Fred Quimby

Fred Quimby

Frederick C. "Fred" Quimby (born July 31, 1886 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , † September 16, 1965 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American producer of animated films . In his career, Tom and Jerry won a total of seven Oscar awards in the Best Short Subject, Cartoons category.

Life

Fred Quimby began his career as a journalist. In 1907 he ran a movie theater in Missoula, Montana. He later worked at Pathé and rose to one of the directors there, but left the company in 1921 to become an independent producer. In 1924 he started working for Fox ; from 1927 he worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . In 1937 he headed the animation film department.

In 1938 he began producing cartoons with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera , which were about a cat and a mouse. From these the films with Tom and Jerry developed , with which he won several Academy Awards. He also hired Tex Avery in 1942 , who produced some of his best-known cartoons for Quimby.

In 1955 Quimby retired. Hanna and Barbera took over the production of the Tom and Jerry films until the MGM animation division closed in 1957. Fred Quimby died in Santa Monica, California in 1965.

Oscar awards

• Best Animated Short Film 1943: Tom plays Fireworks (The Yankee Doodle Mouse) as a producer
• Best animated short film 1944: Tom educates himself (Mouse Trouble) as a producer
• Best animated short film 1945: Tom the night watchman (Quiet Please!) As producer
• Best animated short film 1946: Tom gives a concert (The Cat Concerto) as a producer
• Best animated short film 1948: Tom and I and Nibbelchen (The Little Orphan) as producers
• Best Animated Short Film 1951: Dear Tom Loses His Head (The Two Mouseketeers) as a producer
• Best animated short film 1952: Cat and Mouse in waltz rhythm (Johann Mouse) as producer

Web links

• Fred Quimby in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Fred Quimby in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Magic Behind The Cartoon ( Memento from April 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )