David Dodd Hand

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David Dodd Hand (January 23, 1900–October 11, 1986), was an animator and animation director, best known for his work at the Walt Disney Productions. Hand worked on numerous Disney shorts during the 1930s, eventually becoming supervising director on the animated features Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Bambi.

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Hand began his animation career working on the Out of the Inkwell cartoons throughout the 1920s. He joined the Disney studio in 1930, during a major drive by Disney to recruit from the cream of animating talent. Hand immediately made his mark as an animator, contributing to mostly to Silly Symphonies such as Midnight in a Toy Shop, The China Plate and Egyptian Melodies.

By 1932 he was regarded as one of Disney's top animators, as well as having become a close friend of Walt Disney, and he was made the studio's third director after Burt Gillet and Wilfred Jackson. He made his directorial debut for the company with the Mickey Mouse short Trader Mickey, and went on to direct both Silly Symphonies and Mickey Mouse shorts, including The Flying Mouse, Who Killed Cock Robin?, Three Orphan Kittens and Thru the Mirror.