Dick Lundy | |
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Born | Richard James Lundy August 14, 1907 |
Died | April 7, 1990 San Diego, California, U.S. | (aged 82)
Occupation(s) | Animator, film director |
Employer(s) | The Walt Disney Company (1928–1943) Walter Lantz Productions (1943–1949) MGM (1949–1957) Hanna-Barbera (1957–1973) |
Known for | Creation of Donald Duck |
Richard James Lundy (August 14, 1907 – April 7, 1990) was an American animator and film director who worked at several animation studios including The Walt Disney Company, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera. Lundy was a pioneer of personality animation and is best remembered as one of the creators of Donald Duck.[1] Throughout his career he worked as a primary animator on at least 60 films, both short and feature-length, and directed 51 shorts.