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American Animators active until 1970 - Letter N

 

NAGLER, Bernard (Bernie)

Layouts: TERRYTOONS 56 (John Doormat 57 [Topsy TV])

 

NAKAGAWA, Steve

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c65-69 (The Man Called Flintstone 66, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67-69)

Character Designer: HANNA-BARBERA c75-79 (Dynomutt 76-77, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80)

 

NANKERVILLE, Edith

Inker?: BARRÉ-BOWERS 17-21 (Mutt and Jeff 17-21)

 

NANKERVILLE, Frank A. [aka NANKINVELL, NANKIEVEL]

Animator: DRA-KO FILM CO. 16 (Advertising Films); BARRÉ-BOWERS 17-21 (Mutt and Jeff 17-21)

Animator/Director/Producer/Story: LEE-BRADFORD CORP. (Red Head Comedies 23)

 

NANKIEVEL, Frank > NANKERVILLE, Frank

 

NANKINVELL, Frank > NANKERVILLE, Frank

 

NAPOLEON, Frank

Animator: FLEISCHER -38-

 

NATWICK, Myron H. (Grim) (16 Aug 1890-7 Oct 1990)

Animator/Model Sheets: HEARST IFS 16-18 (Happy Hooligan 16-18, Bringing Up Father 16-18, Phables 18); JOHN TERRY 18-23 (Happy Hooligan 18-19); FLEISCHER 28-30/38-40 (Betty Boop 30-31, Talkartoon 30-31, Stone Age 40, Popeye 40); IWERKS 31-34 (Willie Whopper, Flip the Frog); DISNEY 12 Nov 34-38 (Silly Symphony 35/38 [The Cookie Carnival 35, Music Land 35, Broken Toys 35, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37 [Snow White, Wicked Witch], Fantasia 40 [The Sorcerer's Apprentice]); LANTZ c44-47 (Woody Woodpecker 44-47 [Ski for Two 44], Andy Panda 46); TV ART PRODUCTIONS 48 [1 month] (Crusader Rabbit 49); UPA [NY] c48-51 (Mr. Magoo 50, Gerald McBoing Boing 51, Rooty Toot Toot 52); SHAMUS CULHANE PRODUCTIONS Early 50s (Ajax TV Commercials), PARAMOUNT c66 (The Mighty Thor); RICHARD WILLIAMS 73 (Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure 78, The Thief and the Cobbler aka Arabian Knight 95)

Directing Animator: HEARST 18-19 (Judge Rummy 18-21, The Shenanigan Kids 20); FLEISCHER 38-39 (Gulliver's Travels 39 [Princess Glory]); TRANS-LUX/ORIOLO c62-64 (The Mighty Hercules 63-65)

 

NAVA, Mario (7 Jan 1905-Jan 1971)

Animator: FLEISCHER

 

NAYLOR, Robert (Bob) (27 Mar 1910-Dec 1971)

Storyboards: MINTZ/STALLINGS-NOLAN c25-27 (Krazy Kat)

 

NEIL, Milton (Milt) (30 May 1914-18 Oct 1997)

Animator: DISNEY c35-44 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40, Dumbo 41, Saludos Amigos 43, Donald Duck 43 [Der Fuehrer's Face 43], Mickey Mouse, The Three Caballeros 45)

Owner/Producer/Director: MILT NEIL PRODUCTIONS c46-50s (TV Commercials, Soccer Ball Series)

NOTE: Created Howdy Doody characters and wrote newspaper strip. Designed Anderson's Pea Soup Billboards

 

NEIMAN, Frederick (Fred)

Story: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. c38 (Porky Pig 38)

 

NELSON, Barry [also Barrie]

Animator: RANKIN-BASS (Return to Oz 64); HUBLEY c65 (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature 66, Windy Day 66); JAY WARD c66-69 (George of the Jungle 67-70); MELENDEZ c69- -87 (A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69, The Mayflower Voyagers 88); CHUCK JONES c92 (Mrs. Doubtfire 93 [animated insert])

 

NELSON, Myron F. (Mique) (25 May 1916-14 May 2001)

Backgrounds: DISNEY c35-June 47 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Donald Duck 40 [Fire Chief])

Color Consultant: DISNEY (Make Mine Music 46)

NOTE: Worked in DISNEY Publicity Art Department May 31-c35

 

NERVOBIG, Helen

Ink and Paint/Character Model Maker: DISNEY c35-39 (Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40)

 

NEVIUS, Gerald M. (Jerry) (26 Oct 1914-19 Nov 1997)

Backgrounds: DISNEY (Fantasia 40, Dumbo 41)

Design: STORYBOARD, INC. c54-60s (TV Commercials)

 

NEWELL, Esther

Assistant Director: DISNEY 40s (Donald Duck 43 [The Old Army Game], Pluto 44-45 [First Aiders 44, Dog Watch 45, Canine Casanova 45])

 

NEWMANN, Ralph T. (21 Apr 1914-28 July 1991)

Animator: FLEISCHER; CHUCK JONES c91 (Mrs. Doubtfire 93 [animated insert])

Story: FAMOUS 50s; JOE ORIOLO c58-60 (Felix the Cat 58-60)

 

NEWMAN, Robert (Bob)

Assistant Director: DISNEY c37-41 [Assistant to Jack KING] (Donald Duck 39-42 [The Autograph Hound 39, Donald's Dog Laundry 40, Mr. Duck Steps Out 40, Window Cleaners 40, Fire Chief 40, Timber 41, Early to Bed 41, Truant Officer Donald 41, Old MacDonald Duck 41, Chef Donald 41, Donald's Snow Fight 42, Donald Gets Drafted 42])

Director: JOHN SUTHERLAND c44-46 (Daffy Ditty 44-46 [The Cross Eyed Bull 44, Pepito's Serenade 46])

Photography: JOHN SUTHERLAND c44-46 (Daffy Ditty 46 [The Lady Says No])

 

NEWMAN, Walter

Story: UPA 55 (Mr. Magoo 56 [Magoo's Canine Mutiny])

 

NIBLETT, Gary

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA c66-79- (Herculoids 67-69, Scooby-Doo Where Are You 69-71, Where's Huddles? 70, Josie and the Pussycats 70-72, The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80)

 

NIBLEY, Sloan

Story: UPA c61 (The Dick Tracy Show 61-62); HANNA-BARBERA c66-68 (Shazzan! 67-69)

 

NICHOLAS, George (“Nick”) (1911-26 Nov 1996)

Animator: LANTZ 31-39 (Oswald the Rabbit 36-38, Meany Miney and Mo 37, Nertsery Rhyme 39); DISNEY c40-58 (Pluto 41-52 [A Gentleman's Gentleman 41, The Army Mascot 42, First Aiders 44, Dog Watch 45, Canine Casanova 45, The Legend of Coyote Rock 45, Canine Patrol 45, Pluto's Kid Brother 46, In Dutch 46, The Purloined Pup 46, Pluto's Housewarming 46, Rescue Dog 47, Pluto's Blue Note 47, Bone Bandit 48, Pluto's Purchase 48, Cat Nap Pluto 48, Pluto's Fledgling 48, Pueblo Pluto 49, Pluto's Surprise Package 49, Pluto's Sweater 49, Bubble Bee 49, Sheep Dog 49, Pluto's Heart Throb 50, Pluto and the Gopher 50, Pests of the West 50, Wonder Dog 50, Primitive Pluto 50, Puss-Café 50, Pests of the West 50, Food for Feudin' 50, Camp Dog 50, Cold Storage 51, Plutopia 51, Cold Turkey 51, Pluto's Party 52], Figaro 46-47 [Bath Day 46, Figaro and Frankie 47], Mickey Mouse 47-48 [Mickey's Delayed Date 47, Mickey and the Seal 48], Cinderella 50, Goofy 50-53 [Motor Mania 50, Fathers Are People 51, Two Gun Goofy 52, How to Be a Detective 52, For Whom the Bulls Toil 53, How to Dance 53, How to Sleep 53], Lady and the Tramp 54, Chip ‘n' Dale 54 [The Lone Chipmunks], Sleeping Beauty 59, Donald Duck 59 [How to Have an Accident in the Home 56, How to Have an Accident at Work 59]); HANNA-BARBERA c58-64/66-68 (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, Loopy de Loop 61-64, Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, The Hillbilly Bears 65-66, The Man Called Flintstone 66, The Secret Squirrel Show 67-68, The New Adventures of Huck Finn 68-69); PANTOMIME PICTURES c64-65 (Roger Ramjet 65-66); GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE c66-67; DE PATIE-FRELENG c69-71 (The Further Adventures of Dr. Doolittle 70-72, The Tijuana Toads 71); CHUCK JONES c72 (A Very Merry Cricket 73); LEVITOW-HANSON c73-75; FRED CALVERT PRODUCTIONS c75-76; RICHARD WILLIAMS 70s

Supervising Animator: CHUCK JONES/MGM c68 (The Phantom Toll Booth 69)

 

NICHOLL, Donald (Don)

Story: PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-70 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

 

NICHOLS, Bruce

Inbetweener: FAMOUS 50s

 

NICHOLS, Charles Augustus (“Nick”) (15 Sept 1910-24 Aug 1992)

Animator: DISNEY 31 Dec 37-44 (Pinocchio 40, Donald Duck 42-43 [Sky Trooper 42, Der Fuehrer's Face 43, The Old Army Game 43, Home Defense 43, Trombone Trouble 44], Alice in Wonderland 51, Goofy 51 [Home Made Home]); HANNA-BARBERA c66-68 (Herculoids 66-67, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67-69)

Director: DISNEY 44-9 Oct 62 (Pluto 44-51 [First Aiders 44, Dog Watch 45, Canine Casanova 45, The Legend of Coyote Rock 45, Canine Patrol 45, Pluto's Kid Brother 46, In Dutch 46, The Purloined Pup 46, Pluto's Housewarming 46, Rescue Dog 47, Pluto's Blue Note 47, Bone Bandit 48, Pluto's Purchase 48, Cat Nap Pluto 48, Pluto's Fledgling 48, Pueblo Pluto 49, Pluto's Surprise Package 49, Pluto's Sweater 49, Bubble Bee 49, Sheep Dog 49, Pluto's Heart Throb 50, Pluto and the Gopher 50, Wonder Dog 50, Primitive Pluto 50, Puss-Café 50, Pests of the West 50, Food for Feudin' 50, Camp Dog 50, Cold Storage 51, Plutopia 51, Cold Turkey 51, Pluto's Party 52], Figaro 46-47 [Bath Day 46, Figaro and Frankie 47], Melody – Adventures in Music 53, Donald Duck 54 [Grand Canyonscope], The Donald Duck March of Dimes 54, The Mickey Mouse March of Dimes 54, How to Have an Accident in the Home 56, How to Have an Accident at Work 59, This Is Your Life Donald Duck 60, The Saga of Windwagon Smith 61); HANNA-BARBERA c59-82 (Loopy de Loop 59-65, Top Cat 61-62, Lippy the Lion 62-63, Hey There It's Yogi Bear! 64, Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, The Hillbilly Bears 65-66, The Man Called Flintstone 66, The Secret Squirrel Show 67-68, The New Adventures of Huck Finn 68-69, Wacky Races 68-70, The Adventures of Gulliver 68-70, Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection 72, The Cattanooga Cats 69-70, Dastardly and Muttley and Their Flying Machines 69-71, Scooby Doo Where Are You 69-71, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71, The Harlem Globetrotters 70-73, The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan 72-74, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74, Charlotte's Web 73, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids 73-74, Speed Buggy 73-74, Yogi's Gang 73-75, Jeannie 73-75, Cyrano 74, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch 74-75, The Partridge Family: 2200 A.D. 74-75, Valley of the Dinosaurs 74-76, Devlin 74-76, Tom and Jerry 75-76, Clue Club 76-77, Dynomutt 76-77, Jabberjaw 76-78, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, Scooby's All-Stars 78-79); RUBY-SPEARS 78-79/81-84/86-87 (The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 79-80, Bunnicula the Vampire Rabbit 82, Saturday Supercade 83-85, Alvin and the Chipmunks 83-87, Bad Cat 84, Rose-Petal Place 84, The Cabbage Kids' First Christmas 84, It's Punky Brewster 85, A Chipmunk Reunion 85, Rambo 85-86); DISNEY TV c87-92 (New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 88-92, Goof Troop 92, Bonkers 93)

Co-Director: DISNEY c53 (Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom 53)

Supervising Director: RUBY-SPEARS c83-84 (Police Academy 84-85)

Sequence Director: MARVEL/SUNBOW c84-85 (G.I. Joe 85-86)

 

NICHOLS, Margaret I. [Flores?]

Layouts: UPA c70 (Uncle Sam Magoo 70); FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c70-80s (The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, Speed Buggy 73-74, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo 79-80, Scooby's All-Stars 78-79, The Smurfs 81-80s)

Sequence Director: MARVEL/SUNBOW c84-87 (G.I. Joe 85-87, Jem 86-88)

Director: MARVEL/SUNBOW c86 (G.I. Joe: The Movie 87)

 

NICHOLSON, Samuel (Sam)

Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. Early 40s [Friz FRELENG Unit]; FILM ROMAN c86-90 (A Garfield Christmas Special 87)

Director: JERRY FAIRBANKS c49-51 (Crusader Rabbit); TMS c85-86 (Galaxy High School 86-87); HANNA-BARBERA c89-91 (Potsworth & Co. 90, Yo! Yogi! 91-92)

Owner/Producer: SAM NICHOLSON c59-62 (King Leonardo and His Short Subjects 60-63, Calvin and the Colonel 61-62)

Sequence Director: FILM ROMAN (Garfield in Disguise)

 

NIELSEN, Kay Rasmus (1886-1957)

Designer/Layouts/Sketch Artist/Story: DISNEY 38-23 May 41/52-53 (Fantasia 40 [Night on Bald Mountain, Ave Maria], Sleeping Beauty 59)

NOTE: Born in Denmark

 

NIENDORFF, John S. (12 Aug 1906-22 Nov 1994)

Layouts: HARMAN-ISING 30s

Layouts/Story: DISNEY 40s (Make Mine Music 46, Song of the South 46)

 

NOACK, Fran

Animator: ULLMAN (Colonel Bleep 57)

 

NOBLE, Maurice J. (1 May 1910-18 May 2001)

Layouts/Backgrounds: DISNEY 31-10 Dec 41 (Silly Symphony 36-38 [Elmer Elephant 36, The Country Cousin 36, Woodland Café 37, The Old Mill 37, Wynken Blynken and Nod 38], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40)

Character Models: DISNEY c40-41 (Dumbo 41)

Inspirational Sketches: DISNEY c41 (Bambi 42)

Layouts: U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS MOTION PICTURE UNIT Dec 41-44; JOHN SUTHERLAND c44/Early 58-Mid 59 (The Cross Eyed Bull 44, Rhapsody of Steel 59, TV Commercials); WARNER BROS. 46/50-53/July 55-Early 58/Mid 59-61 (Bugs Bunny 52-54/56-59, Marc Anthony & Pussyfoot 53/54, Merrie Melodies 53/54/61, Pepe le Pew 53/54/60, Road Runner 53/54/57/58, Looney Tunes 53/54/57/60, Daffy Duck 53/54/56/58, Porky Pig 54, Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog 54/57/60 [Chuck JONES Unit])

Designer: JOHN SUTHERLAND c53 (It's Everybody's Business 54); WARNER BROS. 63 (Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog 63, The Incredible Mr. Limpet 64)

Co-Director/Layouts: WARNER BROS. 61-63/78 (Bugs Bunny 61/63/64, Merrie Melodies 61/63, Road Runner 61-64, Pepe le Pew 61/62, Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog 62, Looney Tunes 62/63 Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special 78); MGM 63-67 (Tom and Jerry 63-67, The Dot and the Line 65)

Graphic Consultant: MGM 65-66 (Tom and Jerry 65-67)

Production Designer: CHUCK JONES/MGM 66-69 (Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas 66, The Phantom Toll Booth 70); DE PATIE-FRELENG c79 (Dr. Seuss' Pontoffel Pock Where Are You? 80)

Assistant Director/Designer/Layouts: CHUCK JONES/MGM c67 (The Bear That Wasn't 67)

Owner/Designer/Director: MAURICE NOBLE PRODUCTIONS c70-88

Layouts/Backgrounds: BAKSHI c88 (Dr. Seuss' The Butter Battle Book 89); AMBLIMATION/WARNER BROS. 90 (Tiny Toon Adventures 90 [Son of Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½ Century])

Art Director: CHUCK JONES FILM PRODUCTIONS c93 (Chariots of Fur 94)

Color Consultant: CHUCK JONES FILM PRODUCTIONS c95-96 (From Hare to Eternity 96, Superior Duck 96, Pullet Surprise 97, Father of the Bird 97)

 

NODELL, Martin (Mart) (1915-9 Dec 2006)

Storyboards: [STUDIO?] (Commercials)

Animation: U.S. MILITARY c52

 

NOFZIGER, Edward (Ed) (14 June 1913-16 Oct 2000)

Story/Storyboards: UPA 48-59/61-64 (Mr. Magoo 49-59, 1001 Arabian Nights 59, The Dick Tracy Show 61-62, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo 64-65); HANNA-BARBERA c59-60 (Ruff ‘n' Reddy, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound); JACK KINNEY PRODUCTIONS c60 (Popeye 60); FORMAT FILMS c60-62 (The Alvin Show 61-62); FILMATION c69-72 (Archie's Funhouse 70-73)

Layouts: FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator: Sportsboards for Philadelphia Ball Clubs

NOTE: Newspaper Strip writer/artist; DISNEY Overseas Comic Book writer c78-88

 

NOLAN, Edward (Ed)

Animator: FLEISCHER -34-37- (Screen Song 34, Betty Boop 34-35, Popeye 36, Color Classic 37)

 

NOLAN, William C. (Bill) (10 June 1894-6 Dec 1956)

Animator: BARRÉ 12-16; JOHN TERRY 18-20; PAT SULLIVAN 23-25 (Felix 23-25); LANTZ 29 (Oswald the Rabbit 29-30); HARMAN-ISING/MGM c37 (The Captain and the Kids 38); FLEISCHER 38-41 (Gulliver's Travels 39, Popeye 40-41, Stone Age 40, Gabby 40-41)

Animator/Director: HEARST IFS 16-18 (Krazy Kat 16-17); JOHN SUTHERLAND c44-45 (Daffy Ditty 44-45)

Director: BRAY 20-21 (Happy Hooligan 20-21)

Animator/Producer: MINTZ 25-27 (Krazy Kat 25-27)

Animator/Director/Producer: FILM BOOKING OFFICES 27-28 (Newslaff 27-28)

Co-Director: LANTZ 29-35 (Pooch the Pup 32-33, Oswald the Rabbit 33-35)

NOTE: Technical Advisor at UNITED PICTURES INTERNATIONAL for Francis the Talking Mule film series 49-54

 

NOLLEY, Lance B. (30 Mar 1902-28 Jan 1991)

Layouts: DISNEY c38-41/44-57/62 (Fantasia 40, Goofy 45 [Tiger Trouble, African Diary, Californy ‘er Bust], Make Mine Music 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48 [Blame It on the Samba, Pecos Bill], The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51, Peter Pan 52, Lady and the Tramp 54, More About the Silly Symphonies 57, Three Tall Tales 63); HANNA-BARBERA c58-70 (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, Loopy de Loop 62-63, The Hillbilly Bears 65-66, The Man Called Flintstone 66, The Secret Squirrel Show 67-68, The New Adventures of Huck Finn 68-69, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA c78-80 (Dinky Dog 78-80)

 

NOONAN, Daniel (Dan) (9 Nov 1911-Aug 1982)

Inker/Cel Painter: TERRYTOONS 34

Inbetweener: DISNEY 35-36 (Mickey Mouse 35 [On Ice])

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 36-40 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Dumbo 41)

Animator: DISNEY 40-41/64 (Bambi 42); HANNA-BARBERA c58-59; SANRIO 78-80 (Winds of Change aka Metamorphoses 78)

Animator/Layouts: CAMBRIA c59- -64 (Clutch Cargo 59-60, Space Angel 62-63, The New Three Stooges 65-66)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c58-60/64/72-78 (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, Loopy de Loop 61/63/65 [Catch Meow 61, Kooky Loopy 61, Just a Wolf at Heart 63, A Wolf in Sheepdog's Clothing 63, Pork Chop Phooey 65], The Harlem Globetrotters 73, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids 73-74, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, Scooby's All-Stars 78-79, The New Fred and Barney Show 79)

Layouts/Storyboards: FILMATION c67-73 (Fantastic Voyage 68, The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, Treasure Island 72, The Brady Kids 72-74, Oliver Twist 73)

 

NORDBERG, Clifford (Cliff) (19 Apr 1917-Dec 1979)

Animator: DISNEY 38- -79 (Goofy 45/48 [Californy 'er Bust 45, The Big Wash 48], Make Mine Music 46, Song of the South 46, Melody Time 48, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51, Peter Pan 52, Lady and the Tramp 54, A Cowboy Needs a Horse 56, Our Friend the Atom 57, Adventures in Fantasy 57, An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom 58, Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61, The Hunting Instinct 61, Von Drake in Spain 62, The Sword in the Stone 63, A Square Peg in a Round Hole 63, Mary Poppins 64, Rag a Bone and A Box of Junk 64, A Ranger's Guide to Nature 66, Man on Wheels 67, Robin Hood 73, The Rescuers 77, Pete's Dragon 77, The Small One 78, The Fox and the Hound 81)

 

NORDIN, Jane (?-28 Nov 1997)

Animator: WARNER BROS. 57-59; FORMAT FILMS c59-60 (TV Commercials, The Alvin Show 61-62); LARRY HARMON c60 (Popeye 60); FILMATION -89

 

NORDLI, Ernest (Erni, Ernie) (15 June 1912-Apr 1968)

Layouts: DISNEY c38-40s/56-61 (Fantasia 40, Dumbo 41, Donald Duck 44-47 [The Plastics Inventor 44, The Clock Watcher 45, Donald's Crime 45, Cured Duck 45, Donald's Double Trouble 46, Wet Paint 46, Dumbbell of the Yukon 46, Sleepy Time Donald 47], More About the Silly Symphonies 57, Sleeping Beauty 59, Man Is His Own Worst Enemy 62); WARNER BROS. 54-56 (Bugs Bunny 54-55, A Hitch in Time 55, Porky Pig 56, Pepe le Pew 56, Road Runner 56, Merrie Melodies 56 [Chuck JONES Unit]); MGM c64 (Tom and Jerry 65); DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. 65 (Road Runner 65)

Backgrounds: DISNEY c45-46 (Donald Duck 46-47 [Dumbbell of the Yukon 46, Sleepy Time Donald 47])

Story: DISNEY c56-58 (Sleeping Beauty 59)

Layout Styling: DISNEY c59-60 (101 Dalmatians 61)

Layouts/Production Designer: DISNEY c60 (The Saga of Windwagon Smith 61)

Model Sheets: FORMAT FILMS c60-61 (The Alvin Show 61-62)

Production Designer: UPA 61 (Gay Purr-ee 62); EAGLE FILMS/DE TIEGE c63-64 (The Man from Button Willow 65)

Art Director: HANNA-BARBERA c63-64 (Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! 64)

Presentations: JOE ORIOLO/SEVEN ARTS PRODUCTIONS (Johnny Cypher 66)

 

NORLING, J. A.

Animator: BRAY 22-23 (Technical Romances 22-23)

 

NORMAN, Floyd Ernest (22 June 1935- )

Inbetweener: DISNEY 56-63 (Our Friend the Atom 57 [Inbetweens for Cliff NORDBERG], Donald Duck [Inbetweens for Volus JONES, Bob CARLSON, Al COE, Jack PARR, Jerry HATHCOCK])

Assistant Animator: DISNEY c56-63/71-72 (The Plausible Impossible 56, Sleeping Beauty 59 [Three Fairies, Assistant to Fred HELLMICH], 101 Dalmatians 61, The Sword in the Stone 63, Mary Poppins 64, Robin Hood 73 [Assistant to Dale BAER]); PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-71 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

Animator: DISNEY c60 (The Saga of Windwagon Smith 61)

Story/Storyboards/Continuity: DISNEY 63-66/94-97/99-03 (The Jungle Book 67 [Kaa]), The Hunchback of Notre Dame 96, Mulan 97, Dinosaur 00, The Tigger Movie 00, Home on the Range 04); HANNA-BARBERA c78- -83/93/00 (The New Fred and Barney Show 79, Godzilla 79-81, The Smurfs 81-83, A Flintstones Christmas Carol 94, Cow and Chicken 97-01 [for CARTOON NETWORK]); RUBY-SPEARS; THE SPUNBUGGY WORKS; FILMFAIR; KURTZ & FRIENDS; QUARTET FILMS; MELENDEZ; DIC c85-87 (The Real Ghostbusters 86-88, Beverly Hills Teens 87-88); FILM ROMAN c87-88 (Garfield and Friends 88-89)

Co-Owner [with Leo SULLIVAN]/Animator/Director/Producer/Story: VIGNETTE FILMS c66-70 (Educational Films [Paul Laurence Dunbar, Booker T. Washington, Dr. George Washington, Carver, W. C. Handy], TV Commercials)

Owner/Animator/Director/Producer/Story: FLOYD NORMAN PRODUCTIONS c70- -78 (Educational Films and TV Commercials, Sesame Street animated segments, Villa Alegre animated segments)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c77-78 (Scooby's All-Stars 78-79)

Character Designer: HANNA-BARBERA c78-79 (The New Fred and Barney Show 79)

Key Layouts/Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA c80-81 (The Kwicky Koala Show 81-82)

Animator/Story: TOM CARTER PRODUCTIONS 81-83 (Kissyfur, Huck's Landing [unreleased])

Sequence layouts/Storyboards/Story Development: DISNEY/PIXAR 97-00 (Toy Story 2 99, Monsters Inc. 01)

NOTE: Staff Writer at DISNEY Comic Strip Department Dec 83-94 (Mickey Mouse); Writer/Story Editor: DISNEY Newspaper strips for KING FEATURES SYNDICATE 90-97 (Mickey Mouse, Disney Holiday Story)

 

NORMAN, Lovell B. (12 Nov 1912-5 Aug 2000)

Assistant Animator: MINTZ/COLUMBIA 35; MGM 46-54

Animator: MGM c40 (Tom and Jerry 40 [Puss Gets the Boot])

NOTE: Cameraman at MGM 54-67

 

NORMAN, Philip (Phil)

Color Styling: UPA c62 (Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 62)

Director: MURAKAMI-WOLF c65 (What's Up Tiger Lily? 66)

 

NORTH, Robert (Bob)

Story: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. -41-; DISNEY c46-47 (Goofy 47 [Foul Huntin'], Donald Duck 47 [Chip an' Dale])

Assistant Director: DISNEY c44-46 (Pluto 45-47, Figaro 46 [Assistant to Charles NICHOLS])

 

NORTON, Thomas (Tom)

Animator: BARRÉ 12-16; HEARST 16-18; JOHN TERRY 18- ; SULLIVAN 23-25; FLEISCHER (Gulliver's Travels 39, Popeye)

Director/Producer: LANTZ 29-35

Producer: KRAZY KAT? 25-c27

 

NOVROS, Lester (Les) (27 Jan 1909-10 Sept 2000)

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 36-38 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37 [Assistant to Grim NATWICK])

Animator: DISNEY c38-40 (Mickey Mouse 39 [The Pointer], Fantasia 40 [Night on Bald Mountain])

Co-Owner/Executive Director of Production/President [with George CASEY]: GRAPHIC FILMS CORP. 40-70s (Animated inserts for Navy Training Films c42-45, Motion pictures for World Fairs and Exhibits)

NOTE: Taught film technique at University of California c42-84. Co-founded SHOWSPHERE CORPORATION c70, producing films and documentaries for museums, 70 mm, IMAX/OMNIMAX theatres. Universe (76) documentary was nominated for an Academy Award.

 

NOYES, Eliot, Jr. (Eli) (18 Oct 1942- )

Owner/Animator/Director/Producer/Story: NOYES 64/66-77- (Clay or Origin of the Species 64, Short films for children, Gertrude Stein: When This You See Remember Me 70, 41 Baks 72, Sandman 73, Sand Alphabet 70s, Mad Painter 70s, Sesame Street animated segments 70s, The Fable of He and She 75, Fitcher's Feathered Bird 76, Glove Story 77, The Dot 77)

Animator/Director/Story: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA 65-66 (Don't Wait for Spring! TV spot 65, Alphabet 66)

Co-Owner/Animator/Director/Producer/Story: NOYES & LAYBOURNE [with Kit LAYBOURNE] 82-91 (TV Commercials, Eureeka's Castle animated segments 89-91)

Director: COLOSSAL PICTURES EAST 91- (TV Commercials)

Director of Creative Development for Interactive Projects: PIXAR 97-98

Creative Director: STORYTIME PICTURES 02-03

Co-Owner/President [with Ralph GUGGENHEIM, Tim BOXELL, Alan BUDE]: ALLIGATOR PLANET 03+

NOTE: Founded CYCLOPS FILMS INC. with Claudia NOYES 69, producing documentaries

 

NUNES, William J. (Bill) (4 Jan 1925-27 Jan 2004)

Animator: DISNEY 55-58; LARRY HARMON c59-60; SNOWBALL c60-62 (Beany and Cecil 61-63); HANNA-BARBERA c68/74-75/80/86-92 (Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 69 [Mine Your Own Business, Decoy for a Dognapper, What a Night for a Knight, A Clue for Scooby-Doo, Hassle in the Castle], Hong Kong Phooey 74-76, The Smurfs 81-82, Potsworth & Co. 90, Jetsons: The Movie 90, Once Upon a Forest 93); FILMATION c69-74/76-80/81-86 (Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70 [Computer Suitor], Archie's Funhouse 70-73, Lassie's Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, Journey Back to Oz 74, The Space Sentinels 77, The Fat Albert Christmas Special 77, Flash Gordon 79-80, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80, The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry 80-82, Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All 82, Mighty Mouse in The Great Space Chase 82, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 83-85, She-Ra: Princess of Power 85-86, Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 87); DE PATIE-FRELENG c75-76 (The Oddball Couple 75-77)

Assistant Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c65/68-70 (The Man Called Flintstone 66, Scooby Doo Where Are You! 69-71); FRED CALVERT c92 (The Princess and the Cobbler 93)

Animator/Director: FILMATION c82-85 (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 83-84, She-Ra Princess of Power 85)

Director: FILMATION c86-87 (BraveStarr 87-88 [BraveStarr and the Treaty, Balance of power, Thirty Thirty Goes Camping, Brother's Keeper])

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