Jack Cutting

John Walter "Jack" Cutting was an American animator turned American international content supervisor for Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he worked for 46 years. He was considered among the frontrunners for synchronizing sound and image.

Cutting was born on January 9, 1908, in New York City and attended the Otis College of Art and Design. Among his peers at this time, included future Disney animators Wilfred Jackson and John Hench. After graduating, he was referred to the studio and began as an animator with the Silly Symphonies unit. Moving his way up in the company, Cutting became an assistant to director David Hand and soon became a director for shorts, like the 1939 remake of The Ugly Duckling which won the 1940 Oscar in Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

Prior to this feat, Cutting, following the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, convinced Walt and his brother, Roy O. Disney to let him work with dubbing the film for other countries. He soon became the head of the Foreign Department in 1938 and would supervise the translation and dubbing of all the companies films. He held this position until his retirement in 1975.

As the growing conflict in Europe grew, Cutting was one of a few employees not drafted into the armed forces and headed the company's Editorial Department for a year. Later, Walt asked him to take part in his goodwill tour of South America with a select group of employees. He worked with the film crew during the trip and the experience helped him enhance his job in translating the works that would become Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros.

Cutting died on August 17, 1988, in North Hollywood, California.

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Position
1930	Autumn	Animator - uncredited
	Summer	Animator
	The Chain Gang	Animator - uncredited
	The Picnic	Animator - uncredited
	Winter	Animator - uncredited
	Pioneer Days	Animator - uncredited
	Playful Pan	Animator - uncredited
1931	The Birthday Party	Animator - uncredited
	Birds of a Feather	Animator - uncredited
	The Fox Hunt	Animator
	The Spider and the Fly	Animator
	The Castaway	Animator - uncredited
	The Busy Beavers	Animator
	The China Plate	Animator - uncredited
	Blue Rhythm	Animator - uncredited
	Fishin' Around	Animator - uncredited
	The Beach Party	Animator - uncredited
	The Ugly Duckling	Animator - uncredited
1932	Santa's Workshop	Animator - uncredited
1932	Flowers and Trees	Animator
1933	The Mail Pilot	Animator - uncredited
1933	Father Noah's Ark	Animator
1934	The Goddess of Spring	Assistant animator
1935	Three Orphan Kittens	Animator
1936	Three Little Wolves	Assistant director - uncredited
	Three Blind Mouseketeers	Assistant director - uncredited
	More Kittens	Assistant director - uncredited
1938	Farmyard Symphony	Director - uncredited
1939	The Ugly Duckling	Director - uncredited
	Beach Picnic	Assistant director - uncredited
	Officer Duck	Assistant director - uncredited
1941	The Reluctant Dragon	Director; Cartoon sequences - uncredited
1942	South of the Border with Disney	Director Foreign supervisor - uncredited
1942	Saludos Amigos	Foreign supervisor
1944	The Three Caballeros	Brazilian and Spanish supervisor

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Trivia[]

Cutting was one of the several employees who played polo with Walt which helped him to establish a close relation with his boss.
Cutting was sent to "scout for merry-go-rounds in Europe" after Disney had the idea for a theme park which would have become "Mickey Mouse Park", A layout that would eventually blossom into Disneyland.