约瑟·罗兰·“乔”·巴贝拉是一位颇具影响力的美国动画师、导演、制片人、故事板艺术家和卡通艺术家，他的电影和电视卡通人物在二十世纪的大部分时间里给全世界数以百万计的粉丝带来了欢乐。在他年轻的成年时期，巴伯拉在纽约市生活、上大学并开始了他的职业生涯。在打零工和银行家之后，巴伯拉于 1932 年加入 Van Beuren Studios，随后于 1936 年加入 Terrytoons。1937 年，他搬到加利福尼亚州，在米高梅 (MGM) 工作期间，巴伯拉认识了威廉·汉纳。两人开始合作，最初以制作《猫和老鼠》和真人电影而闻名。 1957 年，米高梅解散动画部门后，他们共同创立了汉娜-巴伯拉 (Hanna–Barbera)，该工作室成为业内最成功的电视动画工作室，制作了《摩登原始人》、《哈克贝利猎犬秀》、《顶级猫》、《杰森一家》、《史酷比》等节目。 《Doo》、《快画麦格劳秀》、《蓝精灵》和《瑜伽熊》。 1967 年，汉纳-巴伯拉以 1200 万美元的价格出售给塔夫脱广播公司，但汉纳和巴伯拉一直担任该公司的负责人到 1991 年。当时，该工作室被出售给特纳广播系统，后者又与时代华纳合并，时代华纳是华纳兄弟，1996 年，汉纳和巴伯拉继续担任顾问。汉纳和巴伯拉赢得了七项奥斯卡奖和八项艾美奖。他们的卡通节目已成为文化标志，他们的卡通人物也出现在电影、书籍和玩具等其他媒体中。 Hanna–Barbera 的节目在全球拥有超过 3 亿观众，并已被翻译成 20 多种语言。

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century. Through his young adult years, Barbera lived, attended college, and began his career in New York City. After working odd jobs and as a banker, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1932 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936. In 1937 he moved to California and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met William Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action films. In 1957, after MGM dissolved their animation department, they co-founded Hanna–Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, Top Cat, The Jetsons,Scooby-Doo, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna–Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained head of the company until 1991. At that time the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoon shows have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna–Barbera's shows have a global audience of over 300 million people and have been translated into more than 20 languages.