Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992) was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Jack Kinney attended John Muir Junior High School in Los Angeles, California (1925), and attended John C. Fremont High School (1926 - 1928) there with Roy Williams. Both Fremont football players, they would later be hired by Walt Disney in 1930 to work at the Walt Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue. Often referring to himself as Kinney's best friend, Williams would go on to star as the "Big Mooseketeer" with head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd on the classic 1950s television program, "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955 - 1958). Kinney began his long career in cartoons at the Walt Disney Studios in 1931 as an animator on several shorts, including Santa's Workshop (released on December 10, 1932), The Band Concert (released on February 23, 1935), and Moose Hunters (released on April 17, 1937). He then became a director of cartoons at Disney, including as a sequence director for both Pinocchio and Dumbo and especially as a director in the shorts department, where he directed many cartoon shorts, mostly those starring Goofy (his brother Dick created the stories for the shorts), although he also directed a few Donald Duck cartoons as well, including the Academy Award-winning wartime propaganda film, Der Fuehrer's Face. He also served as director of most of the "package films" during the 1940s, including The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. In the mid-1950s, he supervised new animation used to tie some of the old shorts together for Disney's television efforts. In 1959, Jack left Disney to start (with his brother Dick) Jack Kinney Productions, an independent animation studio. Among other work they provided animation for King Features Syndicate's 1960 Popeye series. In 1988, Kinney published a short memoir, Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters: An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney's. Kinney died on February 9, 1992 in Glendale, California at the age of 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Kinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 103
2000s
- 2005
Mickey, les J.O. rigolos
Director
- 2003
Everybody Loves Goofy
Director
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
Director
- 2002
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Director
Countdown to Christmas
Director
- 2001
Disney's American Legends
Director
1980s
- 1987
Here's Goofy!
Director
- 1984
DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues
Director
- 1980
Mickey Mouse Disco
Director
1970s
- 1974
Let's relax
Director
- 1972
Superstar Goofy
Director
1960s
- 1963
Snuffy Smith and Barney Google
Director
- 1962
Krazy Kat
Director
- 1960
Popeye in the Grand Steeple Chase
Director
Barbecue for Two
Director
Super Duper Market
Director
Tiger Burger
Director
Plumbers Pipe Dream
Director
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Director
Jeep Tale
Director
Popeye and the Giant
Director
Popeye's Pizza Palace
Director
Popeye's Service Station
Director
1950s
- 1959
1001 Arabian Nights
Director
The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale
Director
- 1956
- 1955
The Goofy Success Story
Director
Music Land
Director
Contrasts in Rhythm
Director
- 1954
Casey Bats Again
Director
Pigs Is Pigs
Director
Two for the Record
Director
The Lone Chipmunks
Director
Donald's Diary
Director
- 1953
How to Sleep
Director
Football (Now and Then)
Director
How to Dance
Director
Father's Week-End
Director
For Whom the Bulls Toil
Director
Father's Day Off
Director
- 1952
How to Be a Detective
Director
Two Weeks Vacation
Director
Teachers Are People
Director
Two Gun Goofy
Director
Man's Best Friend
Director
Hello Aloha
Director
Father's Lion
Director
- 1951
No Smoking
Director
Fathers Are People
Director
Get Rich Quick
Director
Tomorrow We Diet
Director
Cold War
Director
Home Made Home
Director
Cold Storage
Director
Lion Down
Director
- 1950
Hold That Pose
Director
Motor Mania
Director
The Brave Engineer
Director
1940s
- 1949
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Director
Tennis Racquet
Director
- 1948
Bumble Boogie
Director
- 1947
Bongo
Director
How to Ride a Horse
Director
- 1946
The Story of Menstruation
Director
Casey at the Bat
Director
The Martins and the Coys
Director
All the Cats Join In
Director
Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
Director
- 1945
Hockey Homicide
Director
Duck Pimples
Director
Californy 'Er Bust
Director
African Diary
Director
Tiger Trouble
Director
- 1944
How to Play Golf
Director
How to Be a Sailor
Director
- 1943
Figaro and Cleo
Director
Victory Vehicles
Director
Victory Through Air Power
Director
Der Fuehrer's Face
Director
- 1942
El Gaucho Goofy
Director
- 1941
The Art of Self Defense
Director
Baggage Buster
Director
- 1940
Goofy's Glider
Director
Wrote 13
1990s
- 1992
Goofy at the Olympic Games
Writer
1960s
- 1960
Popeye's Service Station
Writer
1950s
- 1959
How to Have an Accident at Work
Story
- 1956
How to Have an Accident in the Home
Story
- 1955
The Goofy Success Story
Writer
- 1953
Canvas Back Duck
Story
1940s
- 1948
- 1940
1930s
- 1938
Mickey's Parrot
Story
- 1936
Donald and Pluto
Story
Visual effects 11
1930s
- 1937
Moose Hunters
Animation
- 1935
The Cookie Carnival
Animation
Mickey's Service Station
Animation
- 1934
Two-Gun Mickey
Animation
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
Animation
The China Shop
Animation
- 1933
Mickey's Mechanical Man
Animation
The Mail Pilot
Animation
Birds in the Spring
Animation
- 1932
Produced 4
1960s
- 1960
Barbecue for Two
Producer
Tiger Burger
Producer
Popeye's Pizza Palace
Producer
Popeye's Service Station
Producer
Other crew 2
1950s
- 1957
The Goofy Adventure Story
Sequence Lead
1940s
- 1941
Acted in 1
1930s
- 1937
Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
Movie
Art department 1
1990s
- 1992
Goofy at the Olympic Games
Art Direction