Jump to content

Amby Paliwoda: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
 
(19 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|American animator}}
<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. -->
{{Lead too short|date=November 2023}}
{{AfDM|page=Amby Paliwoda (2nd nomination)|year=2022|month=March|day=24|substed=yes|origtag=afdx|help=off}}
'''Ambrozi "Amby" Paliwoda''' (December 20, 1909 – June 9, 1999) was an American [[animator]], character designer, and layout artist, best known for his extensive work with Walt Disney Animation Studios. He contributed to numerous classic films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Fantasia (1940), Cinderella (1950), and Sleeping Beauty (1959).
<!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point -->{{short description|American animator}}

'''Ambrozi "Amby" Paliwoda''' (December 20, 1909 – June 9, 1999) was an American [[animator]].
==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
An American of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] descent, Paliwoda grew up in the [[Tremont, Cleveland|Tremont]] neighborhood of [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Keating |first=W. Dennis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SkpIDQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT43&dq=ambrozi+Paliwoda&hl=en |title=A Brief History of Tremont: Cleveland’s Neighborhood on a Hill |date=2016-04-11 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-62585-318-9 |language=en}}</ref>
An American of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] descent, Paliwoda grew up in the [[Tremont, Cleveland|Tremont]] neighborhood of [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Keating |first=W. Dennis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SkpIDQAAQBAJ&dq=ambrozi+Paliwoda&pg=PT43 |title=A Brief History of Tremont: Cleveland's Neighborhood on a Hill |date=2016-04-11 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-62585-318-9 |language=en}}</ref>


Paliwoda graduated with honors from the [[Cleveland Institute of Art]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ohles |first=John F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhecAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=ambrozi+Paliwoda&q=ambrozi+Paliwoda&hl=en |title=Private Colleges and Universities |last2=Ohles |first2=Shirley M. |date=1982 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-23323-4 |language=en}}</ref> He contributed a painting, ''Out of the Past, the Present, Out of the Material, the Spiritual'', to the [[Cleveland Public Library]]'s Jefferson branch through the [[Works Progress Administration]] arts program.<ref name=":0" /> He spent the next year touring Europe on an art scholarship.<ref name="breeze1">{{Cite news |date=1979-10-28 |title=Artist (continued) |pages=34 |work=The Daily Breeze |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97931513/artist-continued/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>
Paliwoda graduated with honors from the [[Cleveland Institute of Art]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ohles |first1=John F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhecAAAAMAAJ&q=ambrozi+Paliwoda |title=Private Colleges and Universities |last2=Ohles |first2=Shirley M. |date=1982 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-23323-4 |language=en}}</ref> He contributed a painting, ''Out of the Past, the Present, Out of the Material, the Spiritual'', to the [[Cleveland Public Library]]'s Jefferson branch through the [[Works Progress Administration]] arts program.<ref name=":0" /> He spent the next year touring Europe on an art scholarship.<ref name="breeze1">{{Cite news |date=1979-10-28 |title=Artist (continued) |pages=34 |work=The Daily Breeze |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97931513/artist-continued/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>


==Work with Disney Studios==
==Work with Disney Studios==


Paliwoda moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1935. He worked from 1935 to 1960 at [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]], first as an assistant animator and later as an animator.<ref>"West: Hagmann, Impastato, Stephens & Kerns". ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Back Stage]]''. Mar 21, 1980; 21, 12. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 23. Via Proquest.</ref> His first film work was on ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]]'' (1937).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gibson |first=Jon M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCA3AQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Amby+Paliwoda&q=Amby+Paliwoda&hl=en |title=Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi |last2=McDonnell |first2=Chris |date=2008 |publisher=Universe |isbn=978-0-7893-1684-4 |language=en}}</ref>
Paliwoda moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1935. His first job there was painting nudes on the ceiling of a restaurant.<ref name="breeze1" /> He applied for a job at Disney in Hollywood. Although there was great competition for jobs at Disney, he was hired by Don Graham, who had taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art, because of his fine arts background. The studio had begun work on [[Snow White]] which needed more realism, and thus knowledge of bodies and movement, than earlier cartoons.<ref name="breeze1" /> He worked from 1935 to 1960 at [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]], first as an assistant animator and later as an animator.<ref>"West: Hagmann, Impastato, Stephens & Kerns". ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Back Stage]]''. Mar 21, 1980; 21, 12. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 23. Via Proquest.</ref> His first film work was on ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]]'' (1937).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gibson |first1=Jon M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCA3AQAAIAAJ&q=Amby+Paliwoda |title=Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi |last2=McDonnell |first2=Chris |date=2008 |publisher=Universe |isbn=978-0-7893-1684-4 |language=en}}</ref>


==World War II==
==World War II==
Paliwoda served in the United States military during World War II.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-04-02 |title=Cartoonist inducted |pages=30 |work=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97930867/cartoonist-inducted/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-04-02 |title=Disney aid inducted |pages=8 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97930941/disney-aid-inducted/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref> He trained with the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|Signal Corps]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schatz |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwf5SUcfousC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA143&dq=ambrozi+Paliwoda&hl=en |title=Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s |date=1999-11-23 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-22130-7 |language=en}}</ref> In his leisure time, played chess with [[Milt Kahl]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Takamoto |first=Iwao |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipFG84BN9oIC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA60&dq=%22Amby+Paliwoda%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters |last2=Mallory |first2=Michael |date=2009 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-60473-193-4 |language=en}}</ref>
Paliwoda served in the United States military during World War II.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-04-02 |title=Cartoonist inducted |pages=30 |work=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97930867/cartoonist-inducted/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-04-02 |title=Disney aid inducted |pages=8 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97930941/disney-aid-inducted/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref> After completing Basic training at [[Fort Dix]], N.J., he was assigned to the Tank Destroyers at Fort Hood, TX, where he designed the famous "Black Panther" Tank Destroyers Shoulder Patch. Because of his artistic background, he was later transferred to the Signal Corps, where he was assigned to the Training Films Unit located in Culver City, CA, to help produce animated segments of U.S. Army training films. He trained with the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|Signal Corps]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schatz |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwf5SUcfousC&dq=ambrozi+Paliwoda&pg=PA143 |title=Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s |date=1999-11-23 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-22130-7 |language=en}}</ref> and worked on Army training films.<ref name=":1" /> In his leisure time, played Gin Rummy with Fess Parker and Jeff York, and played chess with [[Milt Kahl]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Takamoto |first1=Iwao |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipFG84BN9oIC&dq=%22Amby+Paliwoda%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA60 |title=Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters |last2=Mallory |first2=Michael |date=2009 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-60473-193-4 |language=en}}</ref>


==Later cartoon work==
==Later cartoon work==


After leaving Disney, he worked for other studios, including [[Hanna-Barbera]] and Duck Soup Producktions.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1, 1985: The Video, Part 2 {{!}} |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-second-annual-golden-awards-banquet-march-1-1985-the-video-part-2/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1979-10-28 |title=The animator: Characters draw life from artist's pen |pages=33 |work=The Daily Breeze |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97931380/the-animator-characters-draw-life-from/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref><ref>"Duck Soup Finds Out There 's Life After Clio. ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Back Stage]]''. Aug 28, 1981; 22, 36. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 55. Via Proquest.</ref>
After leaving Disney, Paliwoda worked for other studios, including [[Hanna-Barbera]], [[Format Films]], Ed Graham Productions, [[Filmation]], [[Ralph Bakshi|Bakshi-]][[Krantz Films|Krantz]], Fred Calvert, [[Sanrio]], and [[Noble (company)|Duck Soup Producktions]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1, 1985: The Video, Part 2 {{!}} |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-second-annual-golden-awards-banquet-march-1-1985-the-video-part-2/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1979-10-28 |title=The animator: Characters draw life from artist's pen |pages=33 |work=The Daily Breeze |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97931380/the-animator-characters-draw-life-from/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref><ref>"Duck Soup Finds Out There's Life After Clio. ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Back Stage]]''. Aug 28, 1981; 22, 36. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 55. Via Proquest.</ref> He was the supervising animator on [[Bill Cosby|Bill Cosby's]] ''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''. At Duck Soup Producktions he worked primarily on animated advertisements for products such as [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi jeans]] and [[Froot Loops]] cereal.<ref name="breeze1" />


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
Line 24: Line 24:


==Later life and death==
==Later life and death==
Paliwoda, a resident of [[Manhattan Beach, California]],<ref>"Cleveland". ''[[Boxoffice Pro|Boxoffice]]''. Nov 29, 1976; 110, 8. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. ME3. Via Proquest.</ref> died on June 9, 1999.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-06-24 |title=Death notice |pages=326 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97935949/death-notice/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Canada |first=International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkFZAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=iatse+paliwoda&q=iatse+paliwoda&hl=en |title=Official Bulletin |date=2000 |publisher=IATSE |language=en}}</ref> [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s short 2015 film ''Last Days of Coney Island'' was dedicated to the memory Paliwoda (and others).<ref>{{Citation |title=Last Days of Coney Island |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri4iphUqShM |language=en |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>
Paliwoda, a resident of [[Manhattan Beach, California]],<ref>"Cleveland". ''[[Boxoffice Pro|Boxoffice]]''. Nov 29, 1976; 110, 8. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. ME3. Via Proquest.</ref> died on June 9, 1999.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-06-24 |title=Death notice |pages=326 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97935949/death-notice/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Canada |first=International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkFZAAAAYAAJ&q=iatse+paliwoda |title=Official Bulletin |date=2000 |publisher=IATSE |language=en}}</ref> [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s short 2015 film ''[[Last Days of Coney Island]]'' was dedicated to the memory Paliwoda (and others).<ref>{{Citation |title=Last Days of Coney Island | date=12 October 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri4iphUqShM |language=en |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
Line 49: Line 49:
* ''[[Journey Back to Oz]]'' (1972) (supervising animator)
* ''[[Journey Back to Oz]]'' (1972) (supervising animator)
* ''[[Heavy Traffic]]'' (1973) (animator - uncredited)
* ''[[Heavy Traffic]]'' (1973) (animator - uncredited)
* [[Metamorphoses (1978 film)|''Metamorphoses'']] (1978) (sequence director)
* [[Coonskin (film)|''Coonskin'']] (1974) (sequence animator)
* [[Oliver Twist (1974 film)|''Oliver Twist'']] (1974) (animator)
* ''[[Treasure Island (1973 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1973) (animator)
* ''[[Treasure Island (1973 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1973) (animator)
* [[Oliver Twist (1974 film)|''Oliver Twist'']] (1974) (animator)
* [[Coonskin (film)|''Coonskin'']] (1974) (sequence animator)
* [[Metamorphoses (1978 film)|''Metamorphoses'']] (1978) (sequence director)

=== Television ===
=== Television ===
* ''[[The Magical World of Disney]]'' (1956-1957) (animator - 3 episodes)
* ''[[The Magical World of Disney]]'' (1956-1957) (animator - 3 episodes)
Line 73: Line 74:
==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0657719|name= Amby Paliwoda}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0657719|name= Amby Paliwoda}}

== References ==
<references />


{{DEFAULTSORT:Paliwoda, Amby}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paliwoda, Amby}}
Line 81: Line 85:
[[Category:Filmation people]]
[[Category:Filmation people]]
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera people]]
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera people]]
[[Category:American people of Ukrainian descent]]
== References ==
<references />{{US-animator-stub}}

Latest revision as of 04:12, 2 November 2024

Ambrozi "Amby" Paliwoda (December 20, 1909 – June 9, 1999) was an American animator, character designer, and layout artist, best known for his extensive work with Walt Disney Animation Studios. He contributed to numerous classic films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Fantasia (1940), Cinderella (1950), and Sleeping Beauty (1959).

Early life and education

[edit]

An American of Ukrainian descent, Paliwoda grew up in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

Paliwoda graduated with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Art.[2] He contributed a painting, Out of the Past, the Present, Out of the Material, the Spiritual, to the Cleveland Public Library's Jefferson branch through the Works Progress Administration arts program.[1] He spent the next year touring Europe on an art scholarship.[3]

Work with Disney Studios

[edit]

Paliwoda moved to Los Angeles in 1935. His first job there was painting nudes on the ceiling of a restaurant.[3] He applied for a job at Disney in Hollywood. Although there was great competition for jobs at Disney, he was hired by Don Graham, who had taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art, because of his fine arts background. The studio had begun work on Snow White which needed more realism, and thus knowledge of bodies and movement, than earlier cartoons.[3] He worked from 1935 to 1960 at Walt Disney Studios, first as an assistant animator and later as an animator.[4] His first film work was on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937).[5]

World War II

[edit]

Paliwoda served in the United States military during World War II.[6][7] After completing Basic training at Fort Dix, N.J., he was assigned to the Tank Destroyers at Fort Hood, TX, where he designed the famous "Black Panther" Tank Destroyers Shoulder Patch. Because of his artistic background, he was later transferred to the Signal Corps, where he was assigned to the Training Films Unit located in Culver City, CA, to help produce animated segments of U.S. Army training films. He trained with the Signal Corps[8] and worked on Army training films.[9] In his leisure time, played Gin Rummy with Fess Parker and Jeff York, and played chess with Milt Kahl.[10]

Later cartoon work

[edit]

After leaving Disney, Paliwoda worked for other studios, including Hanna-Barbera, Format Films, Ed Graham Productions, Filmation, Bakshi-Krantz, Fred Calvert, Sanrio, and Duck Soup Producktions.[9][11][12] He was the supervising animator on Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. At Duck Soup Producktions he worked primarily on animated advertisements for products such as Levi jeans and Froot Loops cereal.[3]

Awards and honors

[edit]

For his lifetime of work in the animation field, Paliwoda received the Animation Guild's Golden Award in 1985.[9]

Later life and death

[edit]

Paliwoda, a resident of Manhattan Beach, California,[13] died on June 9, 1999.[14][15] Ralph Bakshi's short 2015 film Last Days of Coney Island was dedicated to the memory Paliwoda (and others).[16]

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]

Television

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Keating, W. Dennis (2016-04-11). A Brief History of Tremont: Cleveland's Neighborhood on a Hill. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62585-318-9.
  2. ^ Ohles, John F.; Ohles, Shirley M. (1982). Private Colleges and Universities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-23323-4.
  3. ^ a b c d "Artist (continued)". The Daily Breeze. 1979-10-28. p. 34. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. ^ "West: Hagmann, Impastato, Stephens & Kerns". Back Stage. Mar 21, 1980; 21, 12. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 23. Via Proquest.
  5. ^ Gibson, Jon M.; McDonnell, Chris (2008). Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-1684-4.
  6. ^ "Cartoonist inducted". Oakland Tribune. 1941-04-02. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  7. ^ "Disney aid inducted". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1941-04-02. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  8. ^ Schatz, Thomas (1999-11-23). Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22130-7.
  9. ^ a b c "The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1, 1985: The Video, Part 2 |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  10. ^ Takamoto, Iwao; Mallory, Michael (2009). Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-193-4.
  11. ^ "The animator: Characters draw life from artist's pen". The Daily Breeze. 1979-10-28. p. 33. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  12. ^ "Duck Soup Finds Out There's Life After Clio. Back Stage. Aug 28, 1981; 22, 36. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 55. Via Proquest.
  13. ^ "Cleveland". Boxoffice. Nov 29, 1976; 110, 8. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. ME3. Via Proquest.
  14. ^ "Death notice". The Los Angeles Times. 1999-06-24. p. 326. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  15. ^ Canada, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and (2000). Official Bulletin. IATSE.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Last Days of Coney Island, 12 October 2016, retrieved 2022-03-19