[1] He attended the Otis College of Art and Design, where he met Tyrus Wong, Wilfred Jackson, and John Hench and graduated in 1929.
[1] A friend referred him to the fledgling Walt Disney Studios, where he was hired to a group of 19 animators in August/September 1929.
[3][4] When the United States entered World War II, Disney submitted the necessary paperwork to waive his employees of their service so the company could direct training films for the army.
[4][7] After Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, Cutting convinced Roy Disney to let him work with the man hired to dub the film; he quickly became a dubbing assistant and by 1938 was head of the Foreign Department at Disney.
[1] In this role, he supervised translation and dubbing efforts all over the world, traveling often to work with different teams.