Clyde Geronimi

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Clyde Gerry Geronimi June 12 1901 April 24 1989 was an ItalianAmerican animation director He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions Geronimi was born in Chiavenna Italy immigrating to the United States as a young child Geronimis earliest work in the animation field was for the JR Bray Studios where he worked with Walter Lantz Geronimi left Bray in 1931 to join Walt Disney Productions where he remained until 1959 Geronimi started off in the shorts department as an animator eventually becoming a director His 1941 short Lend a Paw won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Geronimi moved into directing featurelength animated films after end of World War II He was one of the directors on Cinderella Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Lady and the Tramp Sleeping Beauty and One Hundred and One Dalmatians After Geronimi left Disney in 1959 he worked in television for a number of years mostly at UPA including directing many episodes of the 1967 animated SpiderMan series He retired from animation sometime in the late 1960s and provided illustrations for childrens books written by Joan Pizzo Geronimi received the 1978 Winsor McCay Award from the International Animated Film Society ASIFAHollywood for his lifetime of contributions to the animation field The award was presented by his long time friend and colleague Walter Lantz Geronimi died on April 24 1989 at his home in Newport Beach California He was 87 Description above from the Wikipedia article Clyde Geronimi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia