Academy of Achievement

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera is a podcast hosted by Academy of Achievement. It has 1 episodes, with the latest published June 1989.

William "Bill" Hanna (July 14,1910 – March 22, 2001) and Joseph "Joe" Barbera (March 11, 1911 – December 18, 2006) were two of the world's most influential animators, directors, producers and cartoon artists whose movie and television carton characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. Hanna was a college dropout during the Great Depression, he worked at a series of odd jobs in the Los Angeles area, but discovered he had a talent for drawing. He joined an animation studio in 1930 and slowly gained skill and prominence, and, in 1937, met Barbera at MGM Studios. Barbera lived in New York City and displayed talent for drawing as early as the first grade. During his young adult years, he tried unsuccessfully to become a cartoonist but supported himself as a bank teller during the Great Depression. He continued to pursue publication of his drawings and his single cartoons began to be published in magazines. Barbera took art classes at th

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