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Dick Huemer
Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born January 2, 1898Died November 30, 1979 (81 years)
While as an artist-illustrator living in The Bronx, New York, Huemer first began his career in animation at the Raoul Barré cartoon studio in 1916. He joined the Fleischer Studio in 1923 where he developed the Koko the Clown character. Later he moved to Hollywood and worked as an animator and director for the Charles Mintz studio. He subsequently moved to the Disney Studio, where he remained for the duration of his career, except for a 3-year hiatus from 1948-51 when he pioneered animated TV commercials and created the The Adventures of Buck O'Rue comic strip.[1] Some of Huemer's most creative work was done in partnership with Joe Grant; examples include Fantasia (story director), Dumbo (screenplay), and several propaganda films to advance the U.S. war effort during World War II. Atypically, Huemer and Grant submitted Dumbo to Walt Disney not as a completed storyboard, but as a series of storyboard "chapters," each ending in a cliffhanger. This was intended to pique Disney's enthusiasm for the project, and it worked. Dick was at the Disney organization from April 16, 1933 to February 28, 1973.
Dick Huemer Filmography
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) |
| 1946 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | |
| 1942 | |
| 1941 | Dumbo · as Screenplay |
| 1931 |
| 1987 | DTV 'Doggone' Valentine · as Stories |
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp · as Script |
| 1954 | The Martins and the Coys · as Story |
| 1953 | Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom · as Story |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland · as Story |
| 1946 | Make Mine Music · as Story |
| 1945 | The Flying Gauchito · as Story |
| 1944 | The Three Caballeros · as Story |
| 1943 | Chicken Little · as Story |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon · as Story "baby Weems" Sequence |
| 1940 | Fantasia · as Story |
| 1938 | Wynken, Blynken & Nod · as Animation |
| 1937 | Lonesome Ghosts · as Animation |
| 1937 | Little Hiawatha · as Animation |
| 1937 | Don Donald · as Animation |
| 1936 | Mickey's Elephant · as Animation |
| 1936 | Toby Tortoise Returns · as Animation |
| 1936 | Alpine Climbers · as Animation |
| 1936 | Mickey's Rival · as Animation |
| 1936 | Mickey's Polo Team · as Animation |
| 1935 | Music Land · as Animation |
| 1935 | Mickey's Garden · as Animation |
| 1935 | Water Babies · as Animation |
| 1935 | The Band Concert · as Animation |
| 1935 | The Tortoise and the Hare · as Animation |
| 1934 | The Goddess of Spring · as Animation |
| 1934 | Peculiar Penguins · as Animation |
| 1934 | The Wise Little Hen · as Animation |
| 1934 | The Grasshopper and the Ants · as Animation |
| 1933 | The Night Before Christmas · as Animation |
| 1933 | The Pied Piper · as Animation |
| 1933 | Lullaby Land · as Animation |
| 1931 | Showing Off · as Story |
| 1931 | Little Pest · as Story |
| 1931 | Yelp Wanted · as Story |