Dick Lundy (animator)
| Dick Lundy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard James Lundy August 14, 1907 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U. S. |
| Died | April 7, 1990 (aged 82) San Diego, California, U. S. |
| Occupation |
Animator Film director |
| Known for | Developing Donald Duck |
Richard James "Dick" Lundy (August 14, 1907 – April 7, 1990) was an American animator and film director who worked at several different animation studios including Walt Disney Productions, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera. Lundy was a pioneer of personality animation and is today most remembered as one of the creators of Donald Duck. Throughout his career he worked as a primary animator on at least 60 films, both short and feature-length, and directed 51 short films.
In the summer of 1929 Lundy started working for Walt Disney Productions, first assigned in the ink and paint department. In September he transferred to the animation department as an inbetweener. In March the next year Lundy was promoted to animator and later worked on Three Little Pigs (1933) and Orphan's Benefit (1934). After working on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Lundy became a director at Disney.
In 1943 Lundy departed the Disney studios and worked for Walter Lantz Productions. He started as an animator and again became a director. He directed Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker, and the Swing Symphonies.
Lundy worked for Wolff Productions after the Lantz studio closed in 1949. Here he worked on television commercials.
In 1950 Lundy worked for MGM on Barney Bear shorts and the Droopy film Caballero Droopy.
In 1959 Lundy worked for Hanna-Barbera on The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, and Scooby-Doo. He retired in 1973 but continued to do freelance work for several years thereafter.
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