Comments on: Clair Weeks and the Beginnings of Indian Animation http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/08/22/clair-weeks-and-the-beginnings-of-indian-animation/ Comments and Thoughts on Animation and Film Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave Childress http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/08/22/clair-weeks-and-the-beginnings-of-indian-animation/comment-page-1/#comment-4307 Dave Childress Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:20:10 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/08/22/clair-weeks-and-the-beginnings-of-indian-animation/#comment-4307 I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Weeks sometime in the mid 80's at a community access television studio at Lakewood California. The producers of the show knew that he was a former Disney illustrator and one of the first people who drew Tinkerbell. I didn't get any info about Weeks up front, but was shocked by his interesting life as I luckily asked some "right" questions. During WWII he was recruited by Bill Donovan to work for the new OSS group. Weeks was integral in "running" the Burma Trail. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a secondary job with the CIA while helping with India's Animation industry. When I interviewed him he was in his 80's but could have passed for 65! I wish I had gotten a chance to know him better. At least I was able to "bully" the studio to let us continue taping after our 30 minutes were up! I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Weeks sometime in the mid 80′s at a community access television studio at Lakewood California. The producers of the show knew that he was a former Disney illustrator and one of the first people who drew Tinkerbell. I didn’t get any info about Weeks up front, but was shocked by his interesting life as I luckily asked some “right” questions. During WWII he was recruited by Bill Donovan to work for the new OSS group. Weeks was integral in “running” the Burma Trail. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a secondary job with the CIA while helping with India’s Animation industry. When I interviewed him he was in his 80′s but could have passed for 65! I wish I had gotten a chance to know him better. At least I was able to “bully” the studio to let us continue taping after our 30 minutes were up!

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