Faith Hubley

Faith Hubley, born in 1924, was an Academy Award-winning animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and on her own following her husband’s death.
She grew up in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1920s and 1930s. She first worked at age 15 in the theater. Aged 18, she moved to Hollywood, starting as a messenger at Columbia Pictures. She subsequently worked as a sound-effects and music editor, and then script clerk for Republic Pictures. She later worked as a script supervisor (« 12 Angry Men ») and editor.
Faith and John Hubley were married in 1955. They founded Storyboard Studios as an independent animation studio, vowing to make one independent film a year. They collaborated on 21 short films, up until John Hubley’s death in 1977.
At that time they were working on the Doonesbury television cartoon, « A Doonesbury Special ». The Hubleys won Oscars for their shorts: « Moonbird » (1959), « The Hole » (1962) and « Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature » (1966); they also received Oscar nominations for « Windy Day », « Of Men and Demons », « Voyage to Next » and « A Doonesbury Special ».
She began her first solo project, « W.O.W. » (Women of the World) in 1975. Then, between 1976 and 2001, she completed 24 further solo animated films.