Andy Panda’s Victory Garden
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Universal Studios, Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions, 1942
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 09/09/1942
"Andy Panda and Balmer try to plant a spring garden, but Charlie Chicken and a naughty worm have other ideas!"
Ballot Box Bunny
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Bugs Bunny, Merrie Melodies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1951
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 06/10/1951
"A political Warner Bros. cartoon in which Yosemite Sam runs a violent campaign for mayor against his challenger Bugs Bunny."
Bambi – Wildfire scene
Filed under: animation, Color, Painted Animation, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, 1942
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 21/08/1942
Broken Toys
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Ben Sharpsteen, Grim Natwick, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, 1935
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 14/12/1935
""A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.""
Burt Gillett
Filed under: people, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Rainbow Parade, Silly Symphonies, Technicolor, Ub Iwerks, Van Beuren Corporation, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Walter Lantz Productions, Animation Supervisor, Animator, Director
"Burt Gillett was one of the first novice animators to come to Walt Disney Studios and work alongside Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. He took a number of important directorial positions at the studio, directing a few of Disney's most important early animat..."
Charley Squash Goes to Town
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Canada, Color, Technicolor, 1969
Producer(s): National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Release Date: 1969
"Introduction from NFB: “Released in 1969, this satirical short by Duke Redbird was the first animated film by an Indigenous director to be produced at the NFB. The film pokes gentle fun at Indigenous stereotypes and challenges the idea that Indigen..."
Chilly Willy – Half Baked Alaska
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Universal Studios, Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions, 1965
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 01/04/1965
"Hungry and cold with a failing shoe-shine business, Chilly Willy struggles to get enough money to buy himself a stack of hotcakes."
Clayton “Bud” Collyer
Filed under: people, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Superman, Technicolor, U.S.A., Actor, Voice Actor
"Born in Manhattan to Clayton Johnson Heermance and Caroline Collyer as Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr., Clayton "Bud" Collyer initially intended to pursue law as his profession. While attending Fordham University, he began work as a radio singer and an..."
Crowing Pains
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1947
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 12/07/1947
"Foghorn Leghorn fools a young determined chicken hawk into going after Sylvester instead of himself. But when Sylvester gets wise to him, confusion ensues!"
Disney’s Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1943
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 15/01/1943
"“Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi” (1943) is one of 32 animated short propaganda film that the United States government commissioned Disney to produce. Nearing bankruptcy after the financial failure of Fantasia (1940), Disney entered a c..."
Excerpt from Destination Moon
Filed under: animation, 1950s, George Pal, Technicolor, U.S.A., Woody Woodpecker, 1950
Producer(s): George Pal
Release Date: 27/06/1950
"In this excerpt from the film Destination Moon (1950), the physics of rockets and space travel are explained with the iconic cartoon character Woody Woodpecker. "
Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage)(1973)
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Jiří Trnka Studio, Réne Laloux, Slovakia, Technicolor, 1973
Producer(s): Simon Damiani Anatole Dauman Andre Valio-Cavaglione Vaclav Strnad
Release Date: 11/05/1973 (Cannes); 06/12/1973 (France); 21/12/1973 (Czechslovakia)
"Fantastic Planet (1973), based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en série (1957), takes place in a distant future where the giant blue-skin aliens, the Draags, enslave and oppress humans. Terr, the protagonist, is a human boy raised as a pet of a Draag girl..."
Feed the Kitty
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Merrie Melodies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1952
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 02/02/1952
"Marc Antony meets an adorable kitten, but his mistress says he can't bring anything else into the house. He struggles to hide the kitten from her. "
Ferdinand Horvath
Filed under: people, Aesop's Fables, Color, Columbia Pictures, Early Sound, George Pal, Krazy Kat, Mickey Mouse, Painted Animation, Paul Terry, Puppetoons, Silly Symphonies, Technicolor, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Animation Designer, Animator, Background Artist, Character Designer, Illustrator, Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist
"Ferdinand Horvath was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1891. Horvath was an animator and illustrator at various major animation studios such as Fable Studios, Inc., Walt Disney, and Screen Gems (Columbia Pictures) Horvath died of a stroke on Novem..."
Ferdinand the Bull
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Early Sound, Painted Animation, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, 1938
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 25/11/1938
"Ferdinand is a quiet, peaceful young bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. But, when he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight ring."
Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓)(1988)-Reunion in Afterlife
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Color, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1988
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 04/16/1988
"Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, 1930–2015), Grave of the Fireflies tells the tragic story of two orphan siblings, Seita and Setsuko, struggling for survival during the wartime Japan in the final months of ..."
Hamilton (Ham) Luske
Filed under: people, Color, Educational films, Mickey Mouse, Painted Animation, Silly Symphonies, Technicolor, Training films, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Animation Designer, Animation Supervisor, Animator, Director, Editorial Cartoonist, Producer, Sequence Animator
"Hamilton Luske was born in Chicago on October 16, 1903. He was an animator, animation supervisor, film director, and producer at Walt Disney for several commercial feature and short-length projects at the studio, as well as working on some of Disn..."
Horton Hears a Who
Filed under: animation, Color, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, U.S.A., 1970
Producer(s): Chuck Jones Ted Geisel Earl Jonas (Production manager)
Release Date: 19/03/1970
I Love to Singa
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animation Series, Color, Merrie Melodies, Musical, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1936
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 18/07/1936
""A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.""
In the Jungle There is Much to Do (En la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer) (1973)
Filed under: animation, 1970s, collage, Color, Musical, Technicolor, Uruguay, Walter Tournier, 1973
Release Date: ?/?/1973
"Inspired by a Uruguayan political prisoner’s letter to his daughter, In the Jungle There is Much to Do (El la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer) is a stop-motion musical animated short using the jungle animals' struggle for survival as a metaphorical expla..."
Isao Takahata (高畑 勲)
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Anime, Color, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
"Isao Takahata (高畑 勲, 1935-2018) is a Japanese, director, screenwriter and producer. He is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli alongside his lifetime friend Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿). Takahata was born in Ise and grew up in Okayama where his h..."
Jam Handy Organization
Filed under: studio, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Color, Commercials, Early Sound, Educational films, Max Fleischer, Propaganda, Silent, Technicolor, Training films, U.S.A., World War 1 ( WW1 ), World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1914
"Jam Handy Organization was founded by Jam Handy just before the First World War. The company produced educational, advertising, and training films. During the First and Second World Wars, Jam Handy Organization animated and produced training and inst..."
Jin Fuzai (金复载)
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Anime, China, Jin Fuzai, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, Composer, Soundtrack
"Jin Fuzai (金复载) is a Chinese composer known for creating numerous soundtracks for works by Sh..."
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, 1952
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 08/02/1952
"Lambert, a lion cub mistakenly delivered to a lonely ewe by a stork, struggles to fit in with a flock of sheep. Despite his ferocious appearance, the other lambs bully him, and he grows up shy, sensitive, and easily frightened. But his temperament is..."
Laverne Harding
Filed under: people, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Color, Daffy Duck, Early Sound, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Oswald, Speedy Gonzales, Technicolor, The Road Runner, U.S.A., Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions, Warner Bros., Woody Woodpecker, Animator, Cartoonist, Comic Strip Artist
"Laverne Harding was the second female studio animator in history, and one of the first to receive onscreen credit for her work. She started out as an inker for the Walter Lantz Productions, moving on to do animation work for several of the Lantz Prod..."
Legend of the White Serpent (白蛇伝)(1958)
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Japan, Technicolor, Toei Animation Studio, 1958
Producer(s): Hiroshi Ôkawa
Release Date: 22/10/1958
"Legend of the White Serpent, also known as Hakujaden (白蛇伝), is the first feature-length animation produced by Toei Animation in Japan. Inspired by classical Chinese folklore, Hakujaden is a romantic tale of a white snake demon, Bai Niang, and a..."
Lin Wenxiao (林文肖)
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Anime, China, Cinecolor, Painted Animation, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, Animation Designer, Animator, Artist, Director
"Lin Wenxiao (林文肖) is one of the greatest animators and directors in Early Chinese Animation. She is a former member of Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS, 上海美术电影制片厂) as well as International Animated Film Association (ASIFA)..."
Little School Mouse
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, Tom and Jerry, 1954
Producer(s): Fred Quimby William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Release Date: 29/05/1954
"With a diploma in outwitting cats in his arsenal, Jerry attempts to teach a younger mouse who keeps finding other means to achieve the tasks he is given."
Madeline
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Children's film, Classical, Jazz, Madeline, Technicolor, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), 1952
Producer(s): John Hubley, Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 27/11/1952
"An adaptation of Ludwig Bemelmans’ 1939 children’s novel of the same name, Madeline is a light-hearted animated short that follows twelve little girls attending a Paris boarding school under the care of a strict but well-meaning nun, Miss Clavel...."
Marcell Jankovics
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Anime, Color, Hungary, Pannonia Studio, Technicolor, Animator, Character Designer, Director, Screenwriter, Writer
"Marcell Jankovics is a Hungarian animator, director, graphic artist, and writer. He was the former art director and managing director of Pannonia Film Studio in 1995 and 1996, the former president of the Hungarian Cultural Society in 1998 and the St...."
Midnight Frolics
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Columbia Pictures, Technicolor, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, 1938
Producer(s): Charles Mintz
Release Date: 24/11/1938
""A mouse and a cuckoo bird, skeptical about the existence of ghosts, are startled by a midnight visit from a sextet of spirits, all men who once wooed a Florador show-girl.""
Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎駿)
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Anime, Color, Japan, Mayazaki Hayao, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, Animator, Author, Cartoonist, Director, Screenwriter, Studio Head, Writer
"Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎駿) is an internationally renowned and influential Japanese animator, director, screenwriter, and comic artist. He is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the winner of two Best Animated Feature Academy Awards. "
Mr.Nanguo (南郭先生)(1981)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, China, Papercut, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Stop Motion, Technicolor, 1981
Release Date: ?/?/1981
"The papercut stop-motion animated short is inspired by an ancient Chinese folktale of Mr. Nanguo, a man who pretended he could perform yü (竽), a type of wind instrument. Once upon a time, there was a king who loved listening to yü's performances...."
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)-Grow, O Tree, Grow
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, Color, Japan, Mayazaki Hayao, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, 1988
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 16/04/1988
"As two young sisters moved to the countryside to visit their mother with long-term sickness, they encountered animistic creatures, including the well-known Totoro, whom they befriended. The sisters underwent a series of adventures with Totoro as they..."
Nezha Conquers the Dragon Kings (哪吒闹海)(1979)-Battle Scene
Filed under: animation, 1970s, China, Color, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, 1979
Producer(s): Liu Jiamei (刘佳美)
Release Date: 19/05/1979
"Inspired by the tale of the boy-god Nezha from a sixteenth-century Chinese novel Investiture of Gods (封神演义), this animated film tells the origin story of Nezha fighting against four tyrannical dragon kings, rulers of the seas who demanded hu..."
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 ..."
Paramount Cartoon Studios/Famous Studios
Filed under: studio, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Al Eugster, Animation Series, Baby Huey, Betty Boop, Carl Meyer, Cartoon Characters, Casper the Ghost, Color, Dave Fleischer, David Tendlar, Felix the Cat, Herman and Katnip, Howard Post, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Isadore Sparber, Jack Mercer, Koko the Clown, Little Audrey, Little Lulu, Max Fleischer, Noveltoons, Paramount Pictures, Popeye, Ralph Bakshi, Sam Buchwald, Seymour Kneitel, Shamus Culhane, Superman, Technicolor, Tom Johnson, U.S.A.
"Famous Studios, renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956, was the animation division of Paramount Pictures. The studio was formed in 1942 after Paramount took over Fleischer Studios in 1941, when the Fleischer brothers were not able to repay their..."
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Powers
Filed under: people, 1920s, 1930s, Early Sound, Iwerks Studio, Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Universal Studios, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Businessman, President, Producer, Studio Head
"Pat Powers was an influential American businessman who was involved with the film and animation developments inAmericaduring the first part of the twentieth century. His most important development being the work of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, who he b..."
Professor Balthazar – Izumitelj cipela/The Inventor of Shoes
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Professor Balthazar, Technicolor, Yugoslavia (Croatia), Zagreb Film, 1967
Producer(s): B. Šicar
Release Date: 15/05/1967
"The episode begins by the narrator juggling back and forth on which of two stories he should tell: that of a long camel, or a creature named "Double Bertie," before abandoning both to tell a third: the story of an eccentric inventor named Professor B..."
Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Color, Sally Cruikshank, Technicolor, U.S.A., 1975
Release Date: 09/11/1975
"A couple, Quasi and Anita, visit a psychedelic amusement park with bizarre attractions such as a television that reveals the visitors' shining moments from their memories, mirrors that reflect one's appearance throughout the ages, a painter who can d..."
Ray Harryhausen
Filed under: people, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Stop Motion, Technicolor, U.K., U.S.A., Animator, Producer, Screenwriter, Special Effects Animator
"Ray Harryhausen is an American-British screenwriter, animator, and special effects designer known for integrating stop-motion animation into real-action films. Amazed by animation from The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933) by Wilis O’Brien,..."
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..."
Sally Cruikshank
Filed under: people, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Sally Cruikshank, Technicolor, U.S.A., Animator, Artist, Cartoonist, Director
"Sally Cruikshank is an American independent animator, cartoonist, and director. She is most known for her psychedelic and surrealist depictions of oftentimes anthropomorphic figures. Cruikshank majored in art during undergraduate study at Smith Co..."
Shanghai Animation Film Studio (上海美术电影制片厂)
Filed under: studio, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Anime, China, Painted Animation, Pixilation, Propaganda, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Stop Motion, Technicolor, 1957
"Foundation Northeast Film Company (东北电影公司), SAFS’ predecessor, was founded in Changchun, China, on October 1st, 1945 (Yan 72). During the Chinese Civil War (1945–1949) between the Communist and Nationalist Parties, the company reloca..."
Snow Child (雪孩子)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, China, Painted Animation, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, 1980
Release Date: 1980
"A rabbit mother piled up a snow child as companion to her bunny before going out. The snow child and the bunny became friends, skiing and dancing on icy lake. Later, when the house was accidentally on fire, the snow child rescued the sleepy bunny out..."
Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) (1981)-Kingdom Restored
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Color, Hungarian animation, Hungary, Marcell Jankovics, Pannonia Studio, psychedelic animation, Technicolor, 1981
Producer(s): Román Kunz
Release Date: 22/10/1981
"Based on a Hungarian folktale of the same name, Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) tells the story of three sons of a white mare—Fanyüvö the Treeshaker, Kömorzsoló the Stonecrumbler, and Vasgyúyó the Ironrubber—who restored a lost kingdom..."
Taiji Yabushita (藪下泰司)
Filed under: people, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Japan, Taiji Yabushita, Technicolor, Toei Animation Studio, Director, Educator, Screenwriter, Writer
"Taiji Serushita graduated from Tokyo School of Fine Arts and studied photography. He is a pioneer of Japanese animation. After graduation, he joined the filming department of Matsuktake Co. Ltd. in 1925. Later, he worked in the film production equipm..."
The Band Concert
Filed under: animation, 1930s, All Music, Color, Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Musical, Technicolor, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, 1935
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 23/02/1935
"Mickey and his friends Peter Pig, Paddy Pig, Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, and Goofy try to put on an outdoor concert. As they attempt to play the William Tell Overture they face many problems, chief among them Donald Duck and a pesky bee. "
The Mad Scientist / Superman
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Superman, Technicolor, U.S.A., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1941
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Release Date: 26/09/1941
"When a mad scientist holds Lois Lane hostage, only Superman can save her, and the rest of the city, from his diabolical plot."
The Man Next Door (隣の野郎)(1965)
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Japan, Technicolor, Yōji Kuri, 1965
Release Date: ?/?/1965
"The Man Next Door is an animated short of minimalist pencil drawing that depicts a red-hat man’s daily struggle with noises made from all sorts of activities that his neighbour, the blue hat, did, including typing, vacuuming, swimming, mechanic cra..."
The Tell-Tale Heart
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Technicolor, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), 1953
Producer(s): John Hubley Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 27/12/1953
"Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name. The caretaker of an old man suffers paranoid delusions surrounding his employer's blind eye. In a fit of rage, he murders the old man and hides his body under the floorboards. Facing police inv..."
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, ..."
Three Monks (三个和尚)(1980)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, China, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, 1980
Release Date: 01/01/1980
"Based on a Chinese proverb of the same name, Three Monks depicts the perpetual shift between conflict and collabouration among three Buddhist monks regarding water delivery to the temple they live in. The young monk, in red, who is the first to arriv..."
Tom and Jerry – Safety Second
Filed under: animation, Bill Hanna, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera, Technicolor, Tom and Jerry, U.S.A., 1950
Producer(s): Fred Quimby
Release Date: 01/07/1950
"Jerry and Nibbles celebrate spend the day prepping for 4th of July celebrations, however Jerry strongly disapproves of the latter's penchant for pyrotechnics, forbidding him from using fireworks and explosives for the occasion. Instead, Jerry propose..."
Ub Iwerks Studio
Filed under: studio, 1930s, Cinecolor, Color, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, Ub Iwerks, 1930
"Ub Iwerks Studio was a short lived animation studio in the 1930s. Ub Iwerks, one of the closest partners of Walt Disney in the 1920s, decided to open his own animation studio after he was offered financial support from Pat Powers. Flip the Frog was..."
Vatroslav Mimica
Filed under: people, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Anime, Croatia, Technicolor, Vatroslav Mimica, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (Croatia), Zagreb Film, Author, Director, Screenwriter, Writer
"Vatroslav Mimica is a Croatian screenwriter and director who is considered one of the pioneers of the Zagreb school animation originated from Croatia and former Yugoslavia. Mimica entered the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before joining ..."
Walter Tournier
Filed under: people, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Documentary, Stop Motion, Technicolor, Tournier Animation, Uruguay, Walter Tournier, Animator, Artist, Director, Puppeteer
"Walter Tournier is a Uruguayan animator, director, and sculptor known for his specialization in stop-motion animation. Tournier studied at the Faculty of Architecture in Montevideo when he discovered his true interest in film (“Walter Tournier..."
What’s Opera, Doc?
Filed under: animation, 1950s, All Music, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Looney Tunes, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1957
Producer(s): Edward Seizer
Release Date: 06/07/1957
"In this parody of Wagner's The Ring Cycle, Elmer Fudd plays a viking endowed with a spear, magic helmet, and undying drive to kill the rabbit."
Yan Dingxian (严定宪)
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, China, Color, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, Animator, Character Designer, Director
"Yan Dingxian (严定宪) is the most renowned animator, character designer and director of early Chinese animation. He is the former president of Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS, 上海美术电影制片厂), China Film Association (中国影协..."
Yōji Kuri (久里洋二)
Filed under: people, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, black-and-white ink, Color, Japan, Technicolor, Yōji Kuri, Animator, Artist, Cartoonist, Director
"Yōji Kuri is a Japanese animator, painter, and cartoonist. He was one of the most active and internationally prominent independent artists known for his satirical reflection on Japanese society through surrealist and extreme images of violence, deat..."