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Gertie the Dinosaur
At one point, animators recognized that you can photograph drawings on paper to create a cinematic flip book. Early animators discovered this ability to make memorable characters. For example, 1914's Gertie the Dinosaur. -
Steamboat Willie
Walt Disney decided to release a 20th century icon. At this time, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon was released in theaters, Steamboat Willie. This was also the first animation with sync sound, making it alike the ink-and-paper equivalent of The Jazz Singer. -
Dizzy Dishes
Dizzy Dishes was a popular film in 1930. It was created by Fleischer Studios. It was the first film to feature the popular character, Betty Boop. -
Disney's Fantasia
This year Disney created Fantasia. It introduced fantasound. This was a multi-channel stereo sound system. -
Crusader Rabbit
This movie was created by Alex Anderson. The film lasted 5 minutes. It was the first animation cartoon made for small screen. -
One Hundred and One Dalmations
Dodie Smith created this film. This was the first full feature animated film Disney created using Xerography. This process saved much time and labour. -
Fritz the Cat
Ralph Bakshi created this film. This became the first adult (X-rated) animated feature released in the U.S. It was especially successful. -
The Adventures of Andre and Wally B
For this movie, John Lasseter left Disney and went to Lucasfilms. He helped animate here. This short film was the first fully CGI-animated film. -
The Adventures of Mark Twain
This was a Will Vinton production. It was the first feature length stop motion claymation film. It included Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher. -
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
This film was the first feature film to have live-action and cartoon characters share the same screen. It was also significant because of all the appearances that took place in the movie. It was created by Richard Williams and Gary K. Wolf -
Jurassic park animation
This animation was created by Dennis Muren and his CGI team. Film with the most photo-realistic animated creatures.
The animators used animatronics, stop-motion, and CGI. -
Toy Story
This movie was created by and animated by Joe Ranft, Bud Luckey, and John Lasseter among many others. Toy Story was the first entirely computer generated film. Disney did a great job.
