Al Eugster

Alfred Julius Eugster (February 11, 1909 – January 1, 1997) was an American animator, writer, and film director. He worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Iwerks Studio, Walt Disney Productions, and Famous Studios. Eugster began his career in animation in April 1925 where he worked at the Pat Sullivan studio. He would blacken in the drawing of Felix the Cat. During his time working for the Pat Sullivan studio, he worked under Otto Messmer. He attended Cooper Union at nighttime to study art while also working. He then left Sullivan's Studio in April 1929 and moved to Fleisher Studios. He would return to Fleischer in 1939. In 1932, Eugster went to work for Mintz. He worked with Preston Blair on many films, most notably Krazy Kat cartoons. Just a year later, he went on to work for Ub lwerks where he co-animated several ComiColor shorts with Shamus Culhane. Eugster worked at Iwerks Studio until 1935, when he joined Walt Disney Animation Studios. His specialty while at Disney studio was the animation of Donald Duck as well as the works of Snow White. He left Disney on March 18, 1939, due to an offer from Max Fleischer in Miami for a higher salary. He re-joined Fleischer in 1939 and stayed with them until the studio closed down in 1942. He would work briefly at Famous Studios but left for the US Army. After his release from the Army, he returned to Famous in 1945. Here he was the head animator and worked on a number of Screen Songs and Popeye cartoons until 1957. From 1957 to 1964, Eugster freelanced throughout New York working for various commercial studios. In 1964, he joined Paramount where he worked for Shamus Culhane and Ralph Bakshi until the studio closed in 1967. The following year, he joined Kim and Gifford, where he began his longest stay at a single studio. In September 1987, Eugster retired from Kim and Gifford, ending his 62-year career. [biography from Wikipedia]

Known For

Birth Location New York City, New York, USA
Born 1909-02-11
Died 1997-01-01

Movies

Movies

1967
Two by Two Animation
1966
Dante Dreamer Animation
1958
Dante Dreamer Animation Director
1958
Jolly the Clown Animation
1957
L'Amour the Merrier Animation Director
1957
The Crystal Brawl Animation
1957
A Haul in One Animation
1956
Sir Irving and Jeames Animation Director
1956
Parlez Vous Woo Animation
1956
1956
A Job for a Gob Animation
1955
1955
Nurse to Meet Ya Animation
1955
1954
Crazytown Animation
1954
No Place Like Rome Animation
1953
1953
1953
Aero-Nutics Animation
1953
Aero-Nutics Animation Director
1953
Ancient Fistory Animation Director
1953
Ancient Fistory Animation
1953
Hysterical History Animation
1953
Shuteye Popeye Animation
1952
City Kitty Animation
1952
Friend or Phony Animation
1952
Fun At The Fair Animation
1952
Fun At The Fair Animation Director
1952
The Awful Tooth Animation
1952
Lunch with a Punch Animation
1952
Snooze Reel Animation
1952
Snooze Reel Animation Director
1952
Pilgrim Popeye Animation
1951
1951
Sing Again Of Michigan Animation Director
1951
Tweet Music Animation
1951
Tweet Music Animation Director
1951
Baby Wants Spinach Animation
1950
Helter Swelter Animation
1950
1950
1950
Detouring Thru Maine Animation Director
1950
Blue Hawaii Animation
1950
Leprechauns Gold Animation
1949
1949
Farm Foolery Animation
1949
The Stork Market Animation
1949
The Emerald Isle Animation
1949
1948
Camptown Races Animation
1948
1948
Sing or Swim Animation
1948
Winter Draws On Animation
1948
The Baby Sitter Animation
1947
Naughty But Mice Animation
1947
The Wee Men Animation
1947
1947
House Tricks? Animation
1946
Baby Wants a Bottleship Animation Director
1942
1942
Two for the Zoo Animation
1941
The Riveter Animation
1940
Officer Duck Animation
1939
Donald's Penguin Animation
1939
Beach Picnic Animation
1939
Society Dog Show Animation
1939
Donald's Lucky Day Animation
1939
Donald's Golf Game Animation
1938
The Whalers Animation
1938
Good Scouts Animation
1938
Polar Trappers Animation
1938
Clock Cleaners Animation
1937
Hawaiian Holiday Animation
1937
Mickey's Amateurs Animation
1937
Don Donald Animation
1937
The Worm Turns Animation
1937
Donald and Pluto Animation
1936
Mickey's Circus Animation
1936
Moving Day Animation
1936
Orphan's Picnic Animation
1936
Music Land Animation
1935
Balloon Land Animation
1935
Old Mother Hubbard Co-Director
1935
Little Black Sambo Co-Director
1935
Jack Frost Co-Director
1934
The Headless Horseman Co-Director
1934
1933
1932
Noah's Lark Animation
1929
Finding His Voice Animation
1929