Gordon Hunt (director)
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| Born | Gordon Edwynn Hunt (1929-04-26)April 26, 1929 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 2016(2016-12-17) (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Director, actor, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1959–2016 |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Elizabeth Novis (divorced) B.J. Ward 1995 - 2016 (m. 2016) |
| Children | Helen Hunt |
| Website | http://www.gordonhunt.net/ |
Gordon Edwynn Hunt (April 26, 1929 – December 17, 2016) was an American director, actor, producer and writer.
He directed such animated productions as The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, The Pirates of Dark Water, Droopy, Master Detective, Pound Puppies, The Richie Rich Show, The Smurfs and many more.
Life and career
Hunt was born in Sherman Oaks, California, the son of Helen F. (née Roberts; originally Rothenberg) and George Smith Hunt II, an industrial designer. He also has a younger half-brother, director and lighting designer Peter H. Hunt. His mother was from a German Jewish family; and his father, a Mayflower descendant, of English origin, was from Minnesota.[1][2] He is the father of actress Helen Hunt from his marriage to photographer Jane Elizabeth Novis; they later divorced. Since 1995, he has been married to voice actress B.J. Ward.
He had been working as a freelance director in New York before being hired to work at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where he served as their casting director for ten years. He was then hired by Joseph Barbera to direct animated series at Hanna-Barbera. His first voice directing job was Partridge Family 2200 A.D. in 1974.[3]
With a prestigious twenty-year career at Hanna-Barbera, Hunt is now prominent in the voiceover forum, where he is a freelance director for multiple animated productions and video games. As a voice actor, he voiced the character of Wally in the animated adaptation of the comic strip Dilbert. He has often worked alongside colleague voice directors Ginny McSwain, Wally Burr, Andrea Romano and Kris Zimmerman. McSwain, Romano and Zimmerman have studied under him as animation casting directors and learned the profession from Hunt before becoming voice directors themselves. Andrea Romano considers him to be her mentor, who makes actors feel so comfortable and relaxed that she said, "Nobody does not like Gordon".[4]
He directed many television series, of which most were situation comedies. In 1996, he received the Directors Guild of America Award; "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series" for Mad About You's episode The Alan Brady Show. Hunt also voice directed multiple video games. Among the games he worked on are Pandemonium, the God of War series, Lair, Final Fantasy XIV, Blur, the Legacy of Kain series, and the Uncharted series. He also served as motion capture director on Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
Hunt died on December 17, 2016 at the age of 87.[5]
Filmography
Recording director
Animated specials and movies
Animated shorts
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1987 | The Duxorcist | Daffy Duck cartoon |
| 1988 | The Night of the Living Duck | Daffy Duck cartoon |
| 1998 | Chicken Little |
Video games
Actor; animated and film roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1984 | Crimes of Passion | Group Leader | Live-Action role |
| 1985 | Waiting to Act | Acting Coach Lars | Live-Action role |
| 1989 | Cheers | Gordon | Episode: "The Two Faces of Norm" |
| 1991 | (Blooper) Bunny | Director / Man in Audience / Movers | Animated short |
| Trancers II | Mustard Man | Live-Action role | |
| 1992–1993 | The Addams Family | Additional voices | Animated series |
| 1992–1995 | Capitol Critters | Additional voices | "The KiloWatts Riot" |
| 1993 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | Additional voices | Made-For-Television animated movie |
| 1993–1994 | Bonkers | Additional voices | "A Woolly Bully," "Fall-Apart Land" |
| 1998 | Mad About You | TV Host | Episode: "Paul Slips in the Shower" |
| 1999–2000 | Dilbert | Wally | Animated series |
| 2013 | I Know That Voice | Himself | Documentary |
References
- Jump up ^ Helen Hunt ancestry
- Jump up ^ Robinson, George (2008-02-13). "Then She Found Me'". The New York Jewish Week. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- Jump up ^ "Interview with Gordon Hunt, Director, Part 1". Now Casting. 2005. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - Jump up ^ "Talking Toons With Rob Paulsen: Episode 16 with Guest: Andrea Romano". Talking Toons With Rob Paulsen.
- Jump up ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gordon-hunt-dead-director-father-helen-hunt-was-87-957833
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