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T. Hee

Animator / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 03/26/1911 († 87, 10/30/1998) | Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Thornton Hee (March 26, 1911 – October 30, 1988) was an American animator, director, and teacher. He taught character design and caricature. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Kids & Family | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for T. Hee

Winsor McCay Award
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Movies with T. Hee as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)2007 The Pixar Story

Movies with T. Hee as Crew(18)

Crew/Title Graphics1961 The Parent Trap
Art/Title Designer1959 The Shaggy Dog
Writing/Story1959 Noah's Ark
Writing/Writer1955 Music Land
Art/Production Design1954 Ballet-Oop
Writing/Story1954 Ballet-Oop
Writing/Story1954 How Now Boing Boing
Visual Effects/Animation1953 The Girl Next Door
Writing/Writer1952 The Oompahs
Writing/Story1946 Make Mine Music
Writing/Story Editor1943 Victory Through Air Power
Directing/Director1940 Pinocchio
Directing/Director1940 Fantasia
Writing/Story1938 Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Writing/Characters1937 The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos

Full Name: Thornton Hee
Born: Sunday, 03/26 1911 (March) in Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 10/30 1998 (October) in Montana (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Employer: Warner Bros., Walt Disney Studios, UPA, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios, Chouinard Art Institute, California Institute of the Arts
Other names for T. Hee (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Thornton Hee"
"Thorton ("T") Hee"
T. Hee frequently works together with these people:
Walt Disney (11x, Crew)
Robert Cannon (11x, Crew)
Marvin Miller (5x, Actor)
John Lounsbery (5x, Crew)
Ward Kimball (5x, Crew)
Paul J. Smith (5x, Crew)
Bill Justice (5x, Crew)
Les Clark (4x, Crew)
Jack Kinney (4x, Crew)
Joe Grant (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:157619, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024