Myron Waldman (April 23, 1908 – February 4, 2006) was an American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studios.
Early life
Waldman was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 23, 1908. He was a graduate of the Pratt Institute, where he majored in Art.
Career
Waldman started his first work in 1930 at Fleischer Studio. At Fleischer he worked on Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann, Gulliver's Travels, the animated adaptations of Superman, and Popeye. He was head animator on two Academy Award-nominated shorts, Educated Fish (1937) and Hunky and Spunky (1939).
Waldman made the transition when Fleischer Studios was acquired by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942. At Famous he worked mostly on the Casper the Friendly Ghost series.
Waldman served three years in the U.S. Army (1939-1942).
In 1943, Waldman partnered with writer Steve Carlin to produce the Happy the Humbug comic strip.
In 1943, his wordless novel, Eve: A Pictorial Love Story was a critical success.
In 1957,
Personal life
Waldman met his wife, Rosalie, when she was an animation checker at the Fleischer Studio in the early 1940s, and had two sons, Robert and Steve. Waldman died of congestive heart failure on February 4, 2006, at the age of 97 at a hospital in Bethpage, New York.
- Eve: A Pictorial Love Story. Commemorative Edition published by Toon Art Inc. 1997.
- Eve. The Comics Journal #299 (August 2009)
Filmography (As self)
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- 1995: Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons A&E Biography
- 2008: Directing the Sailor: The Art of Myron Waldman (7:21)
References
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