Hamilton Luske(1903-1968)

Animator and animation director who worked for Walt Disney. He graduated from the University of California- Berkley where he majored in business and began working life as a newspaper cartoonist in Oakland. He signed with Disney in 1931, initially drawing Mickey Mouse black & white shorts before moving on as full animator to the Silly Symphony series which was done in colour and had a strong musical component. He established himself as one of the top animators at the studio with the hugely popular cartoons La Liebre y la Tortuga (1935) and ¿Quién Mató a Pechirrojo? (1935). On the strength of this he became supervising animator on their first animated feature film, Blanca Nieves y los siete enanos (1937).