Full Name:
Charles Mintz
Occupation / Title:Date of birth:1889
Date of death:January 4th, 1940
Birthplace:Pennsylvania, United States
Biography
Mintz got his start as a producer of animation after his marriage to Margaret J. Winkler of Winkler Pictures. The company produced over 370 cartoon shorts between 1925-1939. The Columbia cartoon producer studied at St. Lawrence University and started working for WB as a booker in 1915. He left in 1920 to start producing the ‘Felix the Cat’ cartoon series, ‘Color Rhapsodies’, and ‘Oswald the Rabbit’ cartoons.
Career outline
Mintz first produced the “Alice Comedies” alongside Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, but was unhappy with the production costs, so he asked the two to create another character, which later became Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.