Lee Gunther
| Lee Gunther | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 30, 1935 Los Angeles County, California |
| Died | August 25, 1998 (aged 63) Woodland Hills, California |
Lee Gunther (May 30, 1935 – August 25, 1998) was a film editor (which, in animation parlance, means sound effects editor) on more than 85 animated shorts in all.
Starting at Warner Bros. in the 1960s, and then at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, he also worked as a production manager in the 1970s. After DePatie-Freleng was sold to Marvel Comics Group in 1981, Gunther became one of the founders of Marvel Productions, Ltd., where he served as executive vice president and executive producer on television series such as Spider-Man, G.I. Joe and The Transformers, as well as the feature-length animation Inhumanoids: The Movie. He also served as vice president of foreign production at Fox Kids.
In late-1987, he co-founded Gunther-Wahl Productions with Michael Wahl. With Wahl, their first task was taking over production of Alvin and the Chipmunks from Ruby Spears Productions in 1988 including the Go To the Movies series including the failed Beany and Cecil television revival by John K. (Spumco) and then doing series such as COPS, Noozles (both 1988), Mummies Alive (1989), and Ronin Warriors (1990) and then serving as executive producer of the animated series Angry Beavers, a Gunther-Wahl production for Universal Animation Studios on CBS in 1991-1995 (Later reran on Nickelodeon in 1997-2001 & on Nicktoons Network Afterwards) and Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa for Greengrass Productions on ABC in 1992. He and Wahl also created The Adventures of T-Rex in 1992-1993 shortly after the Mattel Flutter Faeries lawsuit in which his partner Wahl and his wife were involved, In his lifetime, Gunther earned four Emmy awards, two Humanitas Prizes, two Golden Reel Awards and 12 Clio awards.
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