Hal Sutherland was an animator who became a director of animated productions at Filmation in the late 1960's. 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 For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine.
Sutherland had a hand in a large number of Filmation's limited animation productions which were broadcast as Saturday morning cartoons. Limited animation is a process of making Animated cartoons that do not follow a "realistic" approach A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American
Sutherland's directorial assignments included the first twenty episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series in 1973 and The New Adventures of Flash Gordon in 1979. Star Trek The Animated Series (also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry 's Star Trek) is an Emmy Award winning Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, also known as The Adventures of Flash Gordon, is an animated television series Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
He also directed some of Filmation's memorable superhero cartoons, including Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder, The Batman/Superman Hour, Aquaman and The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure all in the late 1960's. Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder was a Filmation Animated series that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969; it was The Batman/Superman Hour was a Filmation Animated series that was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1969 The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure was a Filmation Animated series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1968
One of Sutherland's last assignments with Filmation was as Production Director for the TV series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which began airing in 1983. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American Animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel 's successful Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) He also directed the rather dark Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as one of his final projects with Filmation. Pinocchio and the Emperor of The Night is an animated Feature film that was released in Christmas of 1987 by New World Pictures.
Hal Sutherland is also color-blind. Evidence of this is in the Star Trek Animated Series episode "More Tribbles, More Troubles" where the Tribbles are pink not brown
The IMDB does not list any further projects of Hal Sutherland after Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987). Pinocchio and the Emperor of The Night is an animated Feature film that was released in Christmas of 1987 by New World Pictures.
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