Jack Zander (May 3, 1908-December 17, 2007) was an American animator, perhaps best known for his work on the first Tom and Jerry shorts. He later started his own animation studio in the 1970s.
Biography[]
Zander joined the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in 1937, and worked on MGM cartoons based on comic strips, including The Captain and the Kids and Count Screwloose. He also worked on Harman-Ising cartoons at MGM, including The Little Goldfish (1939), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939), The Mad Maestro (1939) and the Barney Bear series. Among other cartoons he helped animate were Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Midnight Snack (1941), The Night Before Christmas (1941), Fraidy Cat (1942), Fine Feathered Friend (1942), War Dogs (1943) and Sufferin' Cats! (1943). He left MGM in 1942.
Works[]
As an Animator[]
- The Little Goldfish (1939) (uncredited)
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939) (uncredited)
- The Mad Maestro (1939) (uncredited)
- Puss Gets the Boot (1940) (uncredited)
- The Midnight Snack (1941) (uncredited)
- The Night Before Christmas (1941) (uncredited)
- Fraidy Cat (1942) (uncredited)
- Dog Trouble (1942) (uncredited)
- Puss n' Toots (1942) (uncredited)
- The Bowling Alley-Cat (1942) (uncredited)
- Fine Feathered Friend (1942)
- Sufferin' Cats! (1943)
- The Lonesome Mouse (1943) (uncredited)
- The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) (uncredited)
- War Dogs (1943)