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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Bob Balser papers
Creator:
Balser, Bob
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2173
Physical Description:
13 Linear Feet
(15 boxes, 12 flat boxes, 2 shoe boxes, and 1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1955-circa 2000s
Date (bulk): 1970-2000
Abstract: Bob Balser has been involved in animation production and direction since the 1950s. The collection consists of production-related
material for animated projects produced by Bob Balser and his animation studio Pegbar, a small amount of material documenting
Balser's involvement with the European Animation Circle, and small number of animation-related publications.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed audiovisual materials. For information
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bob and Cima Balser, 2013.
[Identification of item], Bob Balser papers (LSC 2173). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Lauren Jung, under the supervision of Julie Graham, 2013.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9971992493606533
Robert (Bob) Balser was born March 25, 1927 in Rochester, New York. Received a B.A in Advertising Arts from the University
of California, Los Angeles (1959). Balser started his animation career in 1955 working for Norman Wright Productions doing
animation-lay-out. He moved abroad in the early 1960s where he settled in Barcelona, Spain. During the late-1960s to early
1970s he co-directed the feature animated film,
Yellow Submarine (1968) and was supervision director for the television animation program
The Jackson 5. In 1972 he formed the company PEGBAR Productions and continued to turn out a number of animated feature films and television
programs such as the Emmy award winning
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and
Fangface. He is an active member of the International Association of animated Film (A.S.I.F.A) and A.S.I.F.A-Spain and in leadership
capacity in both. He is also active in the European Association of Animated Film and has been a member of International Film
Festival Juries.
The collection consists of material related to the career of animation director Bob Balser and his animation studio Pegbar.
Productions represented include
Barney,
Baydogs,
Fangface,
The Fantastic World of Minus,
Professor Van Dussen's Mysterious Cases, and
Off to the New World, among others. Types of material vary for each project and may include: proposals, scripts, and photocopies and occasional
original artwork such as animation stock scenes, storyboards, layouts, and model sheets. Also included is a small amount of
material documenting Balser's involvement with the European Animation Circle and small number of animation-related publications
including children's books, magazines, and catalogs. Some materials in the collection are in Spanish.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Animators -- Archives.
Balser, Bob--Archives