John W. Dunn (25 February 1919 – 17 January 1983) was a Scottish screenwriter and animator for animated cartoons, active from 1955 to 1983.

Biography

Dunn began his career at the artists Fleischer Studios

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cartoon studio, where his first story credit—''

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''—received an

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nomination. He moved to Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1960; there, he began with ''

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'', which was also nominated for an Oscar. He and fellow Disney man David Detiege replaced Warner Brothers top writers Michael Maltese and

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after they went to Hanna-Barbera to receive higher billing in the 1960s. He usually worked under Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones' units. After the Warner's cartoon studio closed in 1963, Dunn joined

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; in 1964, he crafted the story for ''

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'', which earned the Oscar as Best Animated Short. Many of his DePatie–Freleng cartoons re-use plots from Warner Brothers cartoons. He was a prolific story man over the next 19 years and also did some animation work for the ask comic book Gene Deitch ''

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1967 ''Spider-Man'' '' Heathcliff'' Dunn died in

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of heart failure on 17 January 1983.

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* 1919 births 1983 deaths People from Coatbridge Scottish animators Scottish screenwriters Scottish emigrants to the United States Walt Disney Animation Studios people Warner Bros. Cartoons people 20th-century British screenwriters {{Scotland-artist-stub