He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – Prince Adam No More
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Action, Adventure, Color, Fantasy, Filmation, He-Man, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Rotoscope, Sci-fi, Superhero, U.S.A., 1983
Producer(s): Lou Scheimer
Release Date: 1983
"With only his closest comrades privy to his dual identity as both Prince and Defender of the Castle Grayskull, He-Man's double life seems an allegory for the closet. This episode, dubbed “Prince Adam No More,” is relevant to queer experience, com..."
Kaleidoscope
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Direct Animation, Dufaycolor, Experimental, Gasparcolor, GPO Film Unit, Latin, Len Lye, London Film Society, New Zealand, Painted Animation, U.K., 1935
Producer(s): Gerald Noxon
Release Date: 27/10/1935
"Premiered at the London Film Society in 1935, Kaleidoscope is an early example of experimental animator Len Lye’s pioneering direct or “cameraless” animation techniques. The film’s notable use of stencil work illustrates Lye’s textile-like ..."
Len Lye
Filed under: people, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 20th Century Studios, Australia, Britain, Color, Direct Animation, Dufaycolor, Experimental, Gasparcolor, GPO Film Unit, London Film Society, New Zealand, Painted Animation, Samoa, Time Inc., U.K., U.S.A., Animator, Artist, Director, Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter, Sculptor, Visual Artist
"Leonard Charles Huia Lye—more famously known as Len Lye—was born on July 5th, 1901, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was a trailblazer in early-to-mid 20th century filmmaking, best known for his development of cameraless or “direct” animat..."
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..."
Out of the Inkwell Films/Fleischer Studios
Filed under: studio, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Color, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Musical, Paramount Pictures, Popeye, Rotoscope, Silent, Superman, Technicolor, U.S.A., 1921
"Out of the Inkwell Films, renamed Fleischer Studios in 1929, was founded by brothers- Dave and Max Fleischer, in 1921. The Fleischers' studio was one of the most influential and successful animation studios in the silent era as well as in the Golden ..."
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Animation technology, Germany, 1954
Release Date: 1954
""A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.""