Jack Zander
Jack Zander | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 3, 1908 |
| Died | December 17, 2007 (aged 99) |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1930–1984 |
Arthur Jack Zander (May 3, 1908 – December 17, 2007)[1] was an American animator whose career lasted from the "golden age" of theatrical animation into the 1980s.
Biography
Jack Zander was born on May 3, 1908, in
Romer Grey Studio in 1930. One year later he joined The Van Beuren Corporation followed by Terrytoons
in 1936.
He joined the
Sufferin' Cats!
(1943). He left MGM in 1942.
In 1970, he formed Zander's Animation Parlour in
Arm & Hammer, Pepsi, Visine, and more until his retirement. In 1984, he created "Tippi Turtle", an obnoxious character who enjoyed playing practical jokes, in three animated shorts Saturday Night Live.[2][3]
Awards
Zander was nominated for an Outstanding Animated Program Emmy in 1981 for Gnomes, and in 1984 he won the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists' Golden Award.
Death
Zander died at his home in New York on December 17, 2007.
Footnotes
- ^ Fox, Margalit. "Jack Zander, Animator of Early TV Commercials, Dies at 99" The New York Times, December 20, 2007]
- Big Cartoon DataBase
- ^ Tippi Turtle at SNL Archives Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
References
External links
- Jack Zander at IMDb
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