Bob Kuwahara

Nacimiento : 1901-08-12, Tokyo, Japan

Muerte : 1964-12-10

Historia

From Wikipedia: Japanese-born American animator best known for his work with Walt Disney and Terrytoons between the 1930s and 1960s. Kuwahara was born in Tokyo on August 12, 1901, and his family moved to the United States in 1910, where he graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic High School in 1921. After high school he attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles until 1928. In 1929 Kuwahara moved to New York City to work as a commercial artist, but the stock market crash later that year forced him to return to Los Angeles. In 1932 Kuwahara began working as an animator and writer for Walt Disney, where he had a hand in shorts like Thru the Mirror and the Academy Award-nominated Who Killed Cock Robin?, as well as the feature-length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In 1937 Kuwahara went to work for MGM, but later spent three years in the Heart Mountain internment camp during World War II. In 1945 Kuwahara and his family moved to Larchmont, New York where he wrote and drew a comic strip called Miki for five years before low circulation forced him to drop the strip. In 1950 Kuwahara returned to animation, signing on with Paul Terry's Terrytoons studio, and stayed with the studio following CBS' purchase of the studio in 1955. In 1959 Kuwahara wrote and directed the first of 14 Hashimoto-san theatrical shorts, for which he is probably best remembered today. Production of these shorts continued until 1963, after which time they were incorporated into CBS' The Hector Heathcote Show. During the same period Kuwahara was also a director for the popular Deputy Dawg series. Kuwahara's final TV series was 1965's syndicated The Astronut Show.

Películas

Martian Moochers
Director
Astronut was a kind, zany guy from outer space who always seemed to get into trouble. Oscar was his human friend.
The Invisibeam
Director
a Terrytoons Cartoon
Hokey Home Movies
Director
A Terrytoons cartoon released in 1964.
Obnoxious Obie
Director
A canine sheriff's deputy in a backwoods Southern town always manages to catch the bad guy.
Big Chief No Treaty
Director
Deputy Dawg tries to prevent a troublemaking Native American chief from stealing from the Henhouse, the Watermelon Patch and the Priceless Persimmon Tree. Big Chief No Treaty also catches fish without a license. When he captures Big Chief No Treaty, the sheriff orders the chief set free so that a peace treaty can be signed between the chief and the town council. Muskie and Vince decide to steal more eggs from the henhouse disguised as Big Chief No Treaty.
Honorable Family Problem
Director
Hashimoto and his family are overcome by the influence of American products and lifestyles.
Where There's Smoke
Director
The boys wake Deputy Dawg up: the tool shed's on fire. It burns before they can put it out. Then the city hall burns, too. The Sheriff warns Deputy: Form a new fire department made up of volunteers, or you will be out of a job.
Gag Buster
Writer
In this Cinemascope Terrytoon, Spoofy is a zany little fox that comes to life on the animator's drawing board and subdues a western gunslinger with trick props and gadgets.
The Fox Hunt
Writer
Heckle & Jeckle become part of a televised fox hunt when the fox and his pursuer, Dimwit, burst through their TV screen.
Jitterbug Follies
Layout
Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog are promoting a $10,000 swing contest. They plan to skip town with the entry fees, but a menacing thug from the "Citizens for Fair Play" convinces them otherwise. The contestants: A singing hippo, "Mother Goose" who starts out as an old woman, then sheds her disguise to reveal a pretty girl, and a fan-dancing ostrich. Throughout, a couple of penguins are heckling. The ostrich proves wildly popular, and Screwloose fears he'll have to give the prize to her, when he gets an idea. He dresses J.R. up as the ostrich and sends him out, but the penguins use a box of sausages to expose the dog. The crowd runs Screwloose and J.R. out, and they grab a ride on a train where the penguins are waiting for them.
Jitterbug Follies
Background Designer
Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog are promoting a $10,000 swing contest. They plan to skip town with the entry fees, but a menacing thug from the "Citizens for Fair Play" convinces them otherwise. The contestants: A singing hippo, "Mother Goose" who starts out as an old woman, then sheds her disguise to reveal a pretty girl, and a fan-dancing ostrich. Throughout, a couple of penguins are heckling. The ostrich proves wildly popular, and Screwloose fears he'll have to give the prize to her, when he gets an idea. He dresses J.R. up as the ostrich and sends him out, but the penguins use a box of sausages to expose the dog. The crowd runs Screwloose and J.R. out, and they grab a ride on a train where the penguins are waiting for them.
More Kittens
Story
Thrown out of the house into the backyard, the three kittens are sheltered by a giant Saint Bernard and are tormented by a turtle and a bluebird.
El regreso de la tortuga Toby
Storyboard
Toby Tortoise está de regreso, y esta vez él y Max Hare boxean en lugar de correr.
Mickey Mouse: A través del espejo
Story
Mickey sueña que pasa a través del espejo de su habitación, llegando a una tierra donde los objetos cotidianos tienen vida.
Los Tres Cerditos: Los Tres Lobitos
Screenplay
El lobo feroz tiene ayuda para intentar atrapar a los tres cerditos: sus tres cachorros. 60º de los 75 cortos que forman las Silly Symphonies de Disney. (FILMAFFINITY)
Los Tres Cerditos: Los Tres Lobitos
Storyboard
El lobo feroz tiene ayuda para intentar atrapar a los tres cerditos: sus tres cachorros. 60º de los 75 cortos que forman las Silly Symphonies de Disney. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mickey Mouse: La apisonadora de Mickey
Animation
Mickey conduce su apisonadora y recoge a Minnie y a unos pequeños, pero mientras Mickey se toma un descanso junto a Minnie, los pequeñines toman el control de la apisonadora.
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
Animation
A group of confectionary soldiers go to war against a neighboring cookie castle.
El país de las nanas
Animation
Un bebé es transportado a Lullaby Land, donde los chupetes crecen en los árboles, los pañales, los biberones y los orinales marchan en un desfile, y el perro a cuadros cobra vida. Se adentra en la cueva de "mantener fuera", llena de cosas como tijeras, cuchillos y plumas estilográficas que no son para bebés y comienza a romper relojes con martillos y jugar con fósforos gigantes. Los fósforos lo persiguen; el bebé escapa montando una pastilla de jabón a través de un estanque, pero el humo de los fósforos se convierte en hombres del saco. El benevolente hombre de arena, vestido como un mago, ve al bebé escondido y hace su magia, llevándonos de regreso a la verdadera guardería.
El arca del padre Noe
Animation
Noé, su familia (esposa, 3 hijos, sus esposas) y varios animales ayudan a construir el arca. Llegan las lluvias, y las mofetas apenas pierden el bote (no es que alguien las esté buscando), pero logran nadar en ellas. Después de la lluvia y muchos lamentos de los humanos, el sol vuelve, para gran alegría de todos. Aparece el suelo y los animales (y muchos nuevos bebés) desembarcan.