Wharfie Animator: Harry Reade, The Sydney Waterfront, and the Cuban Revolution by Max Bannah from CRC Press examines the life of the Australian artist Harry Reade (1927-1998) and his largely overlooked contribution to animation. It explores the forces that shaped Reade and chronicles his experiences as a child, his early working life, and the influence of left-wing ideology on his creative development.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. A Wobbly Road 1
Chapter 2. On the Waterfront 21
Chapter 3. Wharfie Animation 43
Chapter 4. Our Man in Havana 67
Chapter 5. Harry Reade’s Legacy 103
APPENDIX: HARRY READE’S FILMOGRAPHY, 109
About the Author
Max Bannah lives on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Between 1976 and 2010 he worked in Brisbane as an animator producing television commercials, short films, and cartoon graphics. He also lectured in Animation History and Practice, and Drawing for Animation at the Queensland University of Technology where, in 2007, he completed his Masters by Research thesis, a cause for animation: Harry Reade and the Cuban Revolution.