Director
Howard Swift
Born August 29, 1912 in Little Rock - Arkansas - USADied January 13, 198323 films
Walt Disney Studios 1938-1941: Animator 1938-1941 (Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo. - MGM: Animator on Tom & Jerry 1942. - Warner Bros.: Animator 1942 (Bugs Bunny). - Columbia: Director and animator 1942-1949 (Color Rhapsodies, The Fox and the Crow, Li'l Abner, Phantasy Cartoons). - Leader of his own studio 1946-1965 (TV commercials). - Hanna-Barbera Story director 1966-1981 (Penelope Pitstop, The Cattanooga Cats, Motormouse and Autocat, The Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, Popeye, Dinky Dog, The Kwicky Koala Show).
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Editorial Art Syndicate/Sangor Shop: Scripts for various publishers 1940s (e.g. The Fox and the Crow 1945-1948). - Script for the newspaper strip Capt. Knot 1968-1969 (artist unknown). - Disney Studios: Scripts for foreign-market comic-book stories 1970s (Mickey Mouse, Goofy).
Left the Disney Studios after the big strike in 1941. - Drawing teacher at Chouinard Art School. -https://coa.inducks.org/creator.php?c=HSw&redirected=1
Filmography
23 films as director- 1948Pickled PussDirector
- 1947Tooth or ConsequencesDirector
- 1947Leave Us Chase ItDirector
- 1947Big House BluesDirector
- 1947Fowl BrawlDirector
- 1947Loco LoboDirector
- 1946Cagey BirdDirector
- 1946The Schooner the BetterDirector
- 1946Unsure RuntsDirector
- 1946Polar PlaymatesDirector
- 1946Kongo-RooDirector
- 1945Carnival CourageDirector
- 1945Treasure JestDirector
- 1945Hot FootlightsDirector
- 1945Booby SocksDirector
- 1945Dog, Cat, and CanaryDirector
- 1944Kickapoo JuiceDirector
- 1944As the Fly FliesDirector
- 1944The Case of the Screaming BishopDirector
- 1944The Disillusioned BluebirdDirector
- 1944Mr. Fore by ForeDirector
- 1944Giddy-YappingDirector
- 1944Polly Wants a DoctorDirector