About John W. Dunn
Lived 1919 – 1983 (aged 63). John W. Dunn was a British and American story artist, inbetweener, screenwriter and film director.
John W. Dunn (25 February 1919 – 17 January 1983) was a Scottish screenwriter and animator for animated cartoons, active from 1951 to 1983.
Biography Born on February 25, 1919, he graduated from Oroville High School, did comics during WWII in The Army Times, and studied at the California College of the Arts and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio in 1951 as a inbetweener, where his first animation credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination. He also went to Hanna-Barbera with Freleng to do storyboards for Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!. Many of his DePatie–Freleng cartoons re-use plots from Warner Brothers cartoons. He was a prolific story man over the next 19 years and also did some animation work for the 1967 Spider-Man series.
Dunn died in San Fernando, California of heart failure on 17 January 1983.
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Who was John W. Dunn?
Scottish artist (1920-1983)
When was John W. Dunn born?
John W. Dunn was born on 25 February 1919 in Coatbridge.
When did John W. Dunn die?
John W. Dunn died on 17 January 1983 in San Fernando.
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John W. Dunn was a story artist, inbetweener, screenwriter and film director.
What nationality was John W. Dunn?
John W. Dunn was British and American.
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· DBpedia: John Dunn (animator)
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