Hamilton Luske

Hamilton Luton Luske (October 16, 1903 – February 19, 1968) was an American animator and film director. He joined the Walt Disney Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studio in 1931 and he was soon trusted enough by Walt Disney and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to be made supervising animator of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/legends/ham-luske
He directed many Disney and MGM films and animated shorts from 1936 until his death in 1968. He won the Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects for Mary Poppins in 1965.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527217/awards
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 16, 1903, and died in Bel Air, California, on February 19, 1968, at age 64.
== Filmography as director ==
* Pinocchio (1940)
* Fantasia (1940)
* The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
* Saludos Amigos (1943)
* Make Mine Music (1946)
* Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
* Tom and Jerry: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1948)
* Melody Time (1948)
* So Dear to My Heart (1949)
* Tom and Jerry: Pinocchio (1950)
* Tom and Jerry in Cinderella (1950)
* Tom and Jerry in Fantasia (1950)
* Tom and Jerry: The Reluctant Dragon (1951)
* Tom and Jerry: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
* Tom and Jerry: Peter Pan (1952)
* Tom and Jerry: Saludos Amigos (1952)
* Tom and Jerry: Make Mine Music (1952)
* Tom and Jerry: Fun and Fancy Free (1952)
* Tom and Jerry: Melody Time (1952)
* Tom and Jerry: So Dear to My Heart (1952)
* Ben and Me (1953)
* Tom and Jerry: Lady and the Tramp (1955)
* Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
* Mary Poppins (1964)
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