History of Animation

  • Georges Melies

    Georges Melies
    Made his most famous film. "A Trip to the Moon." Celebrated scene in which a spaceship hits the man in the moon in the eye.
  • Emile cohl

    Emile cohl
    was a french coricatorust , cartoonist , and animator.
  • Winsor McCay

    Winsor McCay
    He animated "How a Mosquito Operates" and later in 1914 he brought "Gertie the Dinosaur" to life on film.
  • Celluloid 1914-1920

    Celluloid 1914-1920
    The John Bray Studio was one of the most influential studios with its cartoon series "Colonel Heezaliar.
  • Otto Messmer

    Otto Messmer
    Created Felix the Cat for the pat sullivan studios.
  • Silent Movie era of the 20's

    Silent Movie era of the 20's
    Sound was not added until 1927 , all of the movies were silent.
  • Fleischer Studios

    Fleischer Studios
    invented teh rotoscope ; a machine that allowed an artist to trace over the live action from a movie film.
  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney
    Relocated to southern Cali. following the lead pfmany motion pictures studio.
  • Disney

    Disney
    rEleased their firts full length animated feature film.
  • The Golden Age of animation (1930-50's)

    The Golden Age of animation (1930-50's)
    many film studios were in cali. and had their own animation departments.