Jack Zander
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| Jack Zander | |
| Born | May 3, 1908 Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States |
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| Died | December 17, 2007 (age 99) |
| Occupation | Animator |
Jack Zander (May 3, 1908 – December 17, 2007)[1] was an American animator whose career lasted from the "golden age" of theatrical animation into the 1980s.
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[edit] Biography
Jack Zander was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Among the cartoons he helped animate were Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Night Before Christmas (1941), Fine Feathered Friend (1942), and Sufferin' Cats! (1943).
In 1970, he formed Zander's Animation Parlour in New York City where he made commercials until his retirement. In 1984, he created "Tippi Turtle", an obnoxious character who enjoyed playing practical jokes, for Saturday Night Live. Zander died in 2007, 99 years old.
[edit] Awards
Zander was nominated for an Outstanding Animated Program Emmy in 1981 for Gnomes, and in 1984 he won the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists' Golden Award.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Fox, Margalit. "Jack Zander, Animator of Early TV Commercials, Dies at 99" The New York Times, December 20, 2007]
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