Animator Vincent Cafarelli dies

Vincent Cafarelli, a mainstay inside the NY animation industry more than six decades, died of natural causes in Brooklyn on 12 ,. 1. He was 81. Cafarelli began on the market in 1948 while still a teenager, being an assistant animator at Paramount's Famous Art galleries on characteristics including classic figures for instance Popeye, Little Audrey and Baby Huey. He eventually found behave as an animator-director at many of the primary art galleries in Manhattan including UPA, Gifford Animation, Stars and Stripes Prods. (where he directed and animated over 300 place ads) and Perpetual Movies. At the begining of sixties Cafarelli labored with Pablo Ferro on film graphics for Stanley Kubrick london, where they created game game titles for your 1964 Tulsi Dearden-directed feature "Lady of Hay," starring Sean Connery, among other projects. In NY at Animation Central after which at Kim & Gifford Studio, he animated r / c comics Bob and Ray in many ads for Piel's beer ads and actress Margaret Hamilton for nice Bread. Three Decades Ago, Cafarelli and Chocolate Kugel increased being the creative team at Buzzco Prods., they and Marilyn Kraemer produced Buzzco Affiliate marketers in 1985, with Cafarelli as leader/co-creative director. Cafarelli directed hundreds of spots for major ad campaigns and television special deals throughout his career, including some featuring famous figures such as the Berenstain Bears and Strawberry Shortcake. Their output of ads aside, Cafarelli and Kugel produced, animated and director numerous independent shorts that won critical acclaim additionally to honours at film festivals including Annecy, Stuttgart, Rome, Rio and London. "KnitWits" opened up on opening evening in the 1997 NY Film Festival with Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm." Numerous their shorts will be in the film range of the Museum of recent Art. Vincent Ernest Cafarelli was produced in 1930 in Brooklyn and offered couple of years inside the Military from 1951-53, used in Fort Benning's graphics department. He's managed to get by his wife, Francisca a daughter and five grandchildren. A memorial service will probably be held on Jan. 6, with particulars being introduced later. Donations may be made to the Brooklyn Museum. Correspondence may be shipped to (and extra information received from) Chocolate Kugel, Buzzco Affiliate marketers, 33 Bleecker St., NY, NY 10012 or at 212-473-8800 or 917-309-5449. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com