Amby Paliwoda
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Ambrozi "Amby" Paliwoda (December 20, 1909 - June 9, 1999) was an American
animator
.
Paliwoda graduated with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Art
in the early 1930's, thereafter touring Europe on a year's art scholarship. Paliwoda worked as an animator for Walt Disney Studios
from 1935 to 1960. Among his many assignments was to animate the characters "Jasper" and "Horace", who were the henchmen of the female villain, "Cruella deVille", in the animated feature film, One Hundred and One Dalmatians
. While at Disney he helped organize the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, Local 839 IATSE, and was one of the 21 charter members of that union. He also helped out as an uncredited coordinating animator for The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron
and an uncredited character designer for Beauty and the Beast
After leaving Disney he worked for many other studios, including Hanna-Barbera
, Filmation
, and Bakshi Productions
. He retired from animation in 1983. For his lifetime of work in the animation field, Paliwoda received the Animation Guild's Golden Award in 1985.
Paliwoda died of natural causes on June 9, 1999, in Manhattan Beach, California, just a few months short of his 90th birthday.
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animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
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Paliwoda graduated with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art is a private college of art and design located in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women. From 1891 until 1948 it was named Cleveland School of Art. During the Great Depression the school...
in the early 1930's, thereafter touring Europe on a year's art scholarship. Paliwoda worked as an animator for Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...
from 1935 to 1960. Among his many assignments was to animate the characters "Jasper" and "Horace", who were the henchmen of the female villain, "Cruella deVille", in the animated feature film, One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith...
. While at Disney he helped organize the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, Local 839 IATSE, and was one of the 21 charter members of that union. He also helped out as an uncredited coordinating animator for The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron (film)
The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and originally released to theatres on July 24, 1985...
and an uncredited character designer for Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
After leaving Disney he worked for many other studios, including Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
, Filmation
Filmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live action programming for television during the latter half of the 20th century. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1963...
, and Bakshi Productions
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi is an Israeli-American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote...
. He retired from animation in 1983. For his lifetime of work in the animation field, Paliwoda received the Animation Guild's Golden Award in 1985.
Paliwoda died of natural causes on June 9, 1999, in Manhattan Beach, California, just a few months short of his 90th birthday.