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Cyrus "Cy" Young (; March 7, 1897 – January 16, 1964) was a Chinese-American special effects animator, best known for his work for
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. Young was brother of Chinese politician Yang Qianli (father of Hong Kong director Evan Yang), architect Yang Xiliu (S. J. Young), Entrepreneur Yang Xiren and Yang Renlan (mother of sociologist
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). He had works in China called ''Pause'' and '' New Year''. Young's first work in United States was as lead animator on the 1931 short "Mendelssohn's Spring Song", a project completed while he was a student in
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. Disney was so impressed with his work that he hired him to be head of the new special effects animation department and he partnered with animator Ugo D'Orsi. Frank Thomas and
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wrote in their book '' Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life''; "Through the entire thirties, the entire Effects Department consisted of only two men: Ugo D'Orsi, a straightforward, stubborn, and dedicated Italian, and Cy Young...quiet and sensitive...who loved to play the bass fiddle as a hobby. ... Since 'Orsi and Youngdid most of the careful work themselves, they needed only a single assistant between them." The department's first major project was ''
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''. Young also worked on '' Fantasia'' and ''
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''. He was an uncredited animator on ''
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'' (1942). Young left the studio after the 1941
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and worked as a staff artist and clerk at the Air Force, where he worked on various projects. On January 16, 1964, he died from barbiturate poisoning.


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Pictures from early Young shorts
1897 births 1964 deaths American animators American artists of Chinese descent Chinese animators Chinese emigrants to the United States Artists from Suzhou Walt Disney Animation Studios people {{US-animator-stub