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Kinney was the primary director of the Goofy series, with his debut being the second entry in the series, Goofy's Glider (1940), all the way up to the final regular entry in the series, How to Sleep (1953), directing a total of 39 entries in the series.
Jack Kinney was born on 29 March 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Dumbo (1941), Pinocchio (1940) and Make Mine Music (1946). He was married to Eva Jane Sinclair and Virginia Schulte. He died on 9 February 1992 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Director, Writer, Producer
- March 29, 1909
- Jack Kinney
- February 9, 1992
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Jack Kinney attended John Muir Junior High School in Los Angeles, California (1925), and attended John C. Fremont High School (1926-1928) there with Roy Williams. Both Fremont football players, they would later be hired by Walt Disney in 1930 to work at the Walt Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue. Often referring to himself as Kinney's best friend, W...
Kinney began his long career in cartoons at Walt Disney Productions in 1931 as an animator on several shorts, including Santa's Workshop, The Band Concert, and Moose Hunters. He then became a director of cartoons at Disney, including as a sequence director for both Pinocchio and Dumbo and especially as a director in the shorts department, where he ...
In 1988, Kinney published a short memoir Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters: An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney's. Kinney died on February 9, 1992 in Glendale, California.
Kinney, Jack, Walt Disney and other assorted characters - An unauthorized account of the early years at Disney's, Harmony Books, New York, 1988
Jack Kinney was born on March 29, 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Dumbo (1941), Pinocchio (1940) and Make Mine Music (1946). He was married to Eva Jane Sinclair and Virginia Schulte. He died on February 9, 1992 in Glendale, California, USA.
- March 29, 1909
- February 9, 1992
Feb 1, 2016 · A Chat With Jack Kinney. John Ryan Kinney is best known as the director of Der Fuehrer’s Face (1942), one of the most popular of all World War II cartoons and certainly and one of the most iconic films made during that era.
Feb 9, 1992 · Jack Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992) was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Jack Kinney attended John Muir Junior High School in Los Angeles, California (1925), and attended John C. Fremont High School (1926 - 1928) there with Roy Williams.
John Ryan Kinney started work at the Walt Disney Studio in 1931 and remained a Disney employee for more than twenty-six years, until 1957, when he was fired in the midst of the dismantling of Disney’s short-cartoon units.
