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Jack Hannah

Jack Hannah

Director · Born 1913-01-05 · Tucson, Arizona, USA

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Biography

Jack Hannah (January 5, 1913 - June 11, 1994) was an animator, writer and director of animated shorts.He began his career at the Walt Disney Studios as an animator in the short Modern Inventions (released on May 29, 1937). After thirteen films in that capacity, he was assigned to the story department writing cartoon short continuities, beginning withDonald's Nephews (released on April 15, 1938). He received writing credit on 21 Disney cartoon shorts.In 1942 he collaborated with Carl Barks on the first two comic books Barks worked on, Pluto Saves the Ship and Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold. Hannah in subsequent years did a handful of other Donald Duck comic book stories but unlike Barks he stayed at the studio and eventually was given a chance to be a director. The short Donald's Off Day (released on December 8, 1944) was the first of 94 films he would direct. These include most of the shorts featuring Donald Duck in the post-war era along with all starring Chip 'n Dale and Humphrey the Bear; he also directed some shorts starring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Pluto and some minor Walt Disney characters. After Disney stopped producing animated shorts Hannah did 14 episodes of the Walt Disney a…

Directed

  1. Mickey's House of Villains (2002) — Director
  2. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) — Director
  3. Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) — Director
  4. Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952) — Director
  5. Trick or Treat (1952) — Director
  6. Chip an' Dale (1947) — Director
  7. Disney's House of Mouse (2001) — Director
  8. All in a Nutshell (1949) — Director
  9. Winter Storage (1949) — Director
  10. Bearly Asleep (1955) — Director
  11. Corn Chips (1951) — Director
  12. Don's Fountain of Youth (1953) — Director
  13. A Knight for a Day (1946) — Director
  14. Double Dribble (1946) — Director
  15. Toy Tinkers (1949) — Director
  16. Trailer Horn (1950) — Director
  17. Beezy Bear (1955) — Director
  18. The New Neighbor (1953) — Director
  19. Out of Scale (1951) — Director
  20. Dragon Around (1954) — Director
  21. Clown of the Jungle (1947) — Director
  22. Let's Stick Together (1952) — Director
  23. Inferior Decorator (1948) — Director
  24. Tea for Two Hundred (1948) — Director
  25. Out on a Limb (1950) — Director
  26. Crazy Over Daisy (1950) — Director
  27. Donald Applecore (1952) — Director
  28. Rugged Bear (1953) — Director
  29. The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Director
  30. Two Chips and a Miss (1952) — Director
  31. Bootle Beetle (1947) — Director
  32. Bee at the Beach (1950) — Director
  33. Working for Peanuts (1953) — Director
  34. No Sail (1945) — Director
  35. Three for Breakfast (1948) — Director
  36. Hooked Bear (1956) — Director
  37. Donald's Happy Birthday (1949) — Director
  38. Lighthouse Keeping (1946) — Director
  39. Honey Harvester (1949) — Director
  40. No Hunting (1955) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Pixar Story (2007) — Lamp Shop Owner (voice) (archive footage)
  2. No Hunting (1955) — Moose (voice) (uncredited)
  3. Lady and the Lamp (1979) — Lamp Shop Owner (voice)