Al Hirschfeld
Birthday: June 21, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birth Name: Albert Hirschfeld
Al Hirschfeld was born on June 21, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA as Albert Hirschfeld. He is known for his work on Fantasia 2000 (1999), Heroes of Comedy (1995) and Rhapsody in Blue (2000). He was ...Show More
[In 1937, criticizing Walt Disney's "Snow White"] "Snow White, with her full complement of fingers a Show more
[In 1937, criticizing Walt Disney's "Snow White"] "Snow White, with her full complement of fingers and fingernails, eyelashes, one-dimensional head, bare arms without solidity, and un-inventive neck, is an awkward automation. These awkward symbols do not articulate, and the lovely voice with which she is endowed only heightens the effect of a ventriloquist's dummy. The illusion created by a well-directed pen line is an art not to be confused with the gingerbread realities of Snow White". Hide
Work to me is something you don't want to do, but you have to do it to live. But what I do, I would Show more
Work to me is something you don't want to do, but you have to do it to live. But what I do, I would do whether anybody wanted it or didn't want it. Hide
When I started it, I didn't think anybody would notice. It was one of those family things, and after Show more
When I started it, I didn't think anybody would notice. It was one of those family things, and after three or four weeks, I thought the joke had worn thin and I stopped it. And then the letters started coming in. I found myself spending more time answering mail than drawing, so I gave up and put it back in. And kept it in. - on hiding his daughter Nina's name into his work Hide
Al Hirschfeld's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (16)
