Iwao Takamoto
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BiographyIwao Takamoto (Japanese: 高本 厳夫, Hepburn: Takamoto Iwao; April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was an American animator, character designer, television producer, and film director. After his family had been sent to the California internment camps in the early 1940s, Takamoto learned to draw, presented his sketchbook to Walt Disney Productions and was hired on the spot.
Noted for his career as a production and character designer for Disney, on films including Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959), Takamoto subsequently moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, notably the characters Scooby-Doo and Astro. He eventually became a director and producer.
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Noted for his career as a production and character designer for Disney, on films including Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959), Takamoto subsequently moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, notably the characters Scooby-Doo and Astro. He eventually became a director and producer.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Iwao Takamoto. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Challenge of the SuperFriends
as Creative Producer
Krypto the Superdog
as Character Design
Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
as Production Designer
The Flintstones
as Layout Artist
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Production Designer
The World's Greatest Super Friends!
as Creative Producer
What's New Scooby-Doo?
as Creative Consultant
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