Faith Hubley

Faith Hubley , maiden name Faith Elliott (born September 16, 1924 in Manhattan , New York City , New York , † December 7, 2001 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American director , producer and screenwriter of animated films , not just two Times the Oscar for the best animated short film , but also won numerous other film awards .

Life

The daughter of one of Russia coming Jewish dentist left the high school without a degree and began her career in the film industry in Hollywood as a messenger at Columbia Pictures , where, however, they soon sound engineer was. During this time she met her future husband, John Hubley , an animation artist with The Walt Disney Company and later Oscar winner. After their marriage in 1955, John Hubley was fired because of his union-friendly activities, which led to her founding her own independent film production company , Storyboard Studios , and producing animated short films in which their four children Mark , Emily , Georgia and Ray Hubley roles took over.

For the film Moonbird (1959) produced by her , John Hubley received the Oscar for best animated short film in 1960 . In 1961, the two were nominated at the Cannes International Film Festival for the Palme d'Or for the best short film for Children of the Sun (1960). At the Academy Awards in 1963 , she and her husband won their first official Oscar for best animated short film, for The Hole (1962).

For A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966) about the trumpeter Herb Alpert , she and her husband won their second Oscar for the best animated short film at the 1967 Academy Awards . This was followed by nominations in this category at the Academy Awards in 1969 for Windy Day (1968), 1970 for Of Men and Demons (1969) and 1975 for Voyage to Next (1974) together with her husband . Many of the films she and her husband made were shaped by a love of jazz , which led to Dizzy Gillespie lending his voice and making musical contributions in numerous films . In addition, Faith and John Hubley contributed animation scenes to popular children's programs such as Sesame Street (1969) and The Electric Company (1971).

In 1975 she also won the Winsor McCay Award at the Annie Awards and was again nominated for the Palme d'Or for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival with WOW Women of the World .

For A Doonesbury Special (1977), she and her husband and Garry Trudeau not only received her final nomination for the Oscar for best animated short film at the 1978 Academy Awards , but also won the jury award for best short film at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, Her husband John only received this award posthumously , as he died in 1977.

For Sky Dance (1980) and Yes We Can (1989) she was again nominated for the Palme d'Or for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival and received a special mention for Yes We Can . At the Sundance Film Festival she was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for The Cosmic Eye (1986).

In 1997 she received the special prize for animation at the Gotham Awards and subsequently won the Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2000 . Other awards included the Web of Life Award at the High Falls Film Festival 2001 and a special mention at the National Society of Film Critics Awards 2002.

In addition to her filmmaking activities, she was a lecturer at Yale University for over 30 years . Faith Hubley died of breast cancer , which she was diagnosed with in the late 1970s .

Web links

• Faith Hubley in the Internet Movie Database (English)