Visual Effects

Paul Fennell

Born November 9, 1909

Died January 18, 1990 · aged 80

Paul Fennell was a storyboard artist who got his start as an animator at Disney Studios in 1933, contributing as an uncredited animator to shorts such as Mickey’s Mellerdrammer (1933), Mickey’s Mechanical Man (1933), and Father’s Noah’s Ark (1933). Leaving in 1933 to work at Leon Schlesinger, alongside other Disney animators, Bill Mason and Tom Palmer, Paul Fennell produced animations for Warner …

Known For

Birds in the Spring

Birds in the Spring · 1933

Birds in the Spring

Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adventures with a rattlesnake and a beehive before finding his way home.

King Neptune

King Neptune · 1932

After a short introduction, one of Neptune's mermaids is captured by a pirate ship, and their anchor chain entangles King Neptune; the various sea creatures launch a full-on assault on the pirate ship, and eventually the giant King himself gets free and creates major havoc for the ship.

Santa's Workshop

Santa's Workshop · 1932

Santa's Workshop

MovieAnimationComedy

Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.

Father Noah's Ark

Father Noah's Ark · 1933

Father Noah's Ark

Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not that anyone was particularly looking for them), but they manage to swim to it. After the rain and many lamentations by the humans, the sun returns, to the great joy of all. The ground appears, and the animals (and many new babies) disembark.

Mickey's Mechanical Man

Mickey's Mechanical Man · 1933

Mickey's Mechanical Man

Mickey has built a robot to compete in the boxing ring against the giant gorilla, the Kongo Killer. Whenever it hears Minnie's car horn, it goes crazy and starts punching any picture of Killer that it sees, even if it's on a brick wall, thus hurting itself. Mickey manages to barely patch his robot together to take on Killer, but after some early success, it gets pummeled by the ape. Minnie fetches the car horn, which brings it back, and it trounces Killer, then flies apart.

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown · 1992

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

MovieAnimationFamily

There's plenty of fun and surprises to jog your noggin' as “BOZO" and his silly sidekicks take you from one terrifical adventure to the next. Bibbity dippity bibbity bop... once you start laughing you're never going to stop! 30 MINUTES, COLOR FULLY ANIMATED FUN A SUPERIOR QUALITY VIDEO. Fully Animated cartoons plus special live ”BOZO” appearances.

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Mickey's Mellerdrammer · 1933

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Mickey Mouse and his friends stage their own production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

To Spring

To Spring · 1936

MovieAnimationFamily

Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.

Filmography

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Birds in the Spring

Birds in the Spring · 1933

Birds in the Spring

Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adventures with a rattlesnake and a beehive before finding his way home.

Animation

King Neptune

King Neptune · 1932

After a short introduction, one of Neptune's mermaids is captured by a pirate ship, and their anchor chain entangles King Neptune; the various sea creatures launch a full-on assault on the pirate ship, and eventually the giant King himself gets free and creates major havoc for the ship.

Animation

Santa's Workshop

Santa's Workshop · 1932

Santa's Workshop

MovieAnimationComedy

Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.

Animation

Father Noah's Ark

Father Noah's Ark · 1933

Father Noah's Ark

Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not that anyone was particularly looking for them), but they manage to swim to it. After the rain and many lamentations by the humans, the sun returns, to the great joy of all. The ground appears, and the animals (and many new babies) disembark.

Animation

Mickey's Mechanical Man

Mickey's Mechanical Man · 1933

Mickey's Mechanical Man

Mickey has built a robot to compete in the boxing ring against the giant gorilla, the Kongo Killer. Whenever it hears Minnie's car horn, it goes crazy and starts punching any picture of Killer that it sees, even if it's on a brick wall, thus hurting itself. Mickey manages to barely patch his robot together to take on Killer, but after some early success, it gets pummeled by the ape. Minnie fetches the car horn, which brings it back, and it trounces Killer, then flies apart.

Animation

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown · 1992

Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown

MovieAnimationFamily

There's plenty of fun and surprises to jog your noggin' as “BOZO" and his silly sidekicks take you from one terrifical adventure to the next. Bibbity dippity bibbity bop... once you start laughing you're never going to stop! 30 MINUTES, COLOR FULLY ANIMATED FUN A SUPERIOR QUALITY VIDEO. Fully Animated cartoons plus special live ”BOZO” appearances.

Creative Director

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Mickey's Mellerdrammer · 1933

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Mickey Mouse and his friends stage their own production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Animation

To Spring

To Spring · 1936

MovieAnimationFamily

Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.

Layout

How War Came

How War Came · 1941

An animated documentary describing the involvement of Japan, Italy and Nazi Germany as the aggressors and instigators of World War II.

Director

Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor · 1960

Popeye the Sailor

SeriesAnimationKids

Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating sailor continues to delight young and old with his comic adventures, and the entire gang is around to provide plenty of rousing fun and action: Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Wimpy and Bluto.

Director

The Mr. Magoo Show

The Mr. Magoo Show · 1960

The Mr. Magoo Show

SeriesAnimation

The Mister Magoo Show is an American animated television series which was produced from November 7, 1960 to February 2, 1962. A single episode included five five-minute shorts and could either be aired together with bumpers as a single half-hour show, or it could be split up with one short aired each weekday, along with other cartoons. It was produced by United Productions of America.

Director