Howard Swift
Born: 1912-08-29 in Little Rock - Arkansas - USA
Died: 1983-01-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
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). 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
2000
- Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers ... (Story Supervisor)
1970
- Harlem Globetrotters ... (Storyboard)
1953
- The Lost Planet ... (Animation)
1950
- Atom Man vs. Superman ... (Animation)
1948
- Superman ... (Animation)
- Pickled Puss ... (Director)
1947
- Leave Us Chase It ... (Director)
- Tooth or Consequences ... (Director)
- Fowl Brawl ... (Director)
- Big House Blues ... (Director)
- Loco Lobo ... (Director)
1946
- Cagey Bird ... (Director)
- Polar Playmates ... (Director)
- The Schooner the Better ... (Director)
- Unsure Runts ... (Director)
- Kongo-Roo ... (Director)
1945
- Carnival Courage ... (Director)
- Hot Footlights ... (Director)
- Booby Socks ... (Director)
- Dog, Cat, and Canary ... (Director)
- Treasure Jest ... (Director)
1944
- The Case of the Screaming Bishop ... (Director)
- The Disillusioned Bluebird ... (Director)
- Mr. Fore by Fore ... (Director)
- Polly Wants a Doctor ... (Director)
- Giddy-Yapping ... (Director)
- As the Fly Flies ... (Director)
- Kickapoo Juice ... (Director)
1942
- Tito's Guitar ... (Animation)
1941
- Dumbo ... (Animation)