In 1969 he became Dean of the Film Department at the California
Institute for the Arts. He stayed there for several years, then began
teaching and did that until his death in 1993.
Prior to entering the film business, Mackendrick worked as an art
director at a London advertising agency. One of the animators who
worked with him was future producer/director George Pal.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two,
1945-1985". Pages 626-630. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company,
1988.