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name: "Dick Huemer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-huemer"
roles: ["Screenwriter","Writer"]
born: "2 January 1898"
died: "30 November 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
updated: "2026-09-17T06:01:18.812236+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dick Huemer

Screenwriter and writer. Born 2 January 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 30 November 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter, Writer
- **Born:** 2 January 1898, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 30 November 1979
- **Active:** 1940–1951
- **Also known as:** Dick Heumer, Richard Huemer
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 84 (2), 1950s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693256, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69134

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dumbo*](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md) (87)

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## Biography

Dick Huemer was an American animator, director and writer. Born in New York City, he began his career in animation at the Raoul Barré studio in 1916. He later worked at Fleischer Studios, where he developed the Koko the Clown character, and at the Charles Mintz studio before joining Walt Disney Productions in 1933.

At Disney, Huemer contributed to numerous short films and features. He served as story director on *Fantasia* (1940) and wrote the screenplay for *Dumbo* (1941), often in partnership with Joe Grant. His other credits include story work on *Saludos Amigos* (1943), *Make Mine Music* (1946) and *Alice in Wonderland* (1951). He left Disney briefly from 1948 to 1951 to create animated television commercials and the comic strip *The Adventures of Buck O'Rue*.

Huemer remained at Disney until 1973. He received a Mousecar from the studio in 1973 and the Winsor McCay Award in 1978. He was named a Disney Legend in 2007.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, disney.fandom.com, d23.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Fi1m 71, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Fantasia* (1940), Fi1m 80, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md)

## Also known for

- *Saludos Amigos* (1942), Writer
- *Make Mine Music* (1946), Story
- *The Tortoise and the Hare* (1935), Animation
- *The Band Concert* (1935), Animation
- *Der Fuehrer's Face* (1943), Writer
- *Lonesome Ghosts* (1937), Animation
- *The Grasshopper and the Ants* (1934), Animation
- *The Wise Little Hen* (1934), Animation

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