David H. DePatie

David H. Depatie was born on 29 December 1929 in Los Angeles. He began his career as a television producer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Marvel Entertainments. David H. Depatie worked on The Pink Panther, The Marvel: Spiderwoman, Spiderman, Fantastic Four Click to look into! >> Read More... , Dr. Seuss TV special, etc.   He grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was Head of Warner Bros.' counter department, later retired as General Manager. He was married and had two children, Steve & DePatie Jr., Eddie Scherzinger, and Burton were the initial organizers of Warner Bros' Cartoon Department. Depatie became its executive producer in 1961 after Burton left. He produced a pilot show called Philbert in 1963, directed by Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (21st August 1905- 26th May >> Read More... .  After the animation department was closed in 1963, DePatie and Freleng started a company called DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Later, they collaborated with Mirsch Brothers and Jeoferry Productions, as Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng Productions, after Warner Bros. closed the cartoon department in 1963. The executive of Warner Brothers gave them the old production house with its equipment.

The DFE company began as a commercial and industrial film company. Director Blake Edwards contacted them to create the Pink Panther, which became a huge success. Later, they worked with United Artists to produce more than 100 short films stories on Pink Panther, and Warner Bros also contacted them to work on the famous cartoon Looney Tunes During the golden age of American animation, one o >> Read More... .  The Pink Panther won an Academy Award in 1964. In the late 1970s, due to a decrease in quality of their production, DFE was sold to Marvel Comics, where Freleng returned to Warner Bros animation, and DePatie took over Marvel productions, which produced Spider-woman, Spiderman, Fantastic Four.

Marvel Entertainment was purchased by Walt-Disney in 2009, bringing together Marvel and DFE Productions under one roof.   He was the Oscar nominee for The Pink Blueprint (1966), Daytime Emmy winner for ABC Afterschool Specials (1972), and won Awards for Halloween is Grinch Night (1977) and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982).