Warren Batchelder
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Warren Batchelder was an animator
on many Warner Bros.
and DePatie-Freleng cartoons. He also worked as animation director
on the Dungeons and Dragons
cartoon show.
and Robert McKimson
and became a master animator (eligible for on-screen credit) in 1958.
In 1987 he received the Animation Guild Golden Award, and retired in 2002.
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
on many Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
and DePatie-Freleng cartoons. He also worked as animation director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
on the Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...
cartoon show.
Career
Batchelder began his animation career in 1936. At Warner Bros., he animated for Bob ClampettBob Clampett
Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil...
and Robert McKimson
Robert McKimson
Robert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
and became a master animator (eligible for on-screen credit) in 1958.
In 1987 he received the Animation Guild Golden Award, and retired in 2002.