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name: "Jim Handley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-handley-11430"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "16 May 1914"
died: "17 January 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-17T05:58:19.240664+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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# Jim Handley

Director. Born 16 May 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 17 January 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 16 May 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 17 January 2003
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28109065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11430

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantasia*](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md) (80)

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## Biography

Jim Handley was an American assistant director and director. He worked primarily with Walt Disney Productions on animated features during the studio's early period.

He directed the 'Pastoral Symphony' segment of *Fantasia* (1940) and served as assistant director on *Pinocchio* (1940) and cartoon sequences for *The Reluctant Dragon* (1941). Later credits include directing Disney television specials *DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues* (1984) and *DTV Valentine* (1986). He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Charleston, South Carolina.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fantasia* (1940), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md)
- *Pinocchio* (1940), Fi1m 88, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md)

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