Arthur Roland Humberstone (17 April 1912 – 31 December 1999) was a British animator, artist and director, whose credits included ''

Animal Farm ''Animal Farm'' is a beast fable, in the form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to crea ...

'', '' Yellow Submarine'' and ''

The BFG ''The BFG'' (short for ''The Big Friendly Giant'') is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book '' Danny, the Champion of the World ...

.'' In 1946, Arthur was one of the trainee animators enlisted at J Arthur Rank's new studio being set up at Moor Hall, Cookham by ex-Disney Director David Hand. He worked with

Halas & Batchelor Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom. The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Glouce ...

and as a senior animator with Martin Rosen on ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural ...

'' and ''

The Plague Dogs ''The Plague Dogs'' is the third novel by Richard Adams, author of ''Watership Down'', about the friendship of two dogs that escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. It was first pub ...

.'' Arthur Humberstone's influence on the film ''

'' is discussed in the chapter "Revisiting the production of ''Watership Down'' through the Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive" in the boo
Watership Down: Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence
'. An exhibition
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad
', of materials from the Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive, was shown at

The Horse Hospital The Horse Hospital is a Grade II listed not for profit, independent arts venue at Colonnade, Bloomsbury, central London. It has a curatorial focus on counter-cultural histories, sub-cultures and outsider as well as emerging artists. It delivers ...

13th April - 5th May 2023.

Filmography

References

External links

Arthur Humberstone
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Humberstone, Arthur 1912 births 1999 deaths British animators British animated film directors British television directors