10 Facts About James Culhane

James H "Shamus" Culhane was an American animator, film director, and film producer.

James Culhane is best known for his work in the Golden age of American animation.

Shamus Culhane worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Ub Iwerks studio, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Walter Lantz Productions.

James Culhane began his animation career in 1925 working for Bray Productions on the Dinky Doodle series, produced under the supervision of Walter Lantz.

On departing Iwerks's studio, James Culhane briefly returned to New York to direct at the reorganized Van Beuren Corporation, then supervised by Burt Gillett, before opting to apply to Disney in 1935.

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James Culhane worked as an animator on Pinocchio, where he worked on Honest John and Gideon.

Later in his career, James Culhane worked briefly in the units of Chuck Jones and Frank Tashlin at Warner Bros.

Shamus James Culhane Productions folded in the 1960s, at which point James Culhane became the head of the successor to Fleischer Studios, Paramount Cartoon Studios.

James Culhane left the studio in 1967, and went into semi-retirement.

Since James Culhane worked for a number of major Hollywood animation studios, his autobiography gives a balanced general overview of the history of the Golden age of American animation.