Career
Ellis had a long career in the animation industry, which started at Ub Iwerks Studio in 1935. After three years, Ellis moved to Leon Schlesinger Productions, where he worked under the Clampett B/West unit, under the Ray Katz management. Ellis continued to animate in the B/West unit under the supervision of Norman McCabe, and eventually Frank Tashlin.
Ellis reunited with Clampett after Robert McKimson took over Tashlin"s unit
However, Ellis relocated to McKimson"s unit after Art Davis took over the Clampett unit In 1948, Ellis left to do commercial work.
In the 1960s, Ellis started working for three different animation studios. He spent seven years, from 1960 to 1967, working for Paramount Cartoon Studios.
He briefly worked for Krantz Films but moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1968, where he would spend the next ten years animating.
