Joseph Barbera
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| Born | Joseph Roland Barbera March 24, 1911 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 2006 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Burial place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California |
| Other names | Joe Barbera |
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| Years active | 1930–2006 |
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| Spouses | Dorothy Earl
(m. 1935; div. 1963)Sheila Holden (m. 1963) |
| Children | 4 |
Joseph Roland Barbera (/bɑːrˈbɛərə/ bar-BAIR-ə;[1][2] Italian: [barˈbɛːra]; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist. He co-founded the animation studio Hanna-Barbera alongside William Hanna.
Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera hesitantly joined Van Beuren Studios in 1932 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936.[3] In 1937, he moved to California, and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry.
In 1957, after MGM dissolved its animation department, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Top Cat, The Smurfs, Huckleberry Hound, and The Jetsons. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company. In 1991, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System,[4] which merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.
Hanna and Barbera directed seven Academy Award-winning films and won eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoon shows have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media, such as films, books, and toys. Hanna-Barbera's shows had a worldwide audience of over 300 million people in the 1960s and have been translated into more than 28 languages.
- ^ Olausson, Lena; Sangster, Catherine (2006). Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation. Oxford University Press. p. 165. ISBN 0-19-280710-2.
- ^ "ABC Book". National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Hanna and Barbera: Conversations". muse.jhu.edu.
- ^ "Joseph Barbera". The Times. London. December 20, 2006. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2008.