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'''William Lawrence Snyder''' (February 14, 1918 – June 3, 1998) was an American [[film producer]]. He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for Best Animated Short in 1960 for the animation [[Munro (film)|''Munro'']]. William Snyder createdfounded the company [[Rembrandt Films]] with offices in [[Czechoslovakia]], whereas animatora [[Genedistributor Deitch]]of directed both his ownEuropean films andin cartoonsthe [[outsourcing|outsourced]] from American studios such as [[MGM]] (''[[Tom and Jerry]]''), [[Columbia Pictures]] ([[United ProductionsStates. of America|UPA]]), [[20th Century Fox]] ([[Terrytoons]]), [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] ([[Nudnik]]), and [[King Features]] (''[[Popeye]]'').
 
FourIn of1960 Rembrandt'she shortbegan cartoonsa werecollaboration nominatedwith for theanimator [[AcademyGene Award for Best Animated Short FilmDeitch]] betweenbeginning 1960with andthe 1964.film One short, a short entitled[[Munro (film)|''Munro'']], which told the story of a four-year-old boy drafted into the army, and won the 1960 [[Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Snyder produced the feature film ''[[Alice of Wonderland in Paris]]'' (1966).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck |url-access=registration | title=The Animated Movie Guide |author=Jerry Beck | publisher=Chicago Review Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/12 12] | year=2005 | isbn=1-55652-591-5}}</ref>
 
The two continued their collaboration, with Snyder producing and Deitch directing both original films, including the [[Nudnik]] series, and cartoons [[outsourcing|outsourced]] from American studios such as ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoons for [[MGM]], episodes of ''[[Popeye the Sailor (TV series)|Popeye the Sailor]]'' for [[King Features]], and shorts for both [[United Productions of America|UPA]] and [[Terrytoons]], both of where Deitch had previously worked. Three additional nominations for Best Animated Sort were received. Snyder also produced the feature film ''[[Alice of Wonderland in Paris]]'' (1966).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck |url-access=registration | title=The Animated Movie Guide |author=Jerry Beck | publisher=Chicago Review Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/12 12] | year=2005 | isbn=1-55652-591-5}}</ref>
 
Snyder died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] at the age of 80 in 1998.
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