Don Figlozzi

Don Figlozzi
Don Figlozzi
	Popeye, FIGure This, Scramblegrams, Thumper, Jiminy Cricket
Awards	Time magazine As Seen By
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Don Figlozzi (January 17, 1909 – June 21, 1981)

Daily News, where his cartoons, signed "Fig," became a fixture. Historian Harvey Deneroff of the Savannah College of Art and Design suggests that Figlozzi may have created the first animations to be used on television.^[2]

Biography

Personal life and education

Born in Brooklyn, New York City to Italian immigrant parents Frank and Constantina, Figlozzi began his artistic education with the Landon cartoon course and attended Pratt Institute, Cooper Union and Art Students League of New York. He married Anne Giannatasio (January 13, 1908 - March 16, 2005) and had two children, Constance (November 25, 1940 - ) and Donald Jr. (August 8, 1944 - ). He has five living grandchildren, Thomas and Donald Shelford & Peter, Lindsey, and Brett Figliozzi. It's been suggested that "Figlozzi" was Don's surname used exclusively for his professional animation career.

Fleischer Studios

Figlozzi joined

Popeye

films.

World War II

During the

Army Signal Corps

.

WPIX TV

As Graphic Art Director for WPIX TV, Figlozzi was one of the first television animators.^[2]

Disney

While employed at The Walt Disney Company, Figlozzi worked as an animator. Some of the most notable animations he worked on were Thumper (Bambi) and Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio).

Terrytoons

Figlozzi participated in the 1947 Terrytoons strike.^[3]

Daily News

For the New York

Daily News

, Figlozzi illustrated columns for writers Bob Sylvester and Charles McHarry. Figlozzi also worked as an editorial cartoonist and created an ongoing cartoon gag strip entitled, FIGure This.

Awards

Figlozzi was a two-time prize winner (second and third place) in Time magazine's As Seen By cartoon contest. Member, National Cartoonists Society.^[4]

Bibliography

Scramblegrams by Tom Figlozzi and Don Figlozzi. Ace Books, 1973.

Illustrations for books by others

Animals and Statues I Have Interviewed, by Phil Santora. Phaedra, 1969.

FIGure This cartoon panel by Don Figlozzi

References

^ Donald Figlozzi (1909 - 1981) Genealogy - Family Tree and History, Ancient Faces
^ ^a ^b Interview with Don Figlozzi, by Harvey Deneroff, Sunday, June 10, 1972. Museum of the Moving Image Oral History Project.
^ Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson by Tom Sito. Page 202. The University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
^ National Cartoonists Society Album, 1980 Edition, compiled by Charles Green and Mort Walker. The Museum of Cartoon Art, 1980.

External links

Harvey Deneroff: Don Figlozzi, the First TV Animator?

[1] Donald Figlozzi (1909 - 1981) Genealogy - Family Tree and History, Ancient Faces

[int-2] Interview with Don Figlozzi, by Harvey Deneroff, Sunday, June 10, 1972. Museum of the Moving Image Oral History Project.

[3] Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson by Tom Sito. Page 202. The University Press of Kentucky, 2002.

[4] National Cartoonists Society Album, 1980 Edition, compiled by Charles Green and Mort Walker. The Museum of Cartoon Art, 1980.

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