A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Cyrus S. Young
Birthplace:
Hawaii - USA
Born:
January 1, 1900
Died:
January 16, 1964
From Wikipedia: Young's first work was as lead animator on the 1931 short "Mendelssohn's Spring Song", a project completed while he was a student in New York City. Disney was so impressed with his work that he hired him to be head of the new special effects animation department and he partnered with animator Ugo D'Orsi. In Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston wrote in their book Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, they said, Through the entire thirties, the entire Effects Department consisted of only two men: Ugo D'Orsi, a straightforward, stubborn, and dedicated Italian, and Cy Young...quiet and sensitive...who loved to play the bass fiddle as a hobby. Thomas and Johnston added, Since [D'Orsi and Young] did most of the careful work themselves, they needed only a single assistant between them. The department's first major project was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Young also provided the delicate visual design of the woods and meadows in Bambi. He also worked on Fantasia and Dumbo. Young left the studio after the 1941 Disney animators' strike and worked as a staff artist and clerk at the Air Force, where he worked on various projects. He committed suicide in 1964.
Animation:
1930 A Desert Dilemma
1931 Jingles - A Musical Sketch in Color
1933 Birds in the Spring
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Mickey's Gala Premiere
1933 Old King Cole
1933 The Pied Piper
1934 Funny Little Bunnies
1934 Gulliver Mickey
1934 Mickey Plays Papa
1934 Shanghaied
1934 The China Shop
1934 The Goddess of Spring
1934 The Grasshopper and the Ants
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1934 Two-Gun Mickey
1935 Broken Toys
1935 Mickey's Fire Brigade
1935 Music Land
1935 The Band Concert
1935 Water Babies
1936 Mickey's Grand Opera
1936 Moving Day
1936 The Country Cousin
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 The Old Mill
1937 Woodland Café
1938 Mickey's Trailer
1939 Society Dog Show
Director:
1930 A Desert Dilemma
1931 Jingles - A Musical Sketch in Color
1931 Mendelssohn's Spring Song
1933 Birds in the Spring
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Mickey's Gala Premiere
1933 Old King Cole
1933 The Pied Piper
1934 Funny Little Bunnies
1934 Gulliver Mickey
1934 Mickey Plays Papa
1934 Shanghaied
1934 The China Shop
1934 The Goddess of Spring
1934 The Grasshopper and the Ants
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1934 Two-Gun Mickey
1935 Broken Toys
1935 Mickey's Fire Brigade
1935 Music Land
1935 The Band Concert
1935 Water Babies
1936 Mickey's Grand Opera
1936 Moving Day
1936 The Country Cousin
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 The Old Mill
1937 Woodland Café
1938 Mickey's Trailer
1939 Society Dog Show
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