Stephen Reginald Bosustow (b.November 6, 1911, Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

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 – d.July 4, 1981) was a Canadian-born American

United States

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 film producer

Film producer

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 from 1943 until his retirement in 1979. He was one of the founders of United Productions of America

United Productions of America

United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio of the 1940s through present day, beginning with industrial films and World War II training films. In the late 1940s, UPA produced theatrical shorts for Columbia Pictures, most notably the Mr. Magoo series. In...

 (UPA) and produced nearly 600 cartoon and live action shorts. He is chiefly remembered for producing a string of Mr. Magoo

Mr. Magoo

Quincy Magoo is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem...

 and Gerald McBoing-Boing

Gerald McBoing-Boing

Gerald McBoing-Boing is an animated short film produced by United Productions of America and given wide release by Columbia Pictures on November 2, 1950...

 cartoons in the 1950s, two of which earned Academy Awards. He is the only film producer in history who received all the Oscar nominations in one category (1957)

29th Academy Awards

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, guaranteeing him the winning Oscar. Magoo's Puddle Jumper

Magoo's Puddle Jumper

Magoo's Puddle Jumper is a 1956 short animation by Pete Burness that won an Academy Award for Short Subjects . The cartoon follows the misadventures of the myopic Mr. Magoo as he drives a new electric car into the ocean....

 was the eventual winner.

In 1963 Bosustow Entertainment was established and his son Nick Bosustow produced the Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 winner for CBS-TV, Wrong Way Kid

Wrong Way Kid

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, starring Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

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. Also in 1963, Bosustow formed a subsidiary for animated commercials in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 with his son Tee Bosustow. In 1968 he partnered with Nick to form Stephen Bosustow Productions, which produced films for theaters including the Oscar winner Is it Always Right to be Right? (1971), an Academy Award nominated animated film Legend of John Henry (1974), as well as Sesame Street

Sesame Street

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and CBS

CBS

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-TV after school special

After school special

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s.

Personal life

Bosustow has two sons. Nick, with whom he formed a production company, is now a recruiter for the Peace Corps

Peace Corps

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 after serving as a volunteer in Guatemala

Guatemala

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 and Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

. His other son, Tee, has been working on a documentary focusing on his late father's animation studio, titled “UPA: Magoo, McBoing Boing, and Modern Art”. He documents the film's progress at the UPA Legacy Project site. Tee also hosts the animation podcast site, Toon In! ... to the World of Animation! with interviews from all around the world, featuring animation artists from UPA and other studios, as well as independent animators and historians.

The name Bosustow is Cornish

Cornish people

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, meaning "dwelling of Ustoc" in the Cornish language

Cornish language

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External Links

• Stephen Bosustow Productions at the Internet Movie Database
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