Second Careers

We've all heard about artists starting second careers when the animation industry hits a downdraft: background painters become store clerks, designers become nurses, writers turn into high school teachers. But here's an interesting tale about a long-time animation inker who's found a whole new way to go... Lee Guttman was born in Chemnitz Germany, but she's lived in L.A. for a long time. She joined the Animation Guild almost at its inception, and worked at every studio in town for decades. Warner Bros., Disney, UPA, Melendez, she contributed skilled labor to them all. In the mid-nineties, she decided to hang up brushes and pens and call it a career. But now, ten years later, Ms. Guttman is climbing new mountains. Seems like a fine new line of work to us...