David Hilberman

David Hilberman (18 December 1911 – 5 July 2007) was an American cartoon animator and one of the founders of classic 1940s animation.

Hilberman worked for and helped animate ' and '. His involvement in unionizing colleagues and organization of the 1941 Disney strike cost him his job at the studio. After being fired by Disney, he founded Industrial Film and Poster Service with and  in 1945. It later became. He was blacklisted in the 1950s after accused him of being a communist before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Disney's testimony before HUAC

 * Mr. SMITH: Can you name any other individuals that were active at the time of the strike that you believe in your opinion are Communists?
 * Mr. DISNEY: Well, I feel that there is one artist in my plant, that came in there, he came in about 1938, and he sort of stayed in the background, he wasn’t too active, but he was the real brains of this, and I believe he is a Communist. His name is David Hilberman.
 * Mr. SMITH: How is it spelled?
 * Mr. DISNEY: H-i-l-b-e-r-m-a-n, I believe. I looked into his record and I found that, No. 1, that he had no religion and, No. 2, that he had considerable time at the Moscow Art Theater studying art direction, or something.