Robert Balser Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Robert Balser Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Robert Edward "Bob" Balser (March 25, 1927 â€" January 4, 2016) was an

American animator and animation director. Balser, together with

co-director Jack Stokes, are best known as the animation directors for

the 1968 film, Yellow Submarine, which was inspired by the music of

the Beatles. He also directed the animated "Den" sequence of the 1981

film, Heavy Metal.Balser was born on March 25, 1927 in Rochester, New

York. He moved to Los Angeles with his parents, where he attended high

school and enrolled in classes at the Chouinard Art Institute. He

served in the United States Navy's Office of Strategic Services

(O.S.S.) Office of Research and Inventions in New York City from 1945

to 1946 during the eve of World War II.Following the war, Balser,

using the G.I. Bill, studied at the University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA), where he majored in advertising art and earned a

Bachelor of Arts in 1950. During his senior year at UCLA, Balser

signed up for his final required course, an animation class taught by

Bill Shull, an animator for the Walt Disney Company, which sparked his

interest in a career in animation. He decided to take additional

animation classes and created three films as part of his course work:

Old King Cole, Richard Corey, and I Like to See It Lap the Miles. His

three films were later released by the theater arts department of the

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.Balser's career spanned

more than five decades. He began as a freelance animator, working on

television commercials and documentaries. He worked as a layout artist

for Norman Wright Productions during the 1950s. Balser also worked

under Saul Bass, a graphic designer, to help create Bass' seven minute

animated title sequence for the film, Around the World in 80 Days,

released in 1956.
Robert Balser Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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