Miguel Covarrubias
Filed under: people, Author, Educator, Illustrator, Muralist, Painter, Set Designer
"Born in Mexico City, Miguel immigrated to New York City at the age of nineteen. Already an established artist in Mexico, he was able to quickly make a name for himself in the U.S. Mexican poet José Juan Tablada and New York Times critic/photographer..."
Georges Méliès
Filed under: people, Art Director, Artist, Background Artist, Cinematographer, Comic Strip Artist, Filmmaker, President, Producer, Set Designer
"George Méliès was one of the earliest filmmakers, and one of the few who experimented with the vast trick and illusionist possibilities of film, inventing a wide range of cinematic techniques. These techniques include substitution splices, multiple..."
Jiří Trnka
Filed under: people, Animator, Artist, Cartoonist, Cinematographer, Illustrator, Painter, Puppeteer, Set Designer, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Bratři v triku, Czech Republic, Fantasy, Jiří Trnka Studio, Puppetoons, Stop Motion, Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu, World War 2 ( WW2 )
"Jiří Trnka was born in Pilsen (now Plzeň), Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on February 24, 1912. He was a Czech animator and illustrator who specialized in stop-motion puppetry animation. While he was known for illustrating children’s ..."