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Joseph Barbera: Biography
Birth Name:
Joseph Roland Barbera
Birth Place:
New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
03/24/1911, Aries
Date of Death:
12/18/2006
Profession:
Director; producer; executive producer
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Joseph Barbera Fast Facts:
With partner William Hanna, built an animation empire, creating such classic cartoon characters as Tom & Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, the Jetsons, the Flintstones, Jonny Quest, the Smurfs, and many, many others.
After selling an illustration to Collier's magazine, wrote to Walt Disney, asking for a job; when no job offer materialized, he went to work for the Van Beuren Studios, the Terrytoon Studios and, finally, MGM, where he was teamed with Hanna.
Earned multiple Oscar awards and nominations, prompting a promotion to head of MGM's animation department; when that department was shuttered in 1957, Barbera and Hanna were free to build their own company, Hanna-Barbera Productions, for animated TV series.
Used a production technique called "limited animation" that made cartoons more efficient to produce on a larger scale, thereby facilitating the creation of their weekly series.
His Emmy-winning cartoon
The Last of the Curlews
(1972) became the first ABC Afterschool Special.
Joseph Barbera Relationships:
Dorothy Earl - Ex-wife
Frances Barbera - Mother
Jayne Earl Barbera - Daughter
Lynn Meredith Lombardo - Daughter
Neal Francis Barbera - Son
Sheila Holden Barbera - Wife
Vincente Barbera - Father
Joseph Barbera Awards:
1994 Emmy: Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less) - Nominee
1984 Emmy: Outstanding Animated Program - Nominee
1983 Emmy: Outstanding Animated Program - Nominee
1982 Emmy: Outstanding Animated Program - Nominee
1982 Emmy: Outstanding Animated Program - Nominee
1973 Emmy: Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual - Winner
1978 Emmy: Outstanding Special-Drama or Comedy - Winner
1990 Emmy: Outstanding Children's Program - Nominee
1955 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1957 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
College:
American Institute of Banking, New York, NY
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