Al Kouzel

Al Kouzel (April 2, 1923–September 6, 1990) was an American animator. Born in Manhattan, he started out at Terrytoons in 1957, working on animated shorts. During the 60s, he worked for a while at Studio Deitch in Prague, on Krazy Kat and Popeye. In 1967, he founded Ariel Productions with Eli Bauer and created animation for TV commercials and animated shorts for Sesame Street. During the '80s, he was a director on a number of series including The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Jem, Muppet Babies and a number of Berenstain Bears TV movies. He died while undergoing treatment for chest cancer in 1990.

Sequence director

• The Transformers seasons 1-2 (unknown episodes)

External links

• Al Kouzel on the IMDB
• Alfred (Al) Kouzel on the Early Animation Wiki