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Hawley Pratt (9 de junio de 1911 en Seattle, Washington – 2 de marzo de 1999 en Thousand Oaks, California) fue un director de cine y animador estadounidense, que dirigió (o co-dirigió) todos los cortometrajes animados de The Pink Panther Show y dos especiales animados de televisión basados en historias de Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat y Dr. Seuss on the Loose.

Junto a Friz Freleng rediseñó al personaje Speedy González. Su actividad laboral duró desde 1939 hasta 1972.

Early life and career
Born in Seattle and raised in the Bronx by his widowed mother Mabel, Pratt graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He became an artist at Walt Disney Studios in 1933 before joining Warner Bros. Cartoons after the Disney strike in 1941. There he served as a layout artist providing background layouts and character poses from 1945 to the early 1960s.

Working closely with director Friz Freleng, Pratt's Warner Bros. resume includes the Oscar-winning cartoons Tweetie Pie, which introduced the duo of Sylvester and Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, where Freleng and Pratt redesigned the character into his modern incarnation, and Birds Anonymous. Pratt directed Señorella and the Glass Huarache, a Looney Tune released in 1964 after the studio closed its animation division.


Pratt briefly worked at the Hanna-Barbera studio with Freleng before the two moved to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. They created the Pink Panther character for the animated title sequence of the 1963 feature film of the same name; though, Pratt is often solely credited for the character's creation. While there, he directed (or co-directed) all episodes of The Pink Panther Show. Pratt's directorial effort in the 1966 short The Pink Blueprint won him an Oscar nomination.

His other directorial works also include three Roland and Rattfink shorts, The Super 6, and three Dr. Seuss television specials: The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss on the Loose, and The Lorax. Pratt also served as associate director and animator of the 1964 film The Incredible Mr. Limpet. Hawley Pratt's last design credit was on 1990s Jetsons: The Movie.

Pratt's skills also had him illustrating several Little Golden Books and Big Golden Books.wiki

Director (96 credits) [ver listado completo en: IMDB]

Enlaces completados:
OK The Box (Friz Freleng & Hawley Pratt, 1967)
OK The Pink Panther (TV Series) (1964-1980) [Descargar enlaces desde: Friz Frelend ]