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Burton Gillett
Burton F. Gillett (October 15, 1891 - December 28, 1971) was an animation director. He is noted for his Silly Symphonies work for Disney, particurarly the 1933 Three Little Pigs.
He was born in Elmira, New York, USA. His animation career probably started arround 1916 in the International Film Service, an early animation studio under the ownership of William Randolph Hearst and the supervision of Gregory La Cava. The studio had been formed in 1915 and first employed experienced animators Frank Moser and William Nolan . Within a year the veterans had been joined by several new recruits. Gillett was probably recruited along with notable co-workers John Foster, Jack King, Isadore Klein , Walter Lantz, Grim Natwick, Ben Sharpsteen and Vernon Stallings .
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