Fred Quimby
Fred Quimby | |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |
Died | September 16, 1965 , U.S. | (aged 79)
Occupation | Animation producer |
Years active | 1921–1955 |
Spouse |
Sue Quimby
(m. 1923; died 1954) |
Frederick Clinton Quimby[1] (July 31, 1886 – September 16, 1965) was an American animation producer and journalist best known for producing the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, for which he won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Films. He was the film sales executive in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which included Tex Avery, Droopy, Butch Dog, Barney Bear, Michael Lah and multiple one-shot cartoons, as well as William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of Tom and Jerry.
Life and career
Quimby was born in
In 1939,
...unfortunately for a cartoon producer, [he had] no sense of humor to call upon... He knew nothing of animation and cartoons were a strange thing to him. Cast in the role of high school principal opposite the animators' boyish enthusiasms, he acted as liaisons between them and the front office, usually it seemed, turning down requests for bigger budgets, raises and special dispensations of funds.[5]
After the production of Good Will to Men (a remake of Peace on Earth), Quimby retired from MGM in May 1955, with Hanna and Barbera assuming his role as co-heads of the studio and taking over the production title for the Tom and Jerry shorts. Despite the success with Hanna and Barbera, MGM assumed that re-releasing old cartoons would be more profitable, and the MGM's cartoon division did not last long after; it was closed in 1957. MGM would later contract first Gene Deitch and then Chuck Jones to produce more Tom and Jerry shorts through their own studios during the 1960s.
Quimby died of a
Academy Award credits
- Nominated for Best Animated Short Subject 1940: Puss Gets the Boot – producer (with Rudolf Ising) [7]
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1940: The Milky Way – producer (with Rudolf Ising)[8]
- Nominated for Best Animated Short Subject 1941: The Night Before Christmas – producer[9]
- Nominated for Best Animated Short Subject 1941: The Rookie Bear – producer[9]
- Nominated for The Blitz Wolf – producer[10]
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1943: The Yankee Doodle Mouse – producer
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1944: Mouse Trouble – producer
- Winner Quiet Please!– producer
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1946: The Cat Concerto – producer
- Nominated for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse– producer
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1948: The Little Orphan – producer
- Nominated for Hatch Up Your Troubles– producer
- Nominated for Jerry's Cousin– producer
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1952: The Two Mouseketeers – producer
- Winner Best Animated Short Subject 1953: Johann Mouse – producer [11]
- Nominated for Best Animated Short Subject 1953: Little Johnny Jet – producer
- Nominated for Touché, Pussy Cat!– producer
- Nominated for Best Animated Short Subject 1955: Good Will to Men – producer (with William Hanna & Joseph Barbera)
References
- ISBN 978-1604739602.
- ISBN 9781461664024.
- ^ a b "Lafn.org". www.lafn.org. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ISBN 1-57036-042-1.
- ^ Tom and Jerry Online. Similar opinions are expressed elsewhere, e.g. here Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ISBN 9780786479924. Retrieved June 29, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780403096077.
- ^ "The 13th Academy Awards | 1941". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "The 14th Academy Awards | 1942". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards | 1943". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "The 25th Academy Awards | 1953". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 29, 2021.