- 1932 Joined Disney
- 1941 The Disney Strike of which he was one of the leaders
- 1945 After 3 years in the U.S. Marine Corps:
- Joined Disney again after winning a court case against the studio in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case
- Left Disney Studios to join UPA
- Subsequent studios he worked with as an animator, an animation director and/or a teacher; Storyboard, Quartet Films, Art Babbitt Films, Hanna Barbera, Filmfair, Richard Williams Studios, and Bill Melendez Productions.
- Attention: Be sure and read the "Character Analysis of the Goof" (a la Stanislavsky). It was the first analytical study of an animated character, and now it is common practice.
- Received over 80 awards as animation director and animator
- (autobiography) Art Babbitt, written April 26, 1956
- Supervising animator (1 of 9) on Snow White - animated large portions of "Queen" and "Dopey"
- Supervising director and animator on Pinocchio (1 of 8) - animated 2/3 footage on character "Gepetto", Pinocchio's father.
- Supervising director and animator on Fantasia (1 of 8 ) - animated large portion of this picture, but best remembered is the "Chinese Mushroom Dance".
- Supervising director and animator on Dumbo - animated all of the "Stork" and other large portions of picture.
- Developed character "Goofy" and animated all of said character in his earlier and most successful pictures, such as Moving Day, On Ice, etc.
- Animated all of main character in Country Cousin which won Academy Award for 1936.
- Animated most of Rooty Toot Toot, considered best cartoon of 1951 by critics.
- Animated and directed Family Circus, most successful film (after McBoing Boing) that Columbia has ever released.
- Directed Bailing Out, an animated training film for the U.S. Navy which took 1st place in its class at Venice Film Festival.
- Animated character Mr.Magoo in at least 10 of his most successful films.
- Directed both live action and animation for Navy Film - Principles of Gas Turbine Engine - which won award at Edinburgh Film Festival.
- Directed many live action public relations films - educationals, commercials, training films, etc. - for such firms as Pan American, Ford, G.E., McGraw-Hill, Navy, etc.
- Directed and animated Sal Hapatica spot which won award at Chicago Art Directors Show.
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