History of Animation

Winsor McCay

Sep 26, 1869

Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator who is most well known for his comic strip Little Nemo and animated film Gertie the Dinosaur. He died July 26, 1934.

Pat Sullivan

Feb 2, 1887

Pat Sullivan was an assitant to newpaper cartonnist William Marineer. He joined a new animated cartoon studio set up by Raoul Barre after Marinner died. Pat is well known for creating famous silent animated cartoon, Felix the Cat. He died February 18, 1933.

Walt Disney

Dec 5, 1901

Walt Disney was an American cartoonist, filmmaker and voice actor. He is refered to as a cultural icon and has left a long legacy as can be seen in his numerous theme parks, company and animation studio under his name.

Five Animations before Walt Disney

Aug 17, 1908

Five animations that hit the scene before the time of Walt Disney were: Fantasmagorie(1908) by Cohl, The Prolific Egg(1902) by Melies, Little Nemo(1911) by McCay, TheEnchanted Drawing(1900) by Blackton, and the Waltzing Couple(1893) by Muybridge.

Introduction of Animation

Aug 18, 1908

Emille Cohl of France makes his first film FANTASMAGORIE, which is believed by many to be the first animated film. It is one of the eraliest examples of traditional. hand-drawn animation.

Gertie the Dinosaur

Sep 14, 1914

Winsor Mccay directed and did the screenplay for Gertie the Dinosaur, which is one of the first animated films in history, and one of the first animated films that featured a dinosaur.

Felix the Cat

Nov 9, 1919

Felix the Cat was first prototpyed as Master Tom in a hort flm entiteld the Feline Follies. Created during the silent film era, Felix the Cat was one of the first cartoon characters to gain popularity from an audience due to his appearaence coupled with the situations he's placed in.

The Warner Brothers

Apr 4, 1923

The Warner Brothers were a group of brothers who were animators and filmmakers, and they founded the company The Warner Bros. They are most known for being the ones ot begin putting sound in films, particularly in animation. THis is first seen in The Jazz Singer.

Oswalk the Lucky Rabbit

Sep 5, 1927

Walt Disney first created the characrer Oswalk the Lucky Rabbit, but he is most known for making the extremely popular character and icon Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney's cartoons had become widely popular even due to their cute apperance and little gags he had his characters do that appealed to audiences.

Betty Boop

Aug 9, 1930

Betty Boop first appeared on August 9, 1930 and is the most famous creation by Max Fleichser.

3D Animation

Nov 22, 1995

3D animation begun in the 1980s, but has been here a while before that time. 3D animation really didn't become popular until the release of Tory Story, an animated film by the Walt Disney animation studio.