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3James "Shamus" Culhane (November 12, 1908 – February 2, 1996) was a veteran animator and director. Considered one of the finest of the era, Culhane worked at almost every studio of the time, starting at Hearst and Creator/BrayStudios, moving on to [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]] and the Creator/UbIwerks studio, secured a job at Creator/{{Disney}}, made a brief return to Fleischers, had a very brief stint at [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]] in the Creator/ChuckJones unit, but the most important part of his career would have to be his tenure at the Creator/WalterLantz cartoon studio, where he directed some of the best shorts of the studio, including the WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker short "WesternAnimation/TheBarberOfSeville".
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5Post-Lantz, he founded his own animation studio, Shamus Culhane Productions, which produced thousands of TV spots, including a particularly famous Muriel Cigar advertisement, and later on produced classic shows like ''WesternAnimation/RocketRobinHood'', but it folded by the 1960's, allowing Culhane to find work at [[Creator/FamousStudios Paramount Cartoon Studios]]. After quitting (or fired, according to the Creator/RalphBakshi book "Unfiltered") Culhane worked on several made for TV specials and then went into semi-retirement. Later down the road, he published two acclaimed books: the instructional book ''Animation: From Script to Screen'' and his autobiography ''Talking Animals And Other People''. He was also lifelong friends with veteran animator Creator/GrimNatwick, all the way up to when Grim died, aged 100.
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7!!Notable Work of His Includes:
8* Swing You Sinners (''WesternAnimation/{{Talkartoons}}''): First stint as an actual animator.
9* The Herring Murder Case
10* WesternAnimation/BettyBoop's Bamboo Isle: [[{{Rotoscoping}} Rotoscoped]] the hula animation of Betty.
11* Jack and the Beanstalk (Comicolor Cartoons): First stint for the Creator/UbIwerks studio. Co-directed with Al Eugster. Culhane himself animated the scene where the giant is trying to unsuccessfully light his pipe.
12* The Little Red Hen (Comicolor)
13* Puss-In-Boots (Comicolor)
14* The Brave Tin Soldier (Comicolor)
15* The Merry Kittens (A Creator/VanBeurenStudios Rainbow Parade short)
16* The Foxy Terrier
17* Orphan's Picnic: First Disney short Culhane worked on.
18* Hawaiian Holiday: He did animation of Pluto and his encounter with a crab.
19* Society Dog Show: Did some animation for this short.
20* The "Heigh Ho" sequence in ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}'', the segment which he directed.
21* The ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} short "Popeye Meets William Tell".
22* A Kick In Time: A ''WesternAnimation/ColorClassics'' short starring Hunky and Spunky.
23* Max Fleischer's ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels'': Animator on the film--worked on the ending sequence where Gulliver is departing.
24* The Dandy Lion: An ''Animated Antics'' short.
25* WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown: Was an animation director on the film as well as the film's uncredited co-director. Worked on the opening sequence establishing all of the characters.
26* Inki and the Mynah Bird: One of a couple Warner Bros. shorts he did work one. Only one he was credited for.
27* Fin 'N Catty
28* Puss 'N Booty
29* [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyAndTheThreeBears Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears]]: The only Warner Bros. short he worked on to star one of the studio's major characters.
30* [[WesternAnimation/TheBarberOfSeville Woody Woodpecker: The Barber of Seville]]: Considered one of the best shorts of the Creator/WalterLantz's studio, and arguably his best short.
31* WesternAnimation/FishFry: Oscar nominee starring WesternAnimation/AndyPanda.
32* Abou Ben Boogie
33* The Greatest Man In Siam
34* Mousie Come Home
35* The Pied Piper of Basin Street
36* The Painter and the Pointer: An WesternAnimation/AndyPanda cartoon.
37* Take Heed, Mr. Tojo: A Warner Bros. "Seaman Hook" WartimeCartoon that was outsourced to Lantz. He personally directed it.
38* Series/Playhouse90: Animated the title sequence.
39* WesternAnimation/TheOperaCaper: A Paramount Cartoon Studios short.
40* My Daddy The Astronaut: Same as above.
41* The Mighty Thor: Did animation for the series.
42* WesternAnimation/RocketRobinHood: Did the first season.
43* The Hat
44* WesternAnimation/TheNightTheAnimalsTalked (1970)
45* WesternAnimation/NoahsAnimalsAndOtherStories
46** Noah's Animals
47** King of the Beasts
48** Last of the Red Hot Dragons
49* Professer Kitzel
50* The Spirit of '76
51* the animated sequences of Hemo The Magnificent, Unchained Goddess, The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (Bell Labs Educational series)
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53!!Tropes:
54* DerangedAnimation: Some of his early work for the Fleischer brothers.
55* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was to have animated a few scenes with Honest John in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', but he left Disney before he could, so they were reassigned to his assistant Norman Tate.

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