Dick Huemer

Dick Huemer

  • Birthday: 1898-01-02
  • Deathday: 1979-11-30
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Dick Heumer

Biography

While as an artist-illustrator living in The Bronx, New York, Huemer first began his career in animation at the Raoul Barré cartoon studio in 1916. He joined the Fleischer Studio in 1923 where he developed the Koko the Clown character. Later he moved to Hollywood and worked as an animator and director for the Charles Mintz studio. He subsequently moved to the Disney Studio, where he remained for the duration of his career, except for a 3-year hiatus from 1948-51 when he pioneered animated TV commercials and created the The Adventures of Buck O'Rue comic strip.[1] Some of Huemer's most creative work was done in partnership with Joe Grant; examples include Fantasia (story director), Dumbo (screenplay), and several propaganda films to advance the U.S. war effort during World War II. Atypically, Huemer and Grant submitted Dumbo to Walt Disney not as a completed storyboard, but as a series of storyboard "chapters," each ending in a cliffhanger. This was intended to pique Disney's enthusiasm for the project, and it worked. Dick was at the Disney organization from April 16, 1933 to February 28, 1973.

Filmography

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

2010

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Goofy and Wilbur

1939

As Director

The Whalers

1938

As Director

Camping Out

1932

As Director

The Little Pest

1931

As Director

Showing Off

1931

As Director

Sunday Clothes

1931

As Director

Minding The Baby

1931

As Director

The Milkman

1931

As Director

Toby the Showman

1930

As Director

Hallowe'en

1931

As Director

Yelp Wanted

1931

As Director

The Flop House

1932

As Director

The Black Sheep

1932

As Director

The World's Affair

1933

As Director

The Match Kid

1933

As Director

Beer Parade

1933

As Director

Battle of the Barn

1932

As Director

The Bad Genius

1932

As Director

Sandman Tales

1933

As Director

Technoracket

1933

As Director

Everybody Loves Goofy

2003

As Director

Moth and the Flame

1938

As Assistant Director

Circus Time

1931

As Director

The Dog Snatcher

1931

As Director

The Pet Shop

1932

As Director

Christmas Seals Ad

1925

As Director

Scrappy's Party

1933

As Director

The Wolf at the Door

1932

As Director

The Museum

1930

As Director

Movie Struck

1933

As Director

The Treasure Runt

1932

As Director

Sassy Cats

1933

As Director

The Great Bird Mystery

1932

As Director

Fare Play

1932

As Director

Railroad Wretch

1932

As Director

Hollywood Babies

1933

As Director

Scrappy's Auto Show

1933

As Director

False Alarm

1933

As Director

Down South

1931

As Director

The Wise Little Hen

1934

As Animation

The Night Before Christmas

1933

As Animation

The Goddess of Spring

1934

As Animation

Broken Toys

1935

As Animation

The China Shop

1934

As Animation

Don Donald

1937

As Animation

Mickey's Garden

1935

As Animation

Lullaby Land

1933

As Animation

The Pied Piper

1933

As Animation

Puppy Love

1933

As Animation

The Band Concert

1935

As Animation

Mickey's Rival

1936

As Animation

Mickey's Elephant

1936

As Animation

Mickey's Polo Team

1936

As Animation

Alpine Climbers

1936

As Animation

The Tortoise and the Hare

1935

As Animation

Peculiar Penguins

1934

As Animation

Toby Tortoise Returns

1936

As Animation

Wynken, Blynken & Nod

1938

As Animation

Water Babies

1935

As Animation

Music Land

1935

As Animation

Little Hiawatha

1937

As Animation

Lonesome Ghosts

1937

As Animation

A Feather in His Collar

1946

As Animation

The Glow Worm

1930

As Animation Director

Fantasia

1940

As Story

Make Mine Music

1946

As Story

Dumbo

1941

As Screenplay

Der Fuehrer's Face

1943

As Writer

Alice in Wonderland

1951

As Story

Reason and Emotion

1943

As Writer

The New Spirit

1942

As Story

Melody

1953

As Story

The Little Pest

1931

As Story

Peter and the Wolf

1946

As Writer

Pedro

1943

As Writer

Circus Time

1931

As Writer

The Pet Shop

1932

As Writer

The Dog Snatcher

1931

As Writer

Saludos Amigos

1942

As Writer

Chicken Little

1943

As Story

Lady and the Tramp

1955

As Writer

The Museum

1930

As Writer

The Flop House

1932

As Writer

Music Land

1955

As Writer

Minding The Baby

1931

As Story

The Treasure Runt

1932

As Story

Sassy Cats

1933

As Story

Fare Play

1932

As Story

Railroad Wretch

1932

As Story

Hollywood Babies

1933

As Story

Scrappy's Auto Show

1933

As Story

Tricks of Our Trade

1957

As Writer

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