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Burton F. Gillett (
October 15,
1891 -
December 28,
1971) was a
director of
animated films. He is noted for his
Silly Symphonies work for
Disney, particurarly the
1933 short film
Three Little Pigs.
He was born in
Elmira,
New York,
USA. His animation career probably started around
1916 when he was employed by the
International Film Service, an early
animation studio under the ownership of
William Randolph Hearst and the supervision of
Gregory La Cava. The studio had been formed in
1915 and first employed experienced
animators
Frank Moser and
William Nolan. Within a year the veterans had been joined by several new recruits. Gillett was probably recruited along with notable co-workers
John Foster,
Jack King,
Isadore Klein,
Walter Lantz,
Grim Natwick,
Ben Sharpsteen and
Vernon Stallings.
Because of the success of Three Little Pigs, Gillett was recruited to run the
Van Beuren Studios in
1934. While working at the Van Beuren Studios, Gillett directed the Technicolor
Rainbow Parade animated shorts featuring
Molly Moo-Cow,
Toonerville Folks and several color
Felix the Cat cartoons. When that studio closed in
1936, Gillett returned to Disney. He moved to
Walter Lantz Productions in
1938. Gillett left the animation business in
1940.
According to fellow animator
Shamus Culhane, Gillett was mentally unstable. In his autobiography, Culhane speculates that Gillett suffered from
bipolar disorder and notes that he swung from excessive enthusiasm to violent rages to paranoia (once attacking Culhane himself with a
spindle when they worked together at Van Beuren's studio), and that he was eventually institutionalized for many years.
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