Tag: Willie Ito

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Willie Ito-Master Animator

With nearly 60 years as an animation artist, Willie Ito has done it all. He worked at Disney on Lady and the Tramp’s spaghetti scene with mentor Iwao Takamoto and on One Froggy Evening and What’s Opera Doc at Warner Bros’ famed Termite Terrace under Chuck Jones’ direction. He went on to The Beany and …

Legendary Animators of Classic 60s Cartoons SDCC Panel

I moderated and put together this panel featuring some of the best animators from the history of Hanna Barbera, talking about their experiences and the life in cartoons that was working from the very beginnings of the studio!  Such gentlemen and such a hoot!