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Faith Hubley (16 September 1924 - 7 December 2001) was an Academy Award-winning animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and on her own following her husband's death. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed John Hubley ( May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American Animator and animation director known for both his formal

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Reportedly born as Faith Elliott, Hubley grew up in Hell's Kitchen in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City that includes roughly the area between The City of New York She left home at age 15 to work in the theater. At age 18, she moved to Hollywood, starting as a messenger at Columbia Pictures. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company She subsequently worked as a sound-effects and music editor, and then script clerk for Republic Pictures. Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution She later worked (in New York) as script supervisor on 12 Angry Men, and script supervisor and editor on the Harlem Globetrotters film Go, Man, Go. The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism and Comedy.

Faith and John Hubley were married in 1955. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) They founded Storyboard Studios as an independent animation studio, vowing to make one independent film a year. They collaborated on 21 short films, up until John's death during open-heart surgery in 1977. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

At that time they were working on the Doonesbury television cartoon A Doonesbury Special; Faith, with Garry Trudeau and Bill Littlejohn, completed the special despite the doubts of NBC executives. Doonesbury is a Comic strip by G B Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages professions Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American Cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Hubleys won Oscars for their shorts: Moonbird (1959), The Hole (1962) and Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966); they also received Oscar nominations for Windy Day, Of Men and Demons, Voyage to Next, and A Doonesbury Special. Moonbird is a 1959 short animation by John Hubley and Faith Hubley that won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons in The Hole is a 1962 short animation by John Hubley and Faith Hubley that won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons in 1962 The film

As a pioneering woman animator, Faith Hubley was often shortchanged by animation historians and critics. She was typically regarded as simply an assistant to John, who was always credited as director on their films. However, her numerous solo films have established her as a significant creator in her own right. She began her first project on her own, W. O. W. (Women of the World) after being diagnosed with cancer in 1975. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Between 1976 and 2001, she completed 24 further solo animated films. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Her films often feature abstract imagery and non-linear stories; many draw on themes of mythology and indigenous art. Abstract art uses a Visual language of form color and line to create a composition which exists independently of visual references to the world The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" The term Indigenous Peoples or autochthonous peoples can be used to describe any Ethnic group who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest historical She was also a painter, with her works being exhibited in galleries in Europe and the United States.

Faith Hubley received honors from the Cannes, Venice, London, and San Francisco film festivals. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world The Times BFI London Film Festival is the UK 's largest public film event screening over 300 films from 60 countries The San Francisco International Film Festival, first held in December 1957 in San Francisco, is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas She won fourteen CINE Golden Eagle awards, and received honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago, Columbia College, and Hofstra University. CINE is a Consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Columbia College Chicago is the largest arts and communications college in the United States. Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale Her 1981 animated film "Enter Life" can be seen at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History, as part of the Early Life exhibit. In 1995, the National Gallery of Art presented a retrospective program of her works. This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery.

Faith Hubley died in 2001, aged 77, in New Haven, Connecticut, following her long battle with cancer. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

John and Faith Hubley had four children: Mark Hubley, animator Emily Hubley, musician Georgia Hubley, and Hamp Hubley. Yo La Tengo is an American Indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Their children's voices were featured in a number of their films.

Filmography

With John Hubley

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