Morris Sullivan

American film producer

Morris Francis Sullivan (December 8, 1916 – August 24, 2008) was an American businessman who co-founded the Sullivan Bluth Studios with three former Disney animators. Sullivan Bluth Studios employed approximately 400 people at the peak of its success.2

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Born Dec 8, 1916, died Aug 24, 2008.1

About

Under Sullivan's direction, the former animation studio created such films as The Land Before Time and An American Tail.

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Companies

Early life and education

Early life

Morris F. Sullivan was born in Seattle, Washington, on December 8, 1916, to parents Frank and Pauline Sullivan. His father, Frank, owned a local lumber company in the Pacific Northwest.

Sullivan received his bachelor's degree in business finance from Seattle College. Sullivan married his wife, Rose, in 1941. The family relocated to La Crescenta, California, in 1948. The family relocated to a large home in La Cañada Flintridge, California, after the ninth of Sullivan's ten children were born in 1954.

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Career

Occupation: financier, film producer, businessperson.4

Sullivan founded his own financial consulting company, M.F. Sullivan and Co., a corporate mergers and acquisitions firm, in 1960. The company was based in downtown Los Angeles.

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Personal life

  • BornDec 8, 1916, Seattle5
  • DiedAug 24, 2008, Toluca Lake6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7