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Abe Levitow

Abe Levitow

Visual Effects · Born 1922-07-02 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

Abraham Levitow (July 2, 1922 – May 8, 1975) was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and MGM Animation/Visual Arts. He is best known for his work under Chuck Jones' direction. Levitow began working as an in-betweener and assistant animator at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1940 at the age of 17. He briefly left Warner Bros. when he was drafted during World War II working on training films. Levitow returned to the studio, working as an assistant animator for Ken Harris under the Chuck Jones unit, and he was later promoted to animator in 1950 and would receive his first animations credit in 1953 for the cartoon Wild Over You. He worked steadily for Jones over the remainder of the 1950s, and directed several cartoons for release in 1959, including the Pepé Le Pew cartoon "Really Scent". While working under Jones, he made characters' joints more angular than most other animators. Those characters with fur (Wile E. Coyote, for example) looked especially shaggy in Levitow's scenes. Levitow joined UPA in 1958 to work on the Mr. Magoo feature 1001 Arabian Nights, staying behind even after the studio was sold to Henry G. Saperstein. In 1962, he directed the first featu…

Directed

  1. The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) — Director
  2. Gay Purr-ee (1962) — Director
  3. Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) — Director
  4. Baton Bunny (1959) — Director
  5. Catty-Cornered (1966) — Director
  6. A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959) — Director
  7. O-Solar-Meow (1967) — Director
  8. The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967) — Director
  9. Jerry-Go-Round (1966) — Director
  10. Rock 'n' Rodent (1967) — Director
  11. Guided Mouse-Ille (1967) — Director
  12. Puss 'n' Boats (1966) — Director
  13. Surf-Bored Cat (1967) — Director
  14. The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966) — Director
  15. Really Scent (1959) — Director
  16. Filet Meow (1966) — Director
  17. The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964) — Director
  18. Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991) — Director
  19. Martian Through Georgia (1962) — Director
  20. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One (2011) — Director
  21. The Dick Tracy Show (1961) — Director
  22. The Mr. Magoo Show (1960) — Director
  23. Unnatural History (1959) — Director
  24. B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (1973) — Director
  25. Uncle Sam Magoo (1970) — Director
  26. Inside Magoo (1960) — Director
  27. Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959) — Director
  28. The Wizard of Id (1971) — Director
  29. Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery (1964) — Director
  30. B.C. - The Shadow (1971) — Director