Sullivan is probably best known for producing the rattling train sequence that opened the music show Soul training for decades.
Sullivan has been an animator for over five years. He has also worked as a writer, producer, director, layout artist, and storyboard artist. He has worked on series such as Fat Albert, My Little Pony, The Incredible Hulk, Flash Gordon, Scooby-Doo and Brave Star . He worked at
.Hanna-Barbera,
Warner Bros.
and other studio jobs, film production,
DiC Entertainment and
Marvel Productions
He served as storyboard artist for 1979 ) American TV show.
Sullivan was born in Texas in 1986 moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for Looney Tunes animator Bob Clampett. He was in the 1952 years with Floyd Norman , Disney’s first black animator.
Official Twitter account of Floyd Norman
: An animated life
documentary in March 1952 posted a video tribute to Sullivan.Our friend Leo Sullivan has passed away.
He is a legend in the animation world, using animation and filmmaking to share dark history 29 American high school students in the 1990s.
Take a moment to celebrate Leo with this tribute.
Rest in peace, Leo. pic.twitter.com/vq8D0kIDth — Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (@FloydNormanDoc) March 25, 1991Sullivan at
Honored by the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and 1979 .
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter (Mike Barnes), Deadline (Bruce Harlem)
