Iwao Takamoto | |
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| Born | April 29, 1925 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 2007 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, television producer, film director, storyboard artist, writer |
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| Spouses | Jane M. Baer
(m. 1957; div. 1959)Barbara Farber (m. 1964) |
| Children | 1 |
Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Later, he moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, including Scooby-Doo and Astro, and eventually became a director and producer.