T. Hee

American animator, director, and teacher. He taught character design and caricature. Hee worked atLeon Schlesinger Productionsfrom 1935–36 as a character designer. He designed many of the celebrity caricatures used inThe Coo Coo Nut Grove(1936) andThe Woods Are Full of Cuckoos(1937). A 1936 Christmas card that he drew, featuring caricatures of the Schlesinger animators, was used to design thegremlinsin the 1944 animated shortRussian Rhapsody. Hee joinedThe Walt Disney Companyaround 1937. He is most recognized for directing theDance of the Hourssegment ofFantasia. He left after thestrike, but returned to work there twice, from 1940 to 1946, and again from 1958 to 1961.Hee also worked forUnited Productions of America(1951 to 1958) andTerrytoons(1961 to 1963). Hee was one of the co-founders, along withJack Hannah, of the Character Animation program at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts. He later served as chairman of the Film Arts Department. Hee provided the illustrations used during the opening credits ofThe Life of Rileytelevision show of the 1950s. -Wikipedia.