Biography
American animator, director, and teacher. He taught character design and caricature. Hee worked at Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1935–36 as a character designer. He designed many of the celebrity caricatures used in The Coo Coo Nut Grove (1936) and The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937). A 1936 Christmas card that he drew, featuring caricatures of the Schlesinger animators, was used to design the gremlins in the 1944 animated short Russian Rhapsody. Hee joined The Walt Disney Company around 1937. He is most recognized for directing the Dance of the Hours segment of Fantasia. He left after thestrike, but returned to work there twice, from 1940 to 1946, and again from 1958 to 1961. Hee also worked for United Productions of America (1951 to 1958) and Terrytoons (1961 to 1963). Hee was one of the co-founders, along with Jack Hannah, of the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. He later served as chairman of the Film Arts Department. Hee provided the illustrations used during the opening credits of The Life of Riley television show of the 1950s. -Wikipedia
Filmography
all 33
Movies 33
Writer 23
Director 2
self 1
Disney Animation Collection Volume 6: The Reluctant Dragon (2009)
The Pixar Story (2007)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
Child Proof (1984)
Let's Misbehave (1983)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Noah's Ark (1959)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
The Jaywalker (1956)
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956)
The Rise of Duton Lang (1955)
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate (1955)
Music Land (1955)
How Now Boing Boing (1954)
Fudget's Budget (1954)
Magoo Goes Skiing (1954)
Ballet-Oop (1954)
Tune in Tomorrow (1954)
Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953)
Christopher Crumpet (1953)
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Little Boy with a Big Horn (1953)
Madeline (1952)
Willie the Kid (1952)
The Oompahs (1952)
Variety Girl (1947)
Willie the Operatic Whale (1946)
Make Mine Music (1946)
Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Fantasia (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1911-03-26
Deathday1988-10-30 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceOklahoma City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsThornton Hee, Thorton ("T") Hee
AwardsWinsor McCay Award
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