Morris Sullivan
| Morris Sullivan | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 8, 1916 Seattle, Washington |
| Died | August 24, 2008 (aged 91) Toluca Lake, California |
| Other names | Morris F. Sullivan |
| Occupation | Studio executive/Film producer and businessman |
| Years active | 1982–1995 |
| Known for | Sullivan Bluth Studios |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Sullivan |
Morris Francis Sullivan (December 8, 1916 – August 24, 2008) was an American businessman who co-founded the Sullivan Bluth Studios with three former Disney animators. Sullivan Bluth Studios employed approximately 400 people at the peak of its success. Under Sullivan's direction, the former animation studio created such films as The Land Before Time and An American Tail.
Morris F. Sullivan was born in Seattle, Washington, on December 8, 1916, to parents Frank and Pauline Sullivan. His father, Frank, owned a local lumber company in the Pacific Northwest.
Sullivan received his bachelor's degree in business finance from Seattle College. Sullivan married his wife, Rose, in 1941. The family relocated to La Crescenta, California, in 1948. The family relocated to a large home in La Cañada Flintridge, California, after the ninth of Sullivan's ten children were born in 1954.
Sullivan founded his own financial consulting company, M.F. Sullivan and Co., a corporate mergers and acquisitions firm, in 1960. The company was based in downtown Los Angeles.
Three of Walt Disney Productions' highest ranking animators — Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy — left Walt Disney Productions in 1979, along with a group of artists and animators. The animators and artists, led by Bluth, felt that the company had turned against its traditional production values in favor of pursuing a profitable bottom line. Bluth, Pomerory and Goldman set up a new animation studio based in Van Nuys, California. The new company was struggling financially and looking for a source of financing. According to the Los Angeles Times, Morris Sullivan, who was semi-retired in the early 1980s, was persuaded to join the new company and provide financing by a golf partner.
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