Full Name:

Warren Foster

Occupation / Title:

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Date of birth:

24/10/1904

Date of death:

13/12/1971

Birthplace:

Brooklyn, New York

Biography

Warren Foster was an American animator, writer and composer, known for his work first at Warner Bros. and later at Hanna-Barbera. 

Family and early life

Warren Foster was born in Brooklyn, New York to Marion B. Foster and Charles C. Foster. 

Career outline

Joining Fleischer Studio as staff in October 1935, Warren Foster started out as an opaquer. Foster later became a gag man, writing for such popular series such as Popeyes, and worked under Bob Clampett’s unit at Schlesinger’s studio. In 1938, Foster landed a job with Warner Brothers as writer, beginning with a Porky Pig short, “Porky in Wackyland”. Foster worked at Warner Brothers under several different units, with directors including Bob Clampett, McKimson and Freleng. His work for Warner Bros. totaled nearly 171 cartoons. His more recognizable work for Warner Bros. includes “Book Revenue and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery”, which features Daffy Duck, “Catty Cornered” with Sylvester the Cat, and “Bugs and Thugs” with Bugs Bunny. Near the end of his career with Warner Bros. in 1959, he worked on a Tweetie Pie short, “Tweety Dreams”. He is the composer for the Tweety bird theme song “I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat”. Foster later left the Warner Bros. studio and went to work for Hanna-Barbera.

Foster then spend more than seven years at Hanna-Barbera, writing for numerous TV shows such as The Huckleberry Hount Show, The Yogi Bear Show, Quick Draw McGraw, The Jetsons, Loopy De Loop, as well as the massively successful The Flintstones and the feature length The Man Called Flintstone.

Personal style

Warren Foster displays the skills of an accomplished draftsmen and writer, as demonstrated by one of his storyboards for the pilot episode of The Yogi Bear Show. His drawings indicate quick and precise pencil strokes with little to no erasures, suggesting that he is adept at fast sketches. The frames are simple and easy to understand within seconds of viewing them. Foster also possesses a great knowledge of line weight and tone, as he is able to suggest trees apart from solid rocks with apparent ease.  

Filmography

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References:

Barrier, J. Michael. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. New York: Oxford UP, 1999. Print.

 




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