John W. Burton (August 18, 1906 – June 1, 1978) was an American cinematographer and animated film producer best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons.
john, burton, film, producer, john, burton, august, 1906, june, 1978, american, cinematographer, animated, film, producer, best, known, work, warner, bros, cartoons, biography, editburton, born, august, 1906, rockford, illinois, employed, angeles, leon, schles. John W Burton August 18 1906 June 1 1978 was an American cinematographer and animated film producer best known for his work at Warner Bros Cartoons Biography editBurton was born on August 18 1906 in Rockford Illinois He was employed in Los Angeles at Leon Schlesinger Productions which made the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons for Warner Bros as a cameraman technician and general troubleshooter In 1944 after Warner Bros bought out Schlesinger and the studio was renamed Warner Bros Cartoons Burton was promoted to production manager In 1958 after Edward Selzer retired he was promoted to producer 1 He was also able to accept the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1958 for the Bugs Bunny cartoon Knighty Knight Bugs Burton left Warner Bros in 1961 to become an executive at Pacific Title amp Art Studio which Schlesinger founded 2 He was replaced by David H DePatie Burton died June 1 1978 at age 71 in Los Angeles References edit The Life and Death of Looney Tunes Producers Schlesinger and Selzer The Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion B Archived from the original on July 17 2011 Retrieved September 28 2011 External links editJohn W Burton at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John W Burton film producer amp oldid 1175293542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
