Don Lusk

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-10-28

Deathday 2018-12-30 (105 years old)

Place of Birth Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Donald R. Lusk, Donald Lusk

Don Lusk

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Lusk (October 28, 1913 – December 30, 2018) was an American animator and director. Lusk was hired by The Walt Disney Company in 1933 as an inbetweener. His first film as an animator was 1938's Ferdinand the Bull. He worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Song of the South, Melody Time, So Dear to My Heart, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Lusk left Disney in 1960, but continued to work as an animator during the 1960s and 1970s. Aside from animation, Lusk also directed multiple cartoon films and series, including the Peanuts television specials and movies and for the Hanna-Barbera studio. His work at the latter included The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Tom and Jerry. In the early 1990s, Lusk retired after a career which spanned some sixty years. He died on December 30, 2018, in San Clemente, California, aged 105.

Known For

Visual Effects

1993
Droopy, Master Detective

as Animation Director

1962
Gay Purr-ee

as Animation

1962
1962
Fowled-Up Birthday

as Animation

1962
Mackerel Moocher

as Animation

1961
Tricky Trout

as Animation

1955
Contrasts in Rhythm

as Animation

1954
1952
Trick or Treat

as Animation

1952
1950
Cinderella

as Animation

1946
Song of the South

as Animation

1942
How to Fish

as Animation

1942
Bambi

as Animation

1940
Pinocchio

as Animation

1938
Ferdinand the Bull

as Animation

1938
Farmyard Symphony

as Animation

Creator

1990