Bud Luckey

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William "Bud" Luckey (born July 28, 1934 in Billings , Montana , † February 24, 2018 in Newtown , Connecticut ) was an American animator and illustrator.

Life

Luckey took as a soldier of the US Air Force at the Korean War in part and worked as a graphic designer and illustrator, among other things for until 1957 NATO operates. After serving in the army, he studied animation at the Chouinard Art Institute from 1957 to 1960 . One of his teachers was Art Babbitt , for whom he worked as an assistant after finishing his studies. From 1961 to 1969 Luckey was employed as an animator for an advertising agency, for which he created numerous commercials. He was also involved as an animator in campaign ads for presidential candidates John F. Kennedy , Robert F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey . In 1969, Luckey founded his own animation studio, The Luckey-Zamora Picture Moving Company. In the following years he worked with Don Hadley on numerous short animation films for Sesame Street . In the late 1980s, Luckey's animation studio merged with Colossal Pictures.

In 1992 he came to Pixar , where he worked as an animator in films such as Toy Story and Toy Story 2 , for which he designed the character Woody. In 2003, Luckey directed for the first time: For Boundin '- A Sheep is of the Wool , he received an Oscar nomination in 2004 for the best animated short film category . In addition to his work as an animator, he voiced numerous Pixar characters, including Rick Dicker in The Incredibles and the clown Chuckles in Toy Story 3 . He was also active as a book illustrator. Luckey retired in 2008 and only worked occasionally as a voice actor for Pixar and Disney.

Luckey's son Andy Luckey (* 1965) also works as an animator.

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Luckey, Bud . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's Who in Animated Cartoons . Applause Theater & Cinema Books, New York 2006, ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7 , pp. 216-217.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rhett Bartlett: Bud Luckey, Oscar-Nominated Animator Who Designed Woody for 'Toy Story,' Dies at 83 . The Hollywood Reporter , February 25, 2018, accessed February 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Bud Luckey . montanakids.com, 2007, accessed February 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Q&A with Hollywood animator Bud Luckey . CBBC , August 23, 2004, accessed February 26, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Luckey, Bud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luckey, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American animator and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Billings
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2018
Place of death Newtown