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John Hubley

John Hubley

John Hubley (May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American animation director, art director, producer and writer of traditional animation films known for both his formal experimentation and for his emotional realism which stemmed from his tendency to cast his own children as voice actors in his films.

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Movies Made By John Hubley (66)

The Cosmic Eye (1986)

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction. ...

Watership Down (1978)

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven. ...

A Doonesbury Special (1977)

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...

Everybody Rides the Carousel (1976)

"Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings an ...

People, People, People (1976)

Traces life in USA from the first Native Americans to the Bicentennial. ...

Voyage to Next (1974)

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010. ...

Cockaboody (1974)

John and Faith Hubley combined animation with the voices of their preschool daughters Georgia and Emily to make this award-winning short (New York Animation Festival), similar in concept to their earlier work "Moonbird". ...

Dig: A Journey Into Earth (1972)

A boy and his dog take a wondrous trip under the earth's crust and through the geological eras of time, introducing children to geology in the form of a musical fantasy. ...

Eggs (1971)

The spirits of life and death go for a drive in this darkly humorous fantasia featuring an original score by Quincy Jones. ...

This Way to Sesame Street (1969)

A commercial television preview of the new children's educational series, Sesame Street. ...

Of Men and Demons (1969)

A man lives in peace and harmony. But one day his quiet life is interrupted by demons. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...

Uptight (1968)

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own. ...

Windy Day (1968)

Two little girls muse on marriage and babies, love and death as they create and act out plays in their backyard. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2006. ...

Zuckerkandl! (1968)

Animated cartoon, in which philosopher and scholar Alexander Zuckerkandl proposes the view that detached, uninvolved existence is the best. ...

Urbanissimo (1967)

A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life. ...

A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966)

A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored brass ensemble - "Spanish Flea" and "Tijuana Taxi". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003. ...

The Year Of The Horse (1966)

The Year Of The Horse (1966)

A young boy from Chinatown befriends an elderly Central Park carriage driver in this children's drama. Their relationship takes a sad turn when the driver's horse dies, and the young boy bands together with his friends to try and cheer up the deeply depres ...

The Cruise (1966)

The Cruise (1966)

The dance floor of a cruise ship. As each passenger is chosen, they choose a song on the jukebox and dance to it. But one passenger, playing a joke on another, selects a different song first. He keeps choosing that song, and eventually fills the jukebox wi ...

Flatland (1965)

A short, animated film based on Edwin Abbott's 1884 satirical novella, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. ...

We Learn About The Telephone (1965)

Bill sketches an animated person, Mr. Man, who takes us back through history to explain how people developed a need to communicate, and shows us devices that helped to do so. ...

The Hat (1964)

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation between individuals and nations. ...

The Hole (1962)

Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war. ...

Of Stars and Men (1961)

Of Stars and Men is a 1964 animated film from the Hubley family of animators, based on the 1959 book of the same name by astronomer Harlow Shapley, who also narrates. Made in the style of a documentary, it tells of humankind's quest (in the form of a child ...

Children of the Sun (1960)

On the one hand, a healthy child who has enough to eat. On the other hand, a poor, undernourished kid. On the one hand, a quarter of the blue planet's children. On the other hand, the remaining three quarters. ...

A Tale of Old Whiff (1960)

A 70mm scope cartoon in which a dog learns to smell in order to become a detective. ...

Moonbird (1959)

Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003. ...

Harlem Wednesday (1958)

The paintings of Gregorio Prestopino convey the sights and sounds of a day in Harlem. ...

The Tender Game (1958)

Inspired by the song Tenderly Jack Lawrence and Walter Gross, a tender animation on a florist and a sweeper that she falls madly in love. ...

A Smattering of Spots (1958)

A Smattering of Spots (1958)

A compilation reel of television commercials produced by Story Board Inc. ...

The Adventures of * (1957)

Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up. ...

Date with Dizzy (1956)

A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder. ...

Spare the Child (1955)

It shows a family where the son makes a wish to switch sizes with the father so that he can be the boss for a change. The father doesn't like this at all. After a while, the son slowly realizes that being a grownup isn't all that easy. Unfortunately, the f ...

Pete Hothead (1952)

This UPA cartoon introduces a new character, Pete Hothead, a feisty little man with a violent temper. Pete Hothead was featured in only one other cartoon. In this one he receives a parrot from a store rather than the radio he ordered. In his attempts to ex ...

More Than Meets the Eye (1952)

Promotional film extoling the virutes of radio advertising, even in a new era of televison. ...

Rooty Toot Toot (1951)

Frankie walks into a bar, where she catches her boyfriend Johnny with the sensuous Nellie Bly and kills him in a fit of jealousy. ...

Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)

Mr. Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in typical Magoo fashion. ...

Georgie and the Dragon (1951)

Georgie, a young Scottish lad, befriends a baby dragon and takes it home as a pet and companion. ...

The Prowler (1951)

Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman. ...

Barefaced Flatfoot (1951)

Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery. ...

M (1951)

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible. ...

Bungled Bungalow (1951)

Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves. ...

Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)

The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950. ...

Trouble Indemnity (1950)

An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as one of Magoo's old college chums. Magoo is now worth a hefty sum and is ready to collect after being bitten ...

The Miner's Daughter (1950)

A Harvard grad tries to start a gold claim, but is immediately beset by the amorous daughter of a rival miner. ...

Spellbound Hound (1950)

Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location. ...

Punchy De Leon (1950)

Fox and Crow attempt to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. ...

Ragtime Bear (1949)

At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo. ...

The Magic Fluke (1949)

The Fox and Crow have a band-act in a nightclub, but the Fox walks out on his partner when he gets the position of a symphony-orchestra conductor. The Fox becomes while his old partner is on skid row, cold and hungry. One night, the Crow appears backstage ...

The Sailor and the Seagull (1949)

The Sailor and the Seagull (1949)

The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled sailor named McGinty complains about the raw deal he believes he is receiving by serving in the Navy. As lu ...

Robin Hoodlum (1948)

Fox is Robin Hoodlum and the Crow is the Sheriff pursuing R. Hoodlum and his merry band. He escapes one trap after another until he is lured into an archery contest at the Palace---everybody plays the Palace sooner or later---and gets caught. ...

Swab Your Choppers (1948)

U.S. Navy instructional film about proper oral hygiene. After prolonged dental neglect, seaman Humphrey learns the proper technique for brushing and flossing one's teeth. ...

Accidents Resulting from Unfamiliarity in Aircraft, or: The Rover Boys in Peril (1948)

Part of the Flight Safety series of PSAs produced by United Productions of America for the U.S. Navy. Three stalwart brothers learn the importance of familiarizing themselves with aircraft before attempting to fly them. ...

Leben des Galilei (1947)

Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam. ...

Flight Safety: Landing Accidents (1946)

Animated documentary about Flight Safety. ...

Brotherhood of Man (1945)

Made from a pamphlet and financed by a union, the message that the similarities between people are greater than any racial differences, was part of a post WW2 optimism which was soon to be seen as leftist propaganda and now reads like simple multiculturali ...

Position Firing (1944)

Hapless B-17 waist gunner "Trigger Joe" learns how to adjust his aim, to take into account the relative motion of his aircraft, his bullets, and the attacking enemy fighter. ...

Flat Hatting (1944)

"Flat Hatting", at the time, was the practice of buzzing civilians in military aircraft. Flat Hatters were looked at as heroes in the WWII air corps: Hubley's job was to make them look like fools. ...

He Can't Make It Stick (1943)

He Can't Make It Stick (1943)

An anti-Hitler cartoon. While the soundtrack survives in full, the animation is partly lost. ...

Professor Small and Mr. Tall (1943)

Small and Tall break a mirror on a train trip and their seven years of bad luck start immediately. Stranded by an accident, they have trouble in a ghost town and finally are lost in the desert. The mirror saves them when they piece it back together, and ev ...

The Vitamin G-Man (1943)

The Vitamin G-Man (1943)

A detective in training is about to take his final exam. He is sent to room 13, where his professor befuddles him with a tricky doorknob. Next, he goes to a tea party with his professor loosely disguised as an old lady; the butler serves a pot of "T.N.Tea" ...

King Midas, Junior (1942)

King Midas, Junior (1942)

Midas Junior inherits the Golden Rubber touch on his birthday and is unhappy because everything he touches turns to rubber. But when he learns there is a great shortage and need for rubber, he happily goes around turning everything to rubber. ...

The Dumbconscious Mind (1942)

Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy. ...

Old Blackout Joe (1942)

Old Blackout Joe (1942)

An air-raid warden in Harlem; everyone turns out their lights willingly. All except for one: A lantern, whose flame refuses to go out. Joe plays cat-and-mouse with the flame a while, blowing it toward a box of TNT; he quickly inhales, swallowing the flame. ...

Bambi (1942)

Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends. ...

Pinocchio (1940)

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and u ...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own. ...

Movies Starring John Hubley (1)

In Quest of Cockaboody (1974)

In Quest of Cockaboody (1974)

A documentary incorporating 13 weeks of teaching of film animation by Faith and John Hubley in the School of Art at Yale University including the conception and production of the film entitled Cockaboody. ...

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