HEE, T.

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Birth/Death

Birth: March 26, 1911
Death: October 30, 1988

Occupation/Title

Animator, Writer, Director, Soundtrack, Designer

Bio Summary

T. Hee started out at Hal Roach Studios drawing characters of pop stars. He then went to Disney in 1938 where he co-directed segments of Pinocchio and Fantasia. Then he went to UPA and worked as a Designer and Writer. Then he returned to Disney and designed and wrote Noah's Ark which was Disney's first stop-motion film.

Early Life/Family

Education/Training

Career Outline

Hal Roach Studios->Disney->UPA->Disney

Comments On Style

Influences

Personality

Anecdotes

Miscellaneous

Filmography

Writer - filmography

The Reluctant Dragon (1941) (story) (segment "Reluctant Dragon")
... aka A Day at Disneys (USA: TV title)
... aka Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studio
Victory Through Air Power(1943) (story adaptation)
Make Mine Music (1946)
The Oompahs (1952) (story)
Little Boy with a Big Horn (1953)
Christopher Crumpet (1953) (story)
Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953) (story)
Ballet-Oop (1954) (story)
Magoo Goes Skiing (1954) (story)
How Now Boing Boing(1954) (story)
... aka How Now McBoing-Boing (USA)
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate (1955) (story)
The Rise of Duton Lang (1955) (adaptation)
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956) (story)
... aka The Boing-Boing Boy in Planet Moo (Europe: English title)
"The Deputy Dawg Show" (1959) TV Series
Noah's Ark (1959)
"Calvin and the Colonel"(teleplay)
Wheeling and Dealing(1962) TV Episode (teleplay)


Miscellaneous Crew - filmography

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937) (character designer) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood(1938) (animator)
Pinocchio(1940) (sequence director)
The Reluctant Dragon(1941) (caricatures: title sequence) (uncredited)
... aka A Day at Disneys (USA: TV title)
... aka Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studio
Variety Girl(1947) (puppetoon sequence) (as Thornton Hee)
"The Life of Riley" (1953) TV Series (background artist: opening titles)
The Shaggy Dog(1959) (title designer)
The Parent Trap(1961) (special titles)


Art Department - filmography

The Oompahs (1952) (design)
Little Boy with a Big Horn (1953) (design)
Christopher Crumpet (1953) (design)
Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953) (design)
Ballet-Oop(1954) (design)
How Now Boing Boing(1954) (design)
... aka How Now McBoing-Boing (USA)
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate (1955) (design)
The Jaywalker (1956) (design)

Soundtrack - filmography

The Reluctant Dragon (1941) (writer: "The Reluctant Dragon")
... aka A Day at Disneys (USA: TV title)
... aka Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studio

Director - filmography

Fantasia (1940) (segment "Dance of the Hours")

Honors

Annie Award: Winsor McCay Award 1981


Related Links

http://www.animationarchive.org/2007/07/history-dispatch-from-disney-1943.html

Bibliographic References

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373429/

http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/t-hee/171879/main?sem=1&ncid=AOLMOV00170000000009

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