Tashlin, Frank (1913-1972), Cineasta norte-americano:Artistas e Modelos (1955);
Ou Vai ou Racha (1956);
Bancando o Ama-Seca (1958).
Nationality: American. Born: Weehawken, New Jersey, 19 February 1913. Education:Family: Married Mary Costa. Career: Errand boy for Max Fleischer, 1928; worked on Aesop's Fables cartoons at RKO, from 1930, became animator; sold cartoons to magazines under pseudonym "Tish-Tash," until 1936; moved to Hollywood, worked at Vitaphone Corp. on Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes, 1933; comic strip Van Boring syndicated, 1934–36; gagman at Hal Roach Studios, 1935, then director and scriptwriter for Looney Tunes; story director at Disney studios for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck series, 1939–40; executive producer, Columbia's Screen Gems Cartoon Studios, 1941; returned to Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes, 1942, also directed first Private Snafu cartoon for Frank Capra's Army Signal Corps Unit; first non-animated film credit as co-scriptwriter for Delightfully Dangerous, 1944; gag writer at Paramount, 1945; writer for Eddie Bracken's CBS radio shows, 1946; took over direction of The Lemon Drop Kid at request of Bob Hope, 1950; writer, producer and director for television, from 1952. Died: In Hollywood, 5 May 1972.
Educated in public school, Astoria, Long Island.
Educated in public school, Astoria, Long Island.
