James Culhane Jr. Net Worth
James Culhane Jr. Net Worth is
$2 Million
James Culhane Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
James "Shamus" Culhane (November 12, 1908 – February 2, 1996) was an American animator, film director, and film producer.Culhane worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Ub Iwerks studio, Walt Disney Productions, and the Walter Lantz studio. He began his animation career in 1925 working for J.R. Bray studios, and is known for promoting the animation talents of his inker/assistant at the Fleischer Studios in the early 1930s, Lillian Friedman Astor, making her the first female studio animator.While at the Disney studio, he discovered while working on Hawaiian Holiday's crab sequence an animation method that involved stewing for multiple days, before drawing the entire thing in rough sketches all at once, straight ahead, without invoking the left side of the brain. He was a lead animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, animating arguably the most well-known sequence in the film, the animation of the dwarves marching home singing "Heigh-Ho". The scene took Culhane and his assistants six months to complete. During this time he developed his 'High-speed' technique of using only the right side of the brain and animating with quick dashed-off sketches.In 1944, he collaborated on The Greatest Man in Siam with the layout artist Art Heinemann. In that animation, "the king of Siam bolts past doorways that are distinctly phallic in shape and peers at another that mimics a vagina."Later in his career, Culhane worked briefly in Chuck Jones's unit at Warner Bros, before moving on to being a director for Lantz, where he helmed Woody Woodpecker's 1944 classic, The Barber of Seville, the cartoon famous for one of the first uses of fast cutting, after taking the idea from Sergei Eisenstein. At Lantz, he introduced Russian avant-garde influenced experimental art into the cartoons. In the late-1940s, he founded Shamus Culhane Productions (Culhane had gone by his birthname of James up until this point, before going by its Irish variant Shamus), one of the first companies to create animated television commercials. It also produced the animation for at least one of the Bell Telephone Science Series films.Shamus Culhane Productions folded in the 1960s, at which point Culhane became the head of the successor to Fleischer Studios, Paramount Cartoon Studios. He left the studio in 1967, and went into semi-retirement.Culhane wrote two highly regarded books on animation: the how-to/textbook Animation from Script to Screen, and his autobiography Talking Animals and Other People. Since 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.At his death on February 2, 1996, Culhane was survived by second wife, the former Juana Hegarty, and by two sons from his first marriage to Maxine Marx (the daughter of Chico Marx) which ended in divorce: Brian Culhane of Seattle and Kevin Marx Culhane of Portland, Ore. Date Of Birth | November 12, 1908 |
Died | 1996-02-02 |
Place Of Birth | Ware, Massachusetts, United States |
Profession | Animation Department, Director, Producer |
Star Sign | Scorpio |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Modernist art hidden inside explosion sequences |
# | Fact |
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1 | From early in his life he was known as "Shamus" to his friends and family, as he didn't like to use his given name of James due to the fact that it reminded him of his father, also called James, who abandoned him at a young age. However, he was still credited as "James Culhane" through much of his early career, as it was considered unprofessional to be credited under anything except your birth name among the major animation studios. |
2 | Father of Brian Culhane and Kevin Culhane with Maxine Marx. |
3 | Culhane was married twice. His first wife was Maxine Marx, the daughter of Chico Marx. |
Animation Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Last of the Red-Hot Dragons | 1980 | TV Movie animator / layout artist | |
King of the Beasts | 1977 | TV Movie animator | |
The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel | 1972 | TV Series layout artist | |
Zuckerkandl! | 1968 | Short animator | |
A Pie in the Sky | 1965 | TV Short animator | |
Milton the Monster | 1965 | TV Series animator - 12 episodes | |
Spider Spiter | 1965 | TV Short animator | |
The Hat | 1964 | Short animator | |
The New Casper Cartoon Show | 1963 | TV Series animator - 6 episodes | |
Out of the Inkwell | 1962 | TV Series animation director - 3 episodes | |
Hemo the Magnificent | 1957 | TV Movie animator - uncredited | |
The Big Fun Carnival | 1957 | animator | |
Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | animator: titles - uncredited | |
Enemy Bacteria | 1945 | Short animator | |
Angel Puss | 1944 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | 1944 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Hell-Bent for Election | 1944 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Puss n' Booty | 1943 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Inki and the Minah Bird | 1943 | Short animator | |
Fin n' Catty | 1943 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Mr. Bug Goes to Town | 1941 | director of animation - as James Culhane | |
Sneak, Snoop and Snitch in Triple Trouble | 1941 | Short animation director - uncredited / animator | |
Two for the Zoo | 1941 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
Popeye Meets William Tell | 1940 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
The Dandy Lion | 1940 | Short animation director - uncredited / animator | |
Way Back When a Razzberry Was a Fruit | 1940 | Short animation director - uncredited / animator - as James Culhane | |
A Kick in Time | 1940 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
Pinocchio | 1940 | animator - uncredited | |
Gulliver's Travels | 1939 | animator - as James Culhane | |
The Autograph Hound | 1939 | Short animator - as Seamus Culhane | |
The Pointer | 1939 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Beach Picnic | 1939 | Short animator | |
Donald's Cousin Gus | 1939 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The Hockey Champ | 1939 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Society Dog Show | 1939 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Polar Trappers | 1938 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | animator - as James Culhane | |
Pluto's Quin-puplets | 1937 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Hawaiian Holiday | 1937 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Mother Pluto | 1936 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Donald and Pluto | 1936 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Dick Whittington's Cat | 1936 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Orphans' Picnic | 1936 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Ali Baba | 1936 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The Three Bears | 1935 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Summertime | 1935 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Mary's Little Lamb | 1935 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Old Mother Hubbard | 1935 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Jack Frost | 1934 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Don Quixote | 1934 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The King's Tailor | 1934 | Short co-layout artist - uncredited | |
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | 1934 | Short co-layout artist - uncredited | |
The Queen of Hearts | 1934 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane / co-layout artist - uncredited | |
Puss in Boots | 1934 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane / co-layout artist | |
The Brave Tin Soldier | 1934 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane / co-layout artist - uncredited | |
The Little Red Hen | 1934 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane / co-layout artist - uncredited | |
Jack and the Beanstalk | 1933 | Short co-layout artist - uncredited | |
Spite Flight | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Soda Squirt | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
I Yam What I Yam | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Play Ball | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Pale-Face | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Chinaman's Chance | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Bulloney | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Techno-Cracked | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Flip's Lunch Room | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The Air Race | 1933 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Coo Coo the Magician | 1933 | Short animator | |
Funny Face | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Nurse Maid | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The Music Lesson | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Phoney Express | 1932 | Short animator | |
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Just a Gigolo | 1932 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
Down Among the Sugar Cane | 1932 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
Room Runners | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
You Try Somebody Else | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Admission Free | 1932 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Let Me Call You Sweetheart | 1932 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
Shine on Harvest Moon | 1932 | Short animator - as James Culhane | |
Chess-Nuts | 1932 | Short animator - as James H. Culhane | |
Just One More Chance | 1932 | Short animator - as James H. Culhane | |
Crazy-Town | 1932 | Short animator - as James H. Culhane | |
Show Me the Way to Go Home | 1932 | Short animator | |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon | 1931 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Minding the Baby | 1931 | Short animator | |
The Herring Murder Case | 1931 | Short animator | |
Alexander's Ragtime Band | 1931 | Short animator - as Jimmy Culhane | |
Somebody Stole My Gal | 1931 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The Cow's Husband | 1931 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane | |
Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep | 1931 | Short animator - uncredited | |
In My Merry Oldsmobile | 1931 | Short animator - as Jimmy Culhane | |
On a Sunday Afternoon | 1930 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane | |
Up to Mars | 1930 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane | |
Swing You Sinners! | 1930 | Short animator - uncredited | |
The Stein Song | 1930 | Short animator - as Jimmie Culhane | |
In the Good Old Summer Time | 1930 | Short animator - uncredited | |
Dinky Doodle in the Army | 1926 | Short animation director | |
Just Spooks | 1925 | Short assistant animator | |
The Magic Lamp | 1924 | Short assistant animator |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Night the Animals Talked | 1970 | TV Short | |
The Opera Caper | 1967 | Short | |
From Orbit to Obit | 1967 | Short | |
Robin Hoodwinked | 1967 | Short | |
Halt, Who Grows There? | 1967 | Short | |
The Plumber | 1967 | Short | |
The Squaw Path | 1967 | Short | |
My Daddy the Astronaut | 1967 | Short | |
The Trip | 1967/I | Short | |
Think or Sink | 1967 | Short | |
The Blacksheep Blacksmith | 1967 | Short | |
The Space Squid | 1967 | Short | |
Geronimo and Son | 1966 | Short | |
The Marvel Super Heroes | 1966 | TV Series 1966 | |
A Wedding Knight | 1966 | Short | |
Potions and Notions | 1966 | Short | |
Throne for a Loss | 1966 | Short | |
A Balmy Knight | 1966 | Short | |
The Defiant Giant | 1966 | Short | |
I Want My Mummy | 1966 | Short | |
Mighty Thor | 1966 | TV Series 13 episodes | |
The Woody Woodpecker Show | 1957 | TV Series theatrical cartoon segments | |
The Big Fun Carnival | 1957 | archive footage | |
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | 1956 | Short | |
Fair Weather Fiends | 1946 | Short as James Culhane | |
The Reckless Driver | 1946 | Short as James Culhane | |
Who's Cookin Who? | 1946 | Short as James Culhane | |
Mousie Come Home | 1946 | Short as James Culhane | |
The G.I. Bill of Rights | 1945 | Short | |
The Loose Nut | 1945 | Short as James Culhane | |
The Dippy Diplomat | 1945 | Short as James Culhane | |
Woody Dines Out | 1945 | Short as James Culhane | |
Chew-Chew Baby | 1945 | Short as James Culhane | |
The Pied Piper of Basin Street | 1945 | Short as James Culhane | |
Lend Lease | 1944 | Short | |
The Painter and the Pointer | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
Ski for Two | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
The Beach Nut | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
Abou Ben Boogie | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
Fish Fry | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
Jungle Jive | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
The Barber of Seville | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
The Greatest Man in Siam | 1944 | Short as James Culhane | |
Meatless Tuesday | 1943 | Short as James Culhane | |
Boogie Woogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out | 1943 | Short as James Culhane | |
Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! | 1943 | Short uncredited | |
Take Heed Mr. Tojo | 1943 | Short uncredited | |
Mr. Bug Goes to Town | 1941 | uncredited | |
Popeye Meets William Tell | 1940 | Short animation director - uncredited | |
The Foxy Terrier | 1935 | Short | |
The Merry Kittens | 1935 | Short | |
The King's Tailor | 1934 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | 1934 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
The Queen of Hearts | 1934 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
Puss in Boots | 1934 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
The Brave Tin Soldier | 1934 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
The Little Red Hen | 1934 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
Jack and the Beanstalk | 1933 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
The Herring Murder Case | 1931 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
Alexander's Ragtime Band | 1931 | Short co-director - uncredited | |
Woody Woodpecker and His Friends | 1982 | Video documentary original material | |
Last of the Red-Hot Dragons | 1980 | TV Movie | |
King of the Beasts | 1977 | TV Movie | |
Noah's Animals | 1976 | TV Movie | |
The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel | 1972 | TV Series 23 episodes |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Last of the Red-Hot Dragons | 1980 | TV Movie producer | |
King of the Beasts | 1977 | TV Movie producer | |
The Spirit of Independence | 1976 | Short executive producer | |
Noah's Animals | 1976 | TV Movie producer | |
Spirit of '76 | 1975 | TV Series producer | |
The Spirit of Freedom | 1975 | TV Series producer | |
The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel | 1972 | TV Series producer - 23 episodes | |
Rocket Robin Hood | 1967-1968 | TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes | |
Keep the Cool, Baby | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
The Opera Caper | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
A Bridge Grows in Brooklyn | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
The Stubborn Cowboy | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
The Stuck-Up Wolf | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
Brother Bat | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
Forget-Me-Nuts | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
High But Not Dry | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
Clean Sweep | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
From Orbit to Obit | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
Robin Hoodwinked | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
Halt, Who Grows There? | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
The Plumber | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
The Squaw Path | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
Alter Egotist | 1967 | Short executive producer | |
My Daddy the Astronaut | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
The Trip | 1967/I | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
Think or Sink | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
The Space Squid | 1967 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
Potions and Notions | 1966 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
A Balmy Knight | 1966 | Short executive producer - uncredited | |
The Unchained Goddess | 1958 | TV Movie producer | |
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays | 1957 | TV Movie producer | |
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | 1956 | Short executive producer - uncredited |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Last of the Red-Hot Dragons | 1980 | TV Movie written by | |
King of the Beasts | 1977 | TV Movie written by | |
Noah's Animals | 1976 | TV Movie script | |
The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel | 1972 | TV Series written by - 23 episodes | |
The Smokey Bear Show | 1969 | TV Series writer | |
Keep the Cool, Baby | 1967 | Short story | |
The Opera Caper | 1967 | Short story | |
The Stubborn Cowboy | 1967 | Short story | |
The Stuck-Up Wolf | 1967 | Short story | |
Halt, Who Grows There? | 1967 | Short story | |
My Daddy the Astronaut | 1967 | Short story | |
The Foxy Terrier | 1935 | Short | |
The Merry Kittens | 1935 | Short | |
The Brave Tin Soldier | 1934 | Short uncredited | |
The Herring Murder Case | 1931 | Short | |
The Stein Song | 1930 | Short uncredited |
Editor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Spirit of Independence | 1976 | Short | |
Spirit of '76 | 1975 | TV Series |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | 1977 | production consultant |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The South Bank Show | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Animator |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1986 | Winsor McCay Award | Annie Awards | ||
1984 | Golden Award | Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Awards |