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Dick Huemer
New York City, New York, USA
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…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2010
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2003
Everybody Loves Goofy
Movie Director
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2002
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Movie Director
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1984
DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues
Movie Director
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1968
Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday Show
Movie Director
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1957
The Story of Anyburg U.S.A.
Movie Story
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1957
Tricks of Our Trade
Movie Writer
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1955
The Story of the Animated Drawing
Movie Writer
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1955
Music Land
Movie Writer
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1953
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Movie Story
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1953
Melody
Movie Story
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1953
Mickey's Birthday Party
Movie Director
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1951
Alice in Wonderland
Movie Story
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1946
Peter and the Wolf
Movie Writer
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1946
A Feather in His Collar
Movie Animation
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1946
Make Mine Music
Movie Story
More credits
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1943
Chicken Little
Movie Story
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1943
Reason and Emotion
Movie Writer
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1943
Pedro
Movie Writer
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1943
Der Fuehrer's Face
Movie Writer
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1942
Saludos Amigos
Movie Writer
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1942
The New Spirit
Movie Story
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1941
Dumbo
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Fantasia
Movie Story
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1939
Goofy and Wilbur
Movie Director
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1938
The Whalers
Movie Director
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1938
Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Movie Animation
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1938
Moth and the Flame
Movie Assistant Director
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1937
Lonesome Ghosts
Movie Animation
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1937
Little Hiawatha
Movie Animation
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1937
Don Donald
Movie Animation
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1936
Mickey's Elephant
Movie Animation
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1936
Toby Tortoise Returns
Movie Animation
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1936
Alpine Climbers
Movie Animation
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1936
Mickey's Rival
Movie Animation
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1936
Mickey's Polo Team
Movie Animation
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1935
Broken Toys
Movie Animation
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1935
Music Land
Movie Animation
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1935
Mickey's Garden
Movie Animation
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1935
Water Babies
Movie Animation
