15 Facts About David Hilberman

David Hilberman was an American animator and one of the founders of classic 1940s animation.

David Hilberman stayed for six months in Leningrad, worked in a theater and studied stagecraft and art.

David Hilberman married, became aware of a talent search for artists being held by Walt Disney Productions and submitted a portfolio.

David Hilberman became one of 29 artists hired out of several thousand applicants.

David Hilberman began in animation as an assistant animator and shortly was asked by Bill Tytla to join his unit working on the dwarf sequences in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's first animated feature film.

David Hilberman went on to do layout on six short films and was then put in charge of pre-production layout for Bambi.

David Hilberman was proud of the work done at the studio.

David Hilberman was drafted into the army toward the end of World War II and a year after his return to civilian life he sold his interest in UPA.

The business was sold and the family traveled to Europe the next spring as David Hilberman looked for work in Western Europe.

David Hilberman worked at Hanna-Barbera doing layout for a variety of projects, a connection which began at Disney's and lasted many years.

In 1963 David Hilberman returned to school part-time earning an MA in Theater Arts from UCLA in 1965.

David Hilberman was invited to teach at San Francisco State University in 1967, where he taught animation and helped start the Film department.

David Hilberman resumed doing layout work for Hanna-Barbera, which included a six-month stint in Japan coordinating production in East Asia for The Smurfs.

David Hilberman died on 11 July 2006, David a year later on 5 July 2007.

David Hilberman expressed his religion primarily by a commitment to social justice, racial and gender equality and direct support for workers through health insurance, unions and similar programs and policies.