyfriend Johnny with the sensuous Nellie Bly and kills him in a fit of jealousy.
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Director
Mr. Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in typical Magoo fashion.
Georgie and the Dragon
Story
Georgie, a young Scottish lad, befriends a baby dragon and takes it home as a pet and companion.
El merodeador
Production Design
Los Ángeles, California. Un policía que, descontento con su trabajo, culpa a otros de sus problemas laborales, es designado para investigar el caso de un merodeador que ronda la casa de una mujer casada.
Barefaced Flatfoot
Director
Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery.
M
Layout
Un criminal cuyas víctimas son niños es perseguido incansablemente por la policía, pero también por el mundo del hampa. Remake de la impresionante película de Fritz Lang de 1931
Bungled Bungalow
Director
Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.
Gerald McBoing-Boing
Supervising Animation Director
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
The Miner's Daughter
Director
A Harvard grad tries to start a gold claim, but is immediately beset by the amorous daughter of a rival miner.
Spellbound Hound
Director
Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location.
Punchy De Leon
Director
Fox and Crow attempt to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
Ragtime Bear
Director
At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.
The Magic Fluke
Director
The Fox and Crow have a band-act in a nightclub, but the Fox walks out on his partner when he gets the position of a symphony-orchestra conductor. The Fox becomes while his old partner is on skid row, cold and hungry. One night, the Crow appears backstage at the concert Hall and hands a magician's wand to the Fox as he goes onstage. Using the wand as a baton, everything that can go wrong goes wrong for the snooty maestro.
The Sailor and the Seagull
Director
The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled sailor named McGinty complains about the raw deal he believes he is receiving by serving in the Navy. As luck would have it, a seagull comes to release him from service so that he can experience the freedom of civilian life. McGinty soon learns, however, that civilian life means less freedom and less money than he had imagined and quickly jumps at the chance to re-enlist. (cont. http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-record/2013/09/26/sailor-and-the-seagull/)
Robin Hoodlum
Director
Fox is Robin Hoodlum and the Crow is the Sheriff pursuing R. Hoodlum and his merry band. He escapes one trap after another until he is lured into an archery contest at the Palace---everybody plays the Palace sooner or later---and gets caught.
Swab Your Choppers
Director
U.S. Navy instructional film about proper oral hygiene. After prolonged dental neglect, seaman Humphrey learns the proper technique for brushing and flossing one's teeth.
Leben des Galilei
Art Direction
Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam.
Flight Safety: Landing Accidents
Director
Animated documentary about Flight Safety.
Brotherhood of Man
Writer
Made from a pamphlet and financed by a union, the message that the similarities between people are greater than any racial differences, was part of a post WW2 optimism which was soon to be seen as leftist propaganda and now reads like simple multiculturalism.
Flat Hatting
Director
"Flat Hatting", at the time, was the practice of buzzing civilians in military aircraft. Flat Hatters were looked at as heroes in the WWII air corps: Hubley's job was to make them look like fools.
He Can't Make It Stick
Director
An anti-Hitler cartoon. While the soundtrack survives in full, the animation is partly lost.
Professor Small and Mr. Tall
Director
Small and Tall break a mirror on a train trip and their seven years of bad luck start immediately. Stranded by an accident, they have trouble in a ghost town and finally are lost in the desert. The mirror saves them when they piece it back together, and everything is okay until they break the mirror again and their troubles start anew.
The Vitamin G-Man
Director
A detective in training is about to take his final exam. He is sent to room 13, where his professor befuddles him with a tricky doorknob. Next, he goes to a tea party with his professor loosely disguised as an old lady; the butler serves a pot of "T.N.Tea" even though his back is full of knives. The professor keeps disappearing; the student tracks him by his footprints, even though the footprint powder at one point becomes train tracks and the doors he opens have a skeleton and some card-playing ghosts. Finally, the budding detective phones for the police; when they arrive (driving on the phone lines) and pile into the phone booth, he passes, and is given the first, second and (under bright lights) third degree.
King Midas, Junior
Director
Midas Junior inherits the Golden Rubber touch on his birthday and is unhappy because everything he touches turns to rubber. But when he learns there is a great shortage and need for rubber, he happily goes around turning everything to rubber.
The Dumbconscious Mind
Director
Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy.
Old Blackout Joe
Director
An air-raid warden in Harlem; everyone turns out their lights willingly. All except for one: A lantern, whose flame refuses to go out. Joe plays cat-and-mouse with the flame a while, blowing it toward a box of TNT; he quickly inhales, swallowing the flame. He coughs it back out. The flame hides on Joe's finger; he can't figure out where it's coming from, and scratches his head. The flame smoulders under his hat, engulfing him in a black cloud. The flame then migrates to his foot, giving him a hotfoot. He transfers the flame back to the lamp, then drops the lamp into a manhole, where it acts like a searchlight. The cover is no help, as it's got more holes than Joe can plug (especially since the light goes right through his ears). Finally, he's about to put out the light with TNT when the "all clear" is sounded, but too late; he still blows up the manhole covers, which all land right on Joe.
Bambi
Art Direction
Con los primeros rayos del sol iluminando la pradera, un nuevo príncipe ha nacido en el bosque. Tan pronto como Bambi aprende a dar sus primeros pasos, comienza a jugar con sus nuevos amigos, Tambor, el conejo juguetón, y Flor, la tímida y adorable mofeta. Pero la diversión de patinar sobre el lago helado, de mordisquear las florecillas y de juguetear entre los árboles del bosque será sólo el principio de un largo aprendizaje.
Pinocho
Art Direction
Un anciano llamado Geppetto fabrica una marioneta de madera a la que llama Pinocho, con la esperanza de que se convierta en un niño de verdad. El Hada Azul hace realidad su deseo y da vida a Pinocho, pero conserva su cuerpo de madera. Pepito Grillo, la conciencia de Pinocho, tendrá que aconsejarlo para que se aleje de las situaciones difíciles o peligrosas hasta conseguir que el muñeco se convierta en un niño de carne y hueso.
Blancanieves y los siete enanitos
Assistant Director
La malvada madrastra de la princesa Blancanieves decide deshacerse de ella porque no puede soportar que la belleza de la joven sea superior a la de ella. Sin embargo, Blancanieves consigue salvarse y se refugia en la cabaña de los siete enanitos. A pesar de todo, su cruel madrastra consigue encontrarla y la envenena con una manzana. Pero la princesa no está muerta, sólo dormida, a la espera de que un príncipe azul la rescate.
Blancanieves y los siete enanitos
Art Direction
La malvada madrastra de la princesa Blancanieves decide deshacerse de ella porque no puede soportar que la belleza de la joven sea superior a la de ella. Sin embargo, Blancanieves consigue salvarse y se refugia en la cabaña de los siete enanitos. A pesar de todo, su cruel madrastra consigue encontrarla y la envenena con una manzana. Pero la princesa no está muerta, sólo dormida, a la espera de que un príncipe azul la rescate.