Fred Quimby

Fred Quimby

He is a creator of Tom and Jerry,He animated everything from Tom and Jerry.Fredrick Clinton Quimby was born on July 31,1886 he died in septemeber 16,1965 at the of 79.He was born in Minineapolis,and started his career as a journalist,in 1907,he manged a film theater in Missoula,Montana.later,he worked at Pahte,rising to become a memeber of the board of directors before leaving in 1921 to become an indepenedent producer.He got hired in 20th century in 1924, and then MGN in 1927 to head it short features department,in 1937.he assigned to put together it animation dapartment.cartoons got more money they was getting more popular and the mgm's cartoon didn't last no longer they closed it in 1957 but mgm still loved Tom and Jerry shorts and saved the contracts for producing the show even later allowing legendary animator Chuck Jones the wanted him to make new series of Tom and Jerrry's 

In 1939,William Hanna and Joseph Barbera presented him.From Tom and Jerry films without inviting Hanna and Barbera onstage and his name became well known due toit prominece in the cartoon credits.even though quimby had taken sole credit for approving and prducing the Tom and Jerry series,he never actually worked on it.besides,Quimby had a difficult relationship with animators and even Hanna and Barbera.Quimby retired from MGM in 1955.Hanna and Barbara was his role model to do it.MGM assumed that bringing in old cartoons got more money and the MGM's cartoon division did not last long after it was closed in 1957 but mgm still loved the Tom and Jerry shorts and saved the contracts for producing the show even later allowing legendary animaator Chuck Jones to make a new serie of Tom and Jerry,despite that Jones never worked for mgm.Fred Quimby died in Santa Monica,California in 1965 and was buried in Glendale.