Leon Searl
Filed under: people, 1900s, 1910s, Krazy Kat, Silent, U.S.A., Animator, Cartoonist, Comic Strip Artist
"Leon Searl (whose name is alternatively spelt "Leon Searle") got his start as a newspaper cartoonist, first working for the Pulitzer Papers on the comic strip "Jimmy Johnnypants" from November of 1905 to February of 1906. He later went on to write at..."
Max Fleischer
Filed under: people, Aesop's Fables, Betty Boop, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Max Fleischer, Popeye, Rotoscope, Silent, Superman, U.S.A., Cartoonist, Director, Photographer, Producer, Writer
"Max Fleischer was an American inventor born in Hungary, who moved to the United States with his family at the age of 4 and later became a filmmaker, animator, director and producer, famous for serving as the head of his own animation studio, Fleisch..."
Ōten Shimokawa
Filed under: people, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, Anime, Japan, Silent, Animator, Cartoonist, Illustrator
"Ōten Shimokawa was one of the pioneers of Japanese animation, who is believed to have produced the very first “true” anime film.Shimokawa was born in Maiyakojima Prefecture in 1892, though moved to Tokyo when we was 9. He began his working life..."
Otto Messmer
Filed under: people, 1910s, 1920s, Early Sound, Felix the Cat, Noveltoons, Pat Sullivan Cartoons, Silent, U.S.A.
"Messmer was a legendary American cartoonist and animator, who was best know as the creator of Felix the Cat, who is considered the first major cartoon star."
Pat Sullivan
Filed under: people, 1910s, 1920s, Felix the Cat, Pat Sullivan Cartoons, Silent, U.K., U.S.A., Animator, Producer
"Pat Sullivan was born in 1885 as Patrick Peter O’Sullivan in a working-class suburb of Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pat is best known for producing the Felix the Cat cartoons. There has been controversy surrounding who crea..."
Roque Federizon Lee (Roxlee)
Filed under: people, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, animated documentary, black-and-white ink, Documentary, Philippines, Roxlee, Silent, Stop Motion, Technicolor, Animator, Artist, Author, Cartoonist, Director
"Roque Federizon Lee (Roxlee) is a Filipino experimental animator, filmmaker, and cartoonist who is considered a pioneer in Filipino animation. He is known for proposing the 12 Commandments on the creation of independent Filipino filmmaking, emphasizi..."
The Wan Brothers (万氏兄弟)
Filed under: people, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, China, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Silent, Technicolor, Animator, Cartoonist, Character Designer, Director, Screenwriter, Writer
"The Wan Brothers (万氏兄弟) are the group entitlements of a total of brothers—Wan Jiazong (万嘉综), Wan Jiaqi (万嘉淇), Wan Jiajie (万嘉结), and Wan Jiakun (万嘉坤)—who later took aliases as Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan, Wan Chaochen, ..."