John Frederick "Jack" Hannah (January 5, 1913 â€" June 11, 1994) was
an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts.Hannah
was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. He moved to Los
Angeles in 1931 to study at the Art Guild Academy. One of his first
jobs was designing movie posters for Hollywood theaters. In 1933,
during the Great Depression, Hannah dropped off his portfolio at Walt
Disney Studios, and soon afterward was hired as an in-between and
clean-up artist, working on Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Silly
Symphony cartoons.Hannah's career as an animator commenced with the
short Modern Inventions (released on May 29, 1937). After thirteen
films in that capacity, he was assigned to the story department
writing cartoon short continuities, beginning with Donald's Nephews
(released on April 15, 1938). He received writing credit on 21 Disney
cartoon shorts.In 1942 he collaborated with Carl Barks on the first
two comic books Barks worked on, Pluto Saves the Ship and Donald Duck
Finds Pirate Gold. Hannah in subsequent years did a handful of other
Donald Duck comic book stories but, unlike Barks, he stayed at the
studio and eventually was given a chance to be a director. The short
Donald's Off Day (released on December 8, 1944) was the first of 94
films he would direct. These include most of the shorts featuring
Donald Duck in the post-war era along with all starring Chip 'n Dale
and Humphrey the Bear; he also directed some shorts starring Goofy,
Mickey Mouse, Pluto and some minor Disney characters such as Lambert
the Sheepish Lion.
an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts.Hannah
was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. He moved to Los
Angeles in 1931 to study at the Art Guild Academy. One of his first
jobs was designing movie posters for Hollywood theaters. In 1933,
during the Great Depression, Hannah dropped off his portfolio at Walt
Disney Studios, and soon afterward was hired as an in-between and
clean-up artist, working on Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Silly
Symphony cartoons.Hannah's career as an animator commenced with the
short Modern Inventions (released on May 29, 1937). After thirteen
films in that capacity, he was assigned to the story department
writing cartoon short continuities, beginning with Donald's Nephews
(released on April 15, 1938). He received writing credit on 21 Disney
cartoon shorts.In 1942 he collaborated with Carl Barks on the first
two comic books Barks worked on, Pluto Saves the Ship and Donald Duck
Finds Pirate Gold. Hannah in subsequent years did a handful of other
Donald Duck comic book stories but, unlike Barks, he stayed at the
studio and eventually was given a chance to be a director. The short
Donald's Off Day (released on December 8, 1944) was the first of 94
films he would direct. These include most of the shorts featuring
Donald Duck in the post-war era along with all starring Chip 'n Dale
and Humphrey the Bear; he also directed some shorts starring Goofy,
Mickey Mouse, Pluto and some minor Disney characters such as Lambert
the Sheepish Lion.
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