A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Al Engster
Al Eugster
Alfred Eugster
Alfred Julius Eugster
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
February 11, 1909
Died:
January 1, 1997
Alfred Julius Eugster (February 11, 1909 – January 1, 1997) was an American animator, writer, and film director. He worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Iwerks Studio, Walt Disney Productions, and Famous Studios. Eugster began his career in animation in April 1925 where he worked at the Pat Sullivan studio. He would blacken in the drawing of Felix the Cat. During his time working for the Pat Sullivan studio, he worked under Otto Messmer. He attended Cooper Union at nighttime to study art while also working. He then left Sullivan's Studio in April 1929 and moved to Fleisher Studios. He would return to Fleischer in 1939. In 1932, Eugster went to work for Mintz. He worked with Preston Blair on many films, most notably Krazy Kat cartoons. Just a year later, he went on to work for Ub lwerks where he co-animated several ComiColor shorts with Shamus Culhane. Eugster worked at Iwerks Studio until 1935, when he joined Walt Disney Animation Studios. His specialty while at Disney studio was the animation of Donald Duck as well as the works of Snow White. He left Disney on March 18, 1939, due to an offer from Max Fleischer in Miami for a higher salary. He re-joined Fleischer in 1939 and stayed with them until the studio closed down in 1942. He would work briefly at Famous Studios but left for the US Army. After his release from the Army, he returned to Famous in 1945. Here he was the head animator and worked on a number of Screen Songs and Popeye cartoons until 1957. From 1957 to 1964, Eugster freelanced throughout New York working for various commercial studios. In 1964, he joined Paramount where he worked for Shamus Culhane and Ralph Bakshi until the studio closed in 1967. The following year, he joined Kim and Gifford, where he began his longest stay at a single studio. In September 1987, Eugster retired from Kim and Gifford, ending his 62-year career. [biography from Wikipedia]
Animation:
1929 Finding His Voice
1929 Noah's Lark
1930 I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark
1932 Light House Keeping
1935 Balloon Land
1935 Music Land
1936 Donald and Pluto
1936 Mickey's Circus
1936 Moving Day
1936 Orphan's Picnic
1937 Clock Cleaners
1937 Don Donald
1937 Hawaiian Holiday
1937 Mickey's Amateurs
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 The Worm Turns
1938 Donald's Golf Game
1938 Good Scouts
1938 Polar Trappers
1938 The Whalers
1939 Beach Picnic
1939 Donald's Lucky Day
1939 Donald's Penguin
1939 Officer Duck
1939 Society Dog Show
1940 The Riveter
1941 Two for the Zoo
1942 Baby Wants a Bottleship
1945 When G.I. Johnny Comes Home
1946 House Tricks?
1947 Naughty But Mice
1947 The Baby Sitter
1947 The Enchanted Square
1947 The Wee Men
1948 Butterscotch and Soda
1948 Camptown Races
1948 Readin', Writin', and Rhythmetic
1948 Sing or Swim
1948 Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948 Winter Draws On
1949 Farm Foolery
1949 Leprechauns Gold
1949 Our Funny Finny Friends
1949 The Emerald Isle
1949 The Stork Market
1950 Baby Wants Spinach
1950 Blue Hawaii
1950 Detouring Thru Maine
1950 Helter Swelter
1950 Win, Place and Showboat
1951 Pilgrim Popeye
1951 Sing Again Of Michigan
1951 Tweet Music
1952 City Kitty
1952 Friend or Phony
1952 Fun At The Fair
1952 Lunch with a Punch
1952 Shuteye Popeye
1952 Snooze Reel
1952 The Awful Tooth
1953 Aero-Nutics
1953 Ancient Fistory
1953 Baby Wants a Battle
1953 Hysterical History
1953 Invention Convention
1953 No Place Like Rome
1954 Crazytown
1954 Fright to the Finish
1955 A Job for a Gob
1955 Mister and Mistletoe
1955 Nurse to Meet Ya
1956 A Haul in One
1956 Assault and Flattery
1956 Parlez Vous Woo
1957 Jolly the Clown
1957 The Crystal Brawl
1958 Dante Dreamer
1965 The Story of George Washington
1966 A Balmy Knight
1966 A Wedding Knight
1966 Two by Two
1967 Forget-Me-Nuts
1967 The Blacksheep Blacksmith
1967 The Squaw Path
2004 Cartoon Craze Vol. 24 presents: Sing A-Longs
Animation Director:
1929 Finding His Voice
1929 Noah's Lark
1930 I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark
1932 Light House Keeping
1935 Balloon Land
1935 Music Land
1936 Donald and Pluto
1936 Mickey's Circus
1936 Moving Day
1936 Orphan's Picnic
1937 Clock Cleaners
1937 Don Donald
1937 Hawaiian Holiday
1937 Mickey's Amateurs
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 The Worm Turns
1938 Donald's Golf Game
1938 Good Scouts
1938 Polar Trappers
1938 The Whalers
1939 Beach Picnic
1939 Donald's Lucky Day
1939 Donald's Penguin
1939 Officer Duck
1939 Society Dog Show
1940 The Riveter
1941 Two for the Zoo
1942 Baby Wants a Bottleship
1945 When G.I. Johnny Comes Home
1946 House Tricks?
1947 Naughty But Mice
1947 The Baby Sitter
1947 The Enchanted Square
1947 The Wee Men
1948 Butterscotch and Soda
1948 Camptown Races
1948 Readin', Writin', and Rhythmetic
1948 Sing or Swim
1948 Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948 Winter Draws On
1949 Farm Foolery
1949 Leprechauns Gold
1949 Our Funny Finny Friends
1949 The Emerald Isle
1949 The Stork Market
1950 Baby Wants Spinach
1950 Blue Hawaii
1950 Detouring Thru Maine
1950 Helter Swelter
1950 Win, Place and Showboat
1951 Pilgrim Popeye
1951 Sing Again Of Michigan
1951 Tweet Music
1952 City Kitty
1952 Friend or Phony
1952 Fun At The Fair
1952 Lunch with a Punch
1952 Shuteye Popeye
1952 Snooze Reel
1952 The Awful Tooth
1953 Aero-Nutics
1953 Ancient Fistory
1953 Baby Wants a Battle
1953 Hysterical History
1953 Invention Convention
1953 No Place Like Rome
1954 Crazytown
1954 Fright to the Finish
1955 A Job for a Gob
1955 Mister and Mistletoe
1955 Nurse to Meet Ya
1956 A Haul in One
1956 Assault and Flattery
1956 Parlez Vous Woo
1956 Sir Irving and Jeames
1957 Jolly the Clown
1957 L'Amour the Merrier
1957 The Crystal Brawl
1958 Dante Dreamer
1965 The Story of George Washington
1966 A Balmy Knight
1966 A Wedding Knight
1966 Two by Two
1967 Forget-Me-Nuts
1967 The Blacksheep Blacksmith
1967 The Squaw Path
2004 Cartoon Craze Vol. 24 presents: Sing A-Longs
Co-Director:
1929 Finding His Voice
1929 Noah's Lark
1930 I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark
1932 Light House Keeping
1933 Jack and the Beanstalk
1934 Jack Frost
1934 The Headless Horseman
1935 Balloon Land
1935 Little Black Sambo
1935 Music Land
1935 Old Mother Hubbard
1936 Donald and Pluto
1936 Mickey's Circus
1936 Moving Day
1936 Orphan's Picnic
1937 Clock Cleaners
1937 Don Donald
1937 Hawaiian Holiday
1937 Mickey's Amateurs
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 The Worm Turns
1938 Donald's Golf Game
1938 Good Scouts
1938 Polar Trappers
1938 The Whalers
1939 Beach Picnic
1939 Donald's Lucky Day
1939 Donald's Penguin
1939 Officer Duck
1939 Society Dog Show
1940 The Riveter
1941 Two for the Zoo
1942 Baby Wants a Bottleship
1945 When G.I. Johnny Comes Home
1946 House Tricks?
1947 Naughty But Mice
1947 The Baby Sitter
1947 The Enchanted Square
1947 The Wee Men
1948 Butterscotch and Soda
1948 Camptown Races
1948 Readin', Writin', and Rhythmetic
1948 Sing or Swim
1948 Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948 Winter Draws On
1949 Farm Foolery
1949 Leprechauns Gold
1949 Our Funny Finny Friends
1949 The Emerald Isle
1949 The Stork Market
1950 Baby Wants Spinach
1950 Blue Hawaii
1950 Detouring Thru Maine
1950 Helter Swelter
1950 Win, Place and Showboat
1951 Pilgrim Popeye
1951 Sing Again Of Michigan
1951 Tweet Music
1952 City Kitty
1952 Friend or Phony
1952 Fun At The Fair
1952 Lunch with a Punch
1952 Shuteye Popeye
1952 Snooze Reel
1952 The Awful Tooth
1953 Aero-Nutics
1953 Ancient Fistory
1953 Baby Wants a Battle
1953 Hysterical History
1953 Invention Convention
1953 No Place Like Rome
1954 Crazytown
1954 Fright to the Finish
1955 A Job for a Gob
1955 Mister and Mistletoe
1955 Nurse to Meet Ya
1956 A Haul in One
1956 Assault and Flattery
1956 Parlez Vous Woo
1956 Sir Irving and Jeames
1957 Jolly the Clown
1957 L'Amour the Merrier
1957 The Crystal Brawl
1958 Dante Dreamer
1965 The Story of George Washington
1966 A Balmy Knight
1966 A Wedding Knight
1966 Two by Two
1967 Forget-Me-Nuts
1967 The Blacksheep Blacksmith
1967 The Squaw Path
2004 Cartoon Craze Vol. 24 presents: Sing A-Longs
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