- Jack Zander
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name = Jack Zander
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birth_date =May 3 ,1908
birth_place =Kalamazoo, Michigan ,United States
death_date =December 17 ,2007 (age 99)
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occupation = AnimatorJack Zander (
May 3 ,1908 –December 17 ,2007 ) [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/arts/20zander.html?ref=obituaries Fox, Margalit. "Jack Zander, Animator of Early TV Commercials, Dies at 99"] "The New York Times", December 20, 2007] ] was an American animator whose career lasted from the "golden age" of theatrical animation into the 1980s.Biography
Jack Zander was born in
Kalamazoo, Michigan . Among the cartoons he helped animate were "Puss Gets the Boot " (1940), "The Night Before Christmas " (1941), "Fine Feathered Friend " (1942), and "Sufferin' Cats! " (1943).In 1970, he formed Zander's Animation Parlour in
New York City where he made commercials until his retirement. In 1984, he created "Tippi Turtle", an obnoxious character who enjoyed playing practical jokes, forSaturday Night Live . Zander died in 2007, 99 years old.Awards
Zander was nominated for an Outstanding Animated Program Emmy in 1981 for "Gnomes", and in 1984 he won the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists' Golden Award.
Footnotes
References
* [http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3344&page=1 July 2007 interview with "Animation World"]
External links
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