Larry Latham (animator)

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Larry Latham (April 15, 1953 – November 2, 2014) [1] was an American animator, artist, producer and director. He was perhaps best known as a producer and director on Disney's animated series TaleSpin , the pilot episode of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.

Latham worked on several other Disney productions as a storyboard artist or designer, including Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears , Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , and DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp . He was also a producer, director, co-creator and storyboard artist on Disney's Bonkers .

Latham also directed storyboards on numerous Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including Super Friends , Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo , and The Smurfs . For Marvel Productions, he was storyboard director on My Little Pony 'n Friends and Spider-Man .

In 1996, Latham received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award for his work as a storyboard artist on The Tick .

More recently, Latham worked on several direct-to-video features for Universal Cartoon Studios. Among these were An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster , both of which he produced and directed.

In 2008, Latham began writing, drawing and publishing a webcomic called Lovecraft is Missing, [2] a project inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and originally conceived by Latham as an animated series. [3] He released the first pages on October 1, 2008, and kept the comic going until his death from cancer on November 2, 2014. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rites set for Larry Latham, award-winning animation producer-director". 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lovecraft is Missing" . Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lovecraft is Missing….is here!" . Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Broken heart" . Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Larry Latham, R.I.P." Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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