Jack A. Cutting (January 19, 1908 – August 17, 1988) was an American international content supervisor and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he worked for 46 years.
Biography Cutting was born on January 9, 1908, in New York City. He attended the Otis College of Art and Design, where he met Tyrus Wong, Wilfred Jackson, and John Hench and graduated in 1929. A friend referred him to the fledgling Walt Disney Studios, where he was hired to a group of 19 animators in August/September 1929. He worked alongside Walt Disney himself and made $18.00 a week, oftentimes working overtime without pay. He worked in several different departments, starting as an animator, moving up to director, then to assistant director; he was also Dave Hand's assistant. When the United States entered World War II, Disney submitted the necessary paperwork to waive his employees of their service so the company could direct training films for the army. Cutting headed the Editorial Department for a year during the war. Cutting was one of the several employees who played polo with Walt Disney; he also was sent to "scout for merry-go-rounds in Europe" after Disney had the idea for a theme park. In 1939, his film The Ugly Duckling won the 1940 Oscar in Best Short Subject (Cartoons).
After Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, Cutting convinced Roy Disney to let him work with the man hired to dub the film; he quickly became a dubbing assistant and by 1938 was head of the Foreign Department at Disney. In this role, he supervised translation and dubbing efforts all over the world, traveling often to work with different teams. He oversaw the dubbing of and found voice actors for the Swedish Dumbo, the French Mary Poppins, and the Japanese One Hundred and One Dalmatians in Japanese. He was among the frontrunners for synchronizing sound and image. He held his position in the Foreign Department until his retirement in 1975.
Cutting and his wife Camille lived in Paris while Cutting worked with European markets. They had at least one son, Phil. Cutting died on August 17, 1988, in North Hollywood, California.
Filmography Year Title Role/s Notes Ref 1930 Autumn Animator Short; uncredited Summer Animator Short The Chain Gang Animator Short; uncredited The Picnic Animator Short; uncredited Winter Animator Short; uncredited Pioneer Days Animator Short; uncredited Playful Pan Animator Short; uncredited 1931 The Birthday Party Animator Short; uncredited Birds of a Feather Animator Short; uncredited The Fox Hunt Animator Short The Spider and the Fly Animator Short The Castaway Animator Short; uncredited The Busy Beavers Animator Short The China Plate Animator Short; uncredited Blue Rhythm Animator Short; uncredited Fishin' Around Animator Short; uncredited The Beach Party Animator Short; uncredited The Ugly Duckling Animator Short; uncredited 1932 Santa's Workshop Animator Short; uncredited Flowers and Trees 1933 The Mail Pilot Animator Short; uncredited Father Noah's Ark Animator Short 1934 The Goddess of Spring Assistant animator Short 1935 Three Orphan Kittens Animator Short 1936 Three Little Wolves Assistant director Short; uncredited Three Blind Mouseketeers Assistant director Short; uncredited More Kittens Assistant director Short; uncredited 1938 Farmyard Symphony Director Short; uncredited 1939 The Ugly Duckling Director Short; uncredited Beach Picnic Assistant director Short; uncredited Officer Duck Assistant Director Short; uncredited 1941 The Reluctant Dragon Director Cartoon sequences; uncredited 1942 South of the Border with Disney Director, foreign supervisor Short documentary; uncredited Saludos Amigos Foreign supervisor Short Aquarela do Brasil Foreign supervisor Short 1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere Director Documentary short; earlier cartoon clips, uncredited Chicken Little Director Short; earlier cartoon clips, uncredited 1944 The Three Caballeros Brazilian and Spanish supervisor 1945 Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health Foreign supervisor Documentary short; uncredited 1948 Melody Time Foreign supervisor Uncredited Blame it on the Samba Foreign supervisor Short; uncredited 1951 Chicken in the Rough Director Short; earlier cartoon clips, uncredited 1955 Lady and the Tramp Director Earlier cartoon clips; uncredited 1960 Donald Duck and his Companions Director 1978 The Small One Director Short; earlier cartoon clips, uncredited 1984 DTV: Golden Oldies Director
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