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... Studio, which pioneered the flat, graphic style of midcentury animation with cartoons such as GeraldMcBoingBoing (1950). By the 1950s the Hollywood Hills were dotted with modernist residences by architects such as Pierre Koenig, John Lautner and Richard Neutra. Constructed largely of glass and steel, these light-filled homes — many commissioned by Art & Architecture's...
... Schulz to animate the Peanuts narrative. Melendez's credits don't end there: He won an Oscar for GeraldMcBoing-Boing, brought Babar, Garfield and Cathy to television, and even delved into C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. But Snoopy and his Peanuts work will live on much longer than all of them. Unlike their talented creator, they are immortal.
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
... Pig, and Daffy Duck, and he worked at UPA, where he toiled on the Oscar-winning cartoon short "GeraldMcBoing-Boing." He made more than 1,000 commercials, including a 1959 Ford ad that featured kids. Six years later, he gave Charlie Brown & Co. their first primetime TV special, the indispensable , which earned him his first Emmy. (He won six altogether, out of 28 nominations.)...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate GeraldMcBoing-Boing, which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized to animate...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
Shown above is an interview with animator José Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Meléndez who just passed away. Most people will remember Meléndez for his work on Peanuts but he was much more than that in terms of animation history: For example he helped animate GeraldMcBoing-Boing for UPA in 1951 which made limited TV animation possible. We'll miss you Bill: Bill Melendez,"Peanuts" Animator,...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized to animate...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate "GeraldMcBoing-Boing," which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met "Peanuts" creator in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized to animate...
... of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.At UPA, he helped animate “GeraldMcBoing-Boing,” which won the 1951 Academy Award for best cartoon short.Melendez met “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz in 1959 while creating Ford Motor Co. TV commercials featuring Peanuts characters.The two became friends and Melendez became the only person Schulz authorized...
