Born: Carlo A. Vinciguerra
Birthday: February 27, 1906
Location: New York City, NY, U.S.
Occupation: Animator
Years active: 1933-1993
Died: September 30, 1993

Carlo Vinci had been working as a commercial artist in New York City in 1933,when he was hired as an animator by the Van Beuren Studios. He trained a promising young Joe Barbera at the studio, and stayed until Van Beuren closed its doors.

Vinci next earned a position at the Terrytoons studios. After a decade, Vinci was fired on May 16, 1947 following a labor strike at Terrytoons, but was rehired six months later.

In 1955, Carlo moved to California to work at MGM for his former student, Joe Barbera. His first credited short at MGM was “Give and Tyke.” He stayed at the studio until its 1957 closure.

Barbera used his influence to secure a temporary job for Vinci at the Walt Disney studio until the Hanna-Barbera Studio opened later that year. Carlo was one of the first four animators hired at H-B, and remained with them until his passing 34 years later.

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Lavalle Lee has been creating animated cartoons online since 1999/2000 for his website flashcartoons.org. Many cartoons on the site have gained viral video status reaching millions of viewers online. In 2009, Lavalle started learning hand drawn animation from Don Bluth in his animation classes, as well as attending his Masterclasses in Arizona. He has also personally studied animation and visual effects from Veteran Disney animators in Orlando, FL.

Lavalle is widely known in the animation industry as the creator of the TraditionalAnimation.com website. After seeing that most animation sites were about all types of animation, not any specific to classical hand drawn animation, Lavalle knew Traditional Animation needed to be represented online. TraditionalAnimation.com has become the leading website and social media account for all things 2D. The website served as inspiration for “The Traditional Animation Show” in which Lavalle was both producer and host.

His partnership with Don Bluth began when he championed the Dragon's Lair Indiegogo campaign as lead project manager, editor, voice actor and in-betweener. The campaign reached $730,000 dollars to produce a 7-minute pitch video. In 2017, Lavalle brought the idea of creating a school to Don Bluth, and Don Bluth University was born. After a decade of learning from Don Bluth and working together on multiple pitches and business ventures, Lavalle accepted the position as Vice President of Don Bluth's new company Don Bluth Studios.

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