Pat Sullivan (mai shirya fim)

Patrick Peter Sullivan (22 ga Fabrairu 1885  – 15 ga Fabrairu 1933)  ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne ɗan asalin ƙasar Ostiraliya, mai shirya zane-zane, mai shirya fina-finai kuma wanda aka yanke wa hukuncin fyaɗe, wanda aka fi sani da shirya zane-zanen Felix the Cat na farko da ba a san su ba.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Sullivan a Paddington, New South Wales, ɗa na biyu ga Patrick Sullivan, wani baƙo daga Ireland da matarsa Margaret Hayes, wacce aka haifa a Sydney. 

 Sana'a 
A kusan shekarar 1909, Sullivan ya bar Ostiraliya ya yi watanni kaɗan a Landan, Ingila, kafin ya koma Amurka a kusan shekarar 1910. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin mai zane-zanen jarida William Marriner kuma ya zana zane-zane guda biyar nasa. Lokacin da Marriner ya mutu a shekarar 1914, Sullivan ya shiga sabon ɗakin zane mai rai wanda Raoul Barré ya kafa. A shekarar 1915, Barre ya kori Sullivan saboda rashin ƙwarewa gaba ɗaya. A shekarar 1916, William Randolph Hearst, fitaccen ɗan jaridar, ya kafa ɗakin studio don samar da zane-zane masu rai bisa ga zane-zanen takardarsa kuma ya ɗauki hayar fitattun masu zane-zane na Barre. Sullivan ya yanke shawarar fara ɗakin studio nasa kuma ya yi wani shiri mai suna 'Sammy Johnsin' bisa ga zane-zanen Marriner wanda ya yi aiki a kai. Daga nan sai aka sake yin wani gajeren wando wanda jarumin fim ɗin Charlie Chaplin mai suna The Tramp ya fito a ciki.[1]

 Mutuwa 
Sullivan ya mutu a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 1933 [1] a birnin New York [2] yana da shekaru 47 [2] sakamakon matsalolin lafiya da shan giya da ciwon huhu suka haifar.[2] (A lokacin, jaridu sun danganta mutuwarsa da ciwon huhu ne kawai.) [3] [4]

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 Shiga cikin ƙirƙirar Felix Cat 
Akwai takaddama ko Sullivan ne ya ƙirƙiri Felix ko kuma babban mai zane-zanensa Otto Messmer . Wasu masana tarihi na zane-zane sun yarda da iƙirarin Messmer, domin shi ne babban mai zane-zane a cikin jerin Felix.Kevin Scott Collier. 
Duk da haka, Sullivan yana zana zane-zanen ban dariya na Mujallar Paramount a shekarar 1919, daga baya kuma lokacin da ya sanya hannu kan kwangila a matsayin mai zane-zane da Paramount Studios a watan Maris na 1920, ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da aka ƙayyade a cikin tarihin karatunsa shine wata baƙar fata mai suna Felix wacce ta fara fitowa a Mujallar Paramount a matsayin hali mai suna "Master Tom" a cikin wani shirin zane mai suna Feline Follies, wanda ke goyon bayan ikirarin Sullivan a fili. 

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