T. (Thornton) Hee (March 26, 1911 â€" October 30, 1988) was an
American animator, director, and teacher. He taught character design
and caricature. He is always credited as T. Hee.Hee worked at Leon
Schlesinger Productions from 1935â€"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 Walt Disney Animation Studios around 1937.
He is most recognized for directing the Dance of the Hours segment of
Fantasia. He left after the strike, 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, 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.
American animator, director, and teacher. He taught character design
and caricature. He is always credited as T. Hee.Hee worked at Leon
Schlesinger Productions from 1935â€"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 Walt Disney Animation Studios around 1937.
He is most recognized for directing the Dance of the Hours segment of
Fantasia. He left after the strike, 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, 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.
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