John W. Dunn (25 February 1919 – 17 January 1983) was a Scottish screenwriter and animator for animated cartoons, active from 1955 to 1983. Biography Dunn began his career at the artists Fleischer Studios Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination. He moved to Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1960; there, he began with The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, which was also nominated for an Oscar. He and fellow Disney man David Detiege replaced Warner Brothers top writers Michael Maltese and Warren Foster after they went to Hanna-Barbera to receive higher billing in the 1960s. He usually worked under Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones' units. After the Warner's cartoon studio closed in 1963, Dunn joined DePatie–Freleng Enterprises; in 1964, he crafted the story for The Pink Phink, which earned the Oscar as Best Animated Short. Many of his DePatie–Freleng cartoons re-use plots from Warner Brothers cartoons. He was a prolific story man over the next 19 years and also did some animation work for the ask comic book Gene Deitch Popeye the Sailor the style from Tex Avery 1967 Spider-Man Heathcliff Dunn died in San Fernando, California of heart failure on 17 January 1983. External links 1919 births 1983 deaths People from Coatbridge Scottish animators Scottish screenwriters Scottish emigrants to the United States Walt Disney Animation Studios people Warner Bros. Cartoons people 20th-century British screenwriters