Amby Paliwoda
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Ambrozi "Amby" Paliwoda (December 20, 1909 – June 9, 1999) was an American animator.
Early life and education
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
Paliwoda moved to Los Angeles in 1935. 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
Paliwoda served in the United States military during World War II.[6][7] He trained with the Signal Corps.[8] In his leisure time, played chess with Milt Kahl.[9]
Later cartoon work
After leaving Disney, he worked for other studios, including Hanna-Barbera and Duck Soup Producktions.[10][11][12]
Awards and honors
For his lifetime of work in the animation field, Paliwoda received the Animation Guild's Golden Award in 1985.[10]
Later life and death
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
Film
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (animator - uncredited)
- The Standard Parade (1939) (animator - uncredited)
- Pinocchio (1940) (assistant animator - uncredited)
- Fantasia (1940) (animator - uncredited)
- Bambi (1942) (animator - uncredited)
- Elementary and Pylon Eights (1944) (animator - uncredited)
- The Story of Menstruation (1946) (animator - uncredited)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959) (animator - uncredited)
- Goliath II (1960) (Short) (character animator)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) (character animator)
- The Man from Button Willow (1965) (animator)
- The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1965) (animator)
- The Lone Ranger (1966) (animator - 1966)
- Funny Is Funny (1966) (animator)
- Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert (TV movie) (1969) (animator/layout artist)
- Shinbone Alley (1970) (animator)
- Aesop's Fables (TV movie) (1971) (supervising animator)
- Journey Back to Oz (1972) (supervising animator)
- Heavy Traffic (1973) (animator - uncredited)
- Metamorphoses (1978) (sequence director)
- Coonskin (1974) (sequence animator)
- Oliver Twist (1974) (animator)
- Treasure Island (1973) (animator)
Television
- The Magical World of Disney (1956-1957) (animator - 3 episodes)
- The Alvin Show (1962) (animator - 1 episode)
- The Flintstones (1962) (animator - 2 episodes)
- Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (1961-1962) (21 episodes) (director)
- Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt (1965-1966) (3 episodes) (director)
- Archie's Funhouse (1970) (animator)
- Archie's TV Funnies (1971) (supervising animator)
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) (supervising animator)
- Linus the Lionhearted (1964-1965) (animator - 3 episodes)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1967) (animator - 17 episodes)
- Aquaman (1967-1969) (animator - 18 episodes)
- Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970) (animator - 1 episode)
- Groovie Goolies (1970) (animator - 16 episodes)
- The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972) (supervising animator - 1 episode)
- The Brady Kids (1972-1973) (supervising animator - 22 episodes)
- Emergency +4 (1973) (animator - 11 episodes)
External links
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ohles, John F.; Ohles, Shirley M. (1982). Private Colleges and Universities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-23323-4.
- ^ "Artist (continued)". The Daily Breeze. 1979-10-28. p. 34. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "West: Hagmann, Impastato, Stephens & Kerns". Back Stage. Mar 21, 1980; 21, 12. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 23. Via Proquest.
- ^ Gibson, Jon M.; McDonnell, Chris (2008). Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-1684-4.
- ^ "Cartoonist inducted". Oakland Tribune. 1941-04-02. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Disney aid inducted". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1941-04-02. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ Schatz, Thomas (1999-11-23). Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22130-7.
- ^ Takamoto, Iwao; Mallory, Michael (2009). Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-193-4.
- ^ a b "The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1, 1985: The Video, Part 2 |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "The animator: Characters draw life from artist's pen". The Daily Breeze. 1979-10-28. p. 33. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Duck Soup Finds Out There 's Life After Clio. Back Stage. Aug 28, 1981; 22, 36. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. 55. Via Proquest.
- ^ "Cleveland". Boxoffice. Nov 29, 1976; 110, 8. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. Pg. ME3. Via Proquest.
- ^ "Death notice". The Los Angeles Times. 1999-06-24. p. 326. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ 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.
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