Paul Julian
Biography
Paul Julian, born in Illinois, was a background animator, sound effects artist, and voice performer for Warner Bros. Cartoons. He joined Leon Schlesinger's animation studio in Los Angeles in 1939 as a layout and background artist, then was an early staff member at UPA before returning to Warner Bros. in 1945. Assigned mostly to Friz Freleng's unit, he became known for colorful, modernist city scenes in Sylvester and Tweety, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck shorts, among them Baseball Bugs (1946) and Golden Yeggs (1950). Julian also provided the Road Runner's beep sound, first used in Fast and Furry-ous (1949). He directed Baby Boogie (1955) for UPA and The Hangman (1964), which won more than 15 international film festival awards. He later did background and production design for Hanna-Barbera and the 1978 anime Winds of Change, and supplied artwork for Roger Corman movies including Dementia 13 and The Terror. He died in 1995.
81years old at death
- Born Illinois
- Died Van Nuys
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Paul H. Julian and Paul Hull Husted
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 43 years1949 to 1992
Every film, newest first
- 1992Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My VacationIMDb rating 7.9
- 1979The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner MovieIMDb rating 7.3
- 1949Fast and Furry-ousIMDb rating 7.9
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First role
Julian first made the sound in Warner Bros. hallways, imitating a car horn to warn people out of his way while hurrying with a large painting. Director Chuck Jones noticed it and used it in Fast and Furry-ous, the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short, in 1949.
Behind the camera
Julian directed the animated short The Hangman in 1964, produced by Les Goldman, and it won over 15 international film festival awards.
A change of course
In 1942 Julian made the mural Orange Picking for the inside of the Fullerton, California, post office. He used petrachrome, a method that employed 24 marble colors, to finish the mural's four panels.
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Worked with
Paul Julian shares two films with Mel Blanc, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1980 | Winsor McCay Award | Won | |
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