About
Culhane worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Ub Iwerks studio, Walt Disney Productions, and theWalter Lantz studio. He began his animation career in 1925 working for J.R. Bray studios, and is known for promoting the animation talents of his inker/assistant at the Fleischer Studios in the early 1930s, Lillian Friedman Astor, making her the first female studio animator. While at the Disney studio, he discovered while working on Hawaiian Holiday's crab sequence an animation method that involved stewing for multiple days, before drawing the entire thing in rough sketches all at once, straight ahead, without invoking the left side of the brain. He was a lead animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, animating arguably the most well-known sequence in the film, the animation of the dwarves marching home singing "Heigh-Ho". The scene took...
Known for
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsMovie • 1938
Around the World in 80 DaysMovie • 1956
Donald's Cousin GusMovie • 1939
Gulliver's TravelsMovie • 1939
Beach PicnicMovie • 1939
Polar TrappersMovie • 1938
The Hockey ChampMovie • 1939
Hawaiian HolidayMovie • 1937
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureMovie • 1977
Mr. Bug Goes to TownMovie • 1941
Pluto's Quin-pupletsMovie • 1937
Society Dog ShowMovie • 1939
The Autograph HoundMovie • 1939
Orphan's PicnicMovie • 1936
Balloon LandMovie • 1935
Puss n' BootyMovie • 1943
The Barber of SevilleMovie • 1944
Mickey's CircusMovie • 1936
The PointerMovie • 1939
Donald and PlutoMovie • 1936