Pete Burness
Wilson D. "Pete" Burness (June 16, 1904 – July 21, 1969) was an
Rocky and His Friends.[1]
Biography
Burness was born in
Harman-Ising in 1936 and to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in 1938. He animated Tom and Jerry at MGM until 1947.[1]
Burness worked briefly for
Bob McKimson.[1] He left Warner to become a director for United Productions of America, animating the popular Mr. Magoo series. Two of his Mr. Magoo shorts, When Magoo Flew (1954) and Mr. Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956), won Academy Awards for Best Short Subject.[3]
In 1958 Burness left UPA to join Jay Ward Productions as director of Rocky and his Friends and Hoppity Hooper.[4] While working for Jay Ward he co-wrote and was hired to direct 1001 Arabian Nights, a feature film featuring Mr. Magoo. Following disputes with producer Stephen Bosustow, he left the project and was replaced by Jack Kinney.[3]
Burness died of pancreatic cancer in 1969.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Lenburg 2006, p. 38.
- ^ Sandra Brennan (2010). "Pete Burness". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2010-09-11.
- ^ , retrieved 2023-12-27
- ^ Lenburg 2006, p. 39.
- . Retrieved 2023-12-27.
Sources
- Lenburg, Jeff (2006), Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators, ISBN 978-1617746604
External links
- Pete Burness at IMDb
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