Jerry Fields

Jerry Fields (1900 - 2003), was an American film director, and animator who worked at Rat Animation Inc. from 1928 to 1953 and Howard-Williams Productions from 1954 to 1995.

Rat Animation Inc. (1928 to 1953)
In 1928, Jerry Fields left the National Animation Film Service in New York and went to California to work at The Victor Stevenson Studio, (Renamed Rat Animation Inc. in 1929) he started at the studio as an Assistant Animator to Mannie Davis he eventually rise up the ranks to become a Head Animator in 1931, and by 1934 he was promoted to a director, In 1940, he became a co-head of animation studio, however during the early 1950's he would grow bored of doing cartoons at the studio, Fields would eventually start slacking off and not showing up to work, Sigmund Floyd got sick of Field's antics and fired him on December 26, 1953, his last cartoon would be 1954's Who, Where And Now. (he would freelance for the studio in 1959 and animated on the cartoon "Slap Happy")

Howard-Williams Productions (1954 to 1995)
After Being fired from Rat Animation Inc, Fields would take a year long vacation, meanwhile Howard-Williams Productions decided they should hire Fields and give him a huge Salary in return, Fields agreed and was hired by Howard-Williams Productions on December 29, 1954, Fields would work on the Sappy Snorts series as director and animator, Fields would say an a interview that "The studio was cheap but it was better then doing the same boring cartoon with Kuckoo Kat and those other idiots" Fields would gets his buddies from Rat Animation Inc. to come to Howard-Williams, this wouldn't effect Rat Animation Inc. but this really took a toll on the studio in the 1980's, Fields would be one of the last hold-outs when Greg Ford took over the studio James Howard and Bob Williams when they became just creative supervisors in 1984, by 1995, Jerry Fields decided to retire from animation due to failing health and old age.

Final Years (1995 - 2003)
After retiring from animation, Fields would write his autobiography "Boring Kats and Some Other Animals" in 1998, Fields would also teach animation at the old building where The National Animation Service used to be, Finally on June 2, 2003, Jerry Fields passed away from Heart Failure. Sigmund Floyd would say an interview after Fields' Death that "Jerry knew how to make a good cartoon unlike me who just did the same cartoon over and over again for years"