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Bob Kuwahara

Known for

Visual Effects

Born

August 12, 1901

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

Died

December 10, 1964 (aged 63)

Biography

From Wikipedia: Japanese-born American animator best known for his work with Walt Disney and Terrytoons between the 1930s and 1960s. Kuwahara was born in Tokyo on August 12, 1901, and his family moved to the United States in 1910, where he graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic High School in 1921. After high school he attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles until 1928. In 1929 Kuwahara moved to New York City to work as a commercial artist, but the stock market crash later that year forced him to return to Los Angeles. In 1932 Kuwahara began working as an animator and writer for Walt Disney, where he had a hand in shorts like Thru the Mirror and the Academy Award-nominated Who Kill...

Best known work

Thru the Mirror
Thru the Mirror
1936
Three Little Wolves
Three Little Wolves
1936
Toby Tortoise Returns
Toby Tortoise Returns
1936
Mickey's Steam Roller
Mickey's Steam Roller
1934
Lullaby Land
Lullaby Land
1933
Father Noah's Ark
Father Noah's Ark
1933
More Kittens
More Kittens
1936
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1934
Jitterbug Follies
Jitterbug Follies
1939
Big Chief No Treaty
Big Chief No Treaty
1962

Filmography

  1. 1971

    Oscar's Birthday Present

    Director

  2. 1970

  3. 1966

  4. 1966

  5. 1965

  6. 1964

  7. 1964

  8. 1963

    Spooky-Yaki

    Director

  9. 1963

  10. 1963

  11. 1963

  12. 1963

    Pearl Crazy

    Director

  13. 1963

  14. 1963

  15. 1962

  16. 1962

  17. 1962

  18. 1962

  19. 1962

  20. 1961

  21. 1959

    Hashimoto-San

    Writer, Director

  22. 1959

  23. 1958

  24. 1958

  25. 1957

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