Bill Littlejohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bill Littlejohn

Animator, union organizer

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 17-Sep-2010

Profession: engineer, animator, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Bill Littlejohn

  • William Charles "Bill" Littlejohn (January 27, 1914 – September 17, 2010) was an American animator and union organizer.
  • Littlejohn worked on animated shorts and features in the 1930s through to the 1990s.
  • His notable works include the Tom and Jerry shorts, Peanuts television specials, the Oscar-winning short, The Hole (1962), and the Oscar-nominated A Doonesbury Special (1977).
  • He was inducted into the Cartoon Hall of Fame and received the Winsor McCay Award and garnered lifetime achievement awards from the Annie Awards and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
  • Director Michael Sporn has called Littlejohn "an animation 'God'."Littlejohn co-founded and served as the first president of the Screen Cartoonists Guild Local #852 in 1938.
  • He led the effort to gain recognition for the union at the major Hollywood animation studios.
  • When Walt Disney refused to negotiate with the union and fired 16 pro-union artists, Littlejohn led the union in the 1941 Disney animators strike.
  • The strike lasted nine weeks and resulted in Disney's recognition of the union, substantial salary increases, a 40-hour work week and screen credits.
  • The Disney strike has been recognized as a watershed moment in the movement to unionize the animation industry. Littlejohn was an active advocate for the art of animation, becoming a co-founder of ASIFA-Hollywood in 1957 and of the International Tournée of Animation in the mid-1960s.
  • He also served on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors representing short films and animation from 1988 to 2001.

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