Hugh Harman
Hugh Harman | |
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Harman, c. 1923 | |
| Born | August 31, 1903 Pagosa Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 1982 (aged 79) Chatsworth, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1922–1963 |
| Employer(s) | Laugh-O-Gram Cartoons (1922) Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio/Walt Disney Studio (1923–1928) Winkler Pictures (1928–1929) Harman-Ising (1929–1950s) MGM (1938–1941) Hugh Harman Productions (1941–1960s) Walter Lantz Productions (1954) |
| Known for | Harman-Ising Productions |
| Children | 1 |
| Family | Fred Harman (brother) Walker Harman (brother) |
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Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) was an American animator, film producer, and film director. A veteran of the early Walt Disney studio and a key figure in the Golden Age of American animation, Harman and his longtime collaborator Rudolf Ising founded Harman-Ising Pictures in 1929, through which they created the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series and set the foundation for what would later become the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.
Moving the distribution of their cartoons to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, Harman and Ising started the Happy Harmonies series, which led to the creation of the MGM cartoon studio, where Harman and Ising would both work as producer/directors.