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Lester Novros
Visual Effects
Born January 27, 1909 · Passaic - New Jersey - USA
Died September 10, 2000
Also known as Les Novros
Biography
He studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He was also an active member of the Art Students League of New York, and studied at the prestigious Prado Museum inMadrid, Spain. His curiosity in the study of movement lead to an interest in motion pictures. In 1936 he was recruited by the Walt Disney Company to come to Hollywood to work on feature animation projects. Novros was an "in betweener" on the Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), and received a credit for art direction for the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence of Fantasia (1940). - Wikipedia Entry
Awards & recognition
- Winsor McCay Award · 1990
- Winsor McCay Award · 1989
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1977 · nominated
