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T. Hee (1911-1998)

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Alias:
Thornton Hee
Thorton ("T") Hee

Birthplace:
Oklahoma, USA

Born:
March 26, 1911

Died:
October 30, 1998

Biography from TheMovieDB

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

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Film Production

Animation:
1953  The Girl Next Door

Characters:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1953  The Girl Next Door

Co-Director:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1940  Pinocchio
1953  The Girl Next Door

Director:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1953  The Girl Next Door

Production Design:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop

Script:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop

Story:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1938  Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1946  Make Mine Music
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop
1954  How Now Boing Boing
1956  Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
1959  Noah's Ark

Story Editor:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1938  Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1943  Victory Through Air Power
1946  Make Mine Music
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop
1954  How Now Boing Boing
1956  Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
1959  Noah's Ark

Thanks:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1938  Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1943  Victory Through Air Power
1946  Make Mine Music
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop
1954  How Now Boing Boing
1956  Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
1959  Noah's Ark
1983  Let's Misbehave
1984  Child Proof

Title Designer:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1938  Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1943  Victory Through Air Power
1946  Make Mine Music
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop
1954  How Now Boing Boing
1956  Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
1959  Noah's Ark
1959  The Shaggy Dog
1983  Let's Misbehave
1984  Child Proof

Title Graphics:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1938  Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1943  Victory Through Air Power
1946  Make Mine Music
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop
1954  How Now Boing Boing
1956  Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
1959  Noah's Ark
1959  The Shaggy Dog
1961  The Parent Trap
1983  Let's Misbehave
1984  Child Proof

Writer:
1937  The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1938  Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1940  Fantasia
1940  Pinocchio
1943  Victory Through Air Power
1946  Make Mine Music
1952  The Oompahs
1953  Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony
1953  Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953  The Girl Next Door
1954  Ballet-Oop
1954  How Now Boing Boing
1955  Music Land
1956  Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
1959  Noah's Ark
1959  The Shaggy Dog
1961  The Parent Trap
1983  Let's Misbehave
1984  Child Proof
2004  Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

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