Movies - Burton Gillett

Home > Listing Index > Movies > Burton Gillett

	Movies - Burton Gillett

Burton F. Gillett (October 15, 1891 - December 28, 1971) was a director of animated films. He is noted for his Silly Symphonies work for Disney, particurarly the 1933 short film Three Little Pigs
.

He was born in Elmira, New York, USA. His animation career probably started arround 1916 when he was employed by the International Film Service, an early animation studio under the ownership of William Randolph Hearst and the supervision of Gregory La Cava. The studio had been formed in 1915 and first employed experienced animators Frank Moser and William Nolan. Within a year the veterans had been joined by several new recruits. Gillett was probably recruited along with notable co-workers John Foster, Jack King, Isadore Klein, Walter Lantz, Grim Natwick, Ben Sharpsteen and Vernon Stallings.

Gillett, Burton Gillett, Burton Gillett, Burton Gillett, Burton

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Burton Gillett ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Burton Gillett; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay