Thursday, December 15, 2005
SALKIN, Leo
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Birth: February 1, 1913 (Montreal, Quebec)
Death: October 13, 1993
Occupation/Title: Animator, Director, Producer, Writer
Bio Summary: In his fifty-five stint in the entertainment business, Leo Salkin work as director, animator, producer, or writer on thirteen different films and various short cartoons. He collaborated with other great filmmakers such as: Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, and Mel Brooks. Salkin's start was made in the 1930's as an inbetweener for Walter Lantz. After writing short film stories for Disney in the 1950's, Leo moved on to being one of the creative forces behind the popular chipmunk series, "The Alvin Show". During this time, he was also a writer and, some say, an influence on the series "Mr. Magoo". In 1983, he recieved the Windsor McKay Award from the International Animation Film Society in Hollywood.
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Leo Salkin made his start in the 30's as an inbetweener for Walter Lantz, then moving on to be a writer for the original Oswald the Rabbit cartoons. Towards the end of the decade, he moved to Disney, where her worked as writer and animator through the 40's and early 50's, most notably for the "We Are Siamese" sequence in "Lady and the Tramp". Later in his career, he worked on "The Alvin Show" and "Mr. Magoo". He also directed Mel Brooks' "The 2000 Year Old Man" in 1975.
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Filmography:
1. Country Store(1937): animator
2. Steel Workers(1937): animator
3. Fox and Crow(1942)
4. Phantasy(1942)
5. Say It With Flowers(1943): story
6. Cold Turkey(1951): story
7. Pluto's Party(1952): story
8. Pigs Is Pigs(1954)
9. Lady and the Tramp(1955): animation
sequence director
10. 1001 Arabian Nights(1959): story
11. The Gerald McBoingBoing Show
(1956-1957)
12. The Alvin Show(1961-1962)
13. The Addams Family(1964): writer
14. The 2000 Year Old Man(1975): director
15. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
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Annie Award: Winsor McCay Award 1983
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