Mel Shaw

Shaw was born on December 19, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was an opera singer and his father was a lawyer. He was the second oldest of four brothers born to his parents. ==Career==

Shaw began his career in entertainment industry as a silent film title card creator at Pacific Title and Art, a company owned by film producer, Leon Schlesinger. ==Death==

Shaw died from congestive heart failure on November 22, 2012, at the Woodland Care Center in Reseda, California, at the age of 97. His first wife, Louise, died in 1984. Shaw's second wife, Florence Lounsbery, who died in 2004, was the widow of Disney animator, John Lounsbery. They had resided in Acampo, California, for more than twenty years. == Filmography ==

• ''We're in the Money'' (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1933 • Tale of the Vienna Woods (short) (story, animator and character layouts - uncredited) - 1934 • Toyland Broadcast (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1934 • Good Little Monkeys (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1935 • Alias St. Nick (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1935 • Bottles (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1936 • To Spring (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1936 • Merbabies (short) (animator - uncredited) - 1938 • Fantasia (visual development artwork) - 1940 • Dumbo - 1941 • Bambi (writer, visual development artwork) - 1942 • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (visual development artwork for the Mr. Toad segment) - 1949 • Disneyland - (story for the Tricks of Our Trade episode) - 1957 • The Rescuers - 1977 • ''Deadman's Curve'' (TV Movie) (writer: "Baby Talk" song) - 1978 • The Fox and the Hound (creative assistant to the producers) - 1981 • The Black Cauldron (writer) - 1985 • The Great Mouse Detective (writer) - 1986 • ''It's Howdy Doody Time'' (TV special) (thanks - as Melvin Shaw) - 1987 • Beauty and the Beast (production consultant: visual development) - 1991 • The Lion King (visual development artist) - 1994 • Tarzan (assistant animator) - 1999 • Treasure Planet (key animator) - 2002 • Brother Bear (character designer) - 2003 • Finding Grandma (short) (editor) - 2010 ==References==