1908 in animation
Events in 1908 in animation.
Films released
- April 25 – The Airship, or 100 Years Hence (United States)[1][2][3][4][5]
- August 17 – Fantasmagorie (France)[6][7]
- October 31 – Hôtel électrique (France)[8][9]
Births
January
- January 19: Jack Cutting, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1988).[10][11][12][13]
February
- February 1: George Pal, Hungarian-American animator, film director, special effects maker and film producer (Puppetoons, Tulips Shall Grow, John Henry and the Inky-Poo, Tubby the Tuba), (d. 1980).[14][15][16][17][18]
- February 6: Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera) and comics writer, (d. 1981).[19][20][21][22]
- February 26: Tex Avery, American animator, cartoonist, film director, and voice actor (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), creator or further developer of several characters (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, The Big Bad Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior), (d. 1980).[23][24][25]
March
- March 16: Seymour Kneitel, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1964).[26][27][28]
- March 31: Anton Loeb, American animator, cartoonist, and illustrator (Fleischer Studios), (d. 1984).[29]
April
- April 19: Robert Stokes, American animator (Harman-Ising, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1980).[30]
- April 23: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (worked for Fleischer Brothers and Hal Seeger), (d. 2006).[31][32]
May
- May 3: Jack Zander, American animator (The Van Beuren Corporation, Terrytoons, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), (d. 2007).[33][34][35]
- May 15: Joe Grant, American animator, character designer and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2005).[36][37][38]
- May 17: Ralph Wright, American animator, storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company) and actor (voice of Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise), (d. 1983).[39]
- May 30: Mel Blanc, American voice actor (voice of various characters in the Looney Tunes franchise, Barney Rubble in The Flintstones, original voice of Woody Woodpecker), (d. 1989).[40]
August
- August 24: John Reed, American animator, special effects artist, and animation director (Fantasia, Bambi, Animal Farm), (d. 1992).[41][42][43]
September
- September 30: Wetzel Whitaker, American animator, film director, and film producer (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan), (d. 1985).[44][45][46][47]
October
- October 24: Preston Blair, American animator (Walter Lantz, Charles Mintz, Walt Disney Company, MGM, Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1995).[48][49][50]
November
- November 12: Shamus Culhane, American animator and film producer (J.R. Bray, Fleischer Studios, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walter Lantz) and film director (The Barber of Seville), (d. 1996).[51][52][53]
December
- December 2: Cal Dalton, American film director and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company), (d. 1974).[54]
References
- ^ "Blackton, pioneer In movies, dies, 66. ex-Commodore of Atlantic Yacht Club here. Is victim of auto accident. A founder of Vitagraph. Producer of 'Black Diamond Express' thriller. Began as marine artist."The New York Times, August 14, 1941. Retrieved: May 28, 2019.
- ^ "Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 5." Library of Congress, (Congress.gov). Retrieved: May 27, 2019.
- ^ Paris 1995, p. 12.
- ^ "Commodore Blackton, who went from riches to relief, dies at 66." Variety, August 20, 1941, p. 4.
- ^ Hardy 1984, p. 30.
- ^ Beckerman, Howard (1 September 2003). Animation: the whole story. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-58115-301-9. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Vilas-Boas, Eric; Maher, John, eds. (5 October 2020). "The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation". Vulture.
The next year, Cohl made Fantasmagorie, whose title is a reference to the "fantasmograph," a mid-19th-century variant of the magic lantern that projected ghostly images onto surrounding walls.
- ^ "Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé - Hôtel électrique". filmographie.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ Hamus-Vallée, Rejane; Renouard, Caroline (2018). "La American Vitagraph Company: les effets de l'amination". Special effects in the cinema: 120 years of creations in France and worldwide. Armand Colin. ISBN 9782200622237. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Ghez, Didier. Walt's People - Volume 9: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him.
- ^ "Jack Cutting; Pioneer Disney Animator". Los Angeles Times. 1988-08-23. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ "Mickey Mouse Park: The Story of Walt Disney's Lost First Theme Park". Theme Park Tourist. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ Mitenbuler, Reid. Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation.
- ^ Worth, Stephen (29 November 2010). "Biography: George Pal". AnimationResources.org. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Lloyd, Fran (5 April 2019). "10 Making Animation Matter: Peter Sachs Comes to Britain 191". Applied Arts in British Exile from 1933: 191–211. doi:10.1163/9789004395107_012.
- ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 6, 2012.
- ^ "2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call". Library of Congress. December 16, 2015.
- ^ Beck, Jerry, ed. (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected By 1,000 Animation Professionals (1st ed.). Atlanta: Turner Pub. ISBN 1-878685-49-X.
- ^ "Michael Maltese papers 1907–1981 1941–1981". rmoa.unm.edu. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ Barrier 1999, p. 475.
- ^ Sigall 2005, p. 79.
- ^ Haile, Bartee (January 20, 2010). "Nothing Funny About Sad Life Of Daffy Duck Creator". The Lone Star Iconocast. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ Barrier (2003), Warner Bros., pp. unnumbered pages
- ^ Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, New York: Da Capo Press, 1975.
- ^ Pointer, Ray (2017). The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer: American Animation Pioneer. pp. 137–138. ISBN 9781476663678.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (February 20, 2013). "Paramount Cartoons". Cartoon Research. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Paramount Cartoons 1963-64". Cartoon Research. November 2, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Anton Loeb at the Cartoon Hall of Fame". Cartoon Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ Robert Stokes at IMDb
- ^ Kehr, Dave (6 February 2006). "Myron Waldman, Who Drew Cartoon Stars, Is Dead at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Myron Waldman, 97; Cartoon Animator for Betty Boop, Superman". Los Angeles Times. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Fox, Margalit. "Jack Zander, Animator of Early TV Commercials, Dies at 99" The New York Times, December 20, 2007]
- ^ Tippi Turtle at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- ^ Tippi Turtle at SNL Archives Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gabler, Neal, 2006, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Page 455, New York, Alfred A. Knopf
- ^ Korkis, Jim, 2014, Debunking Meryl Streep: Part One", MousePlanet, [1]
- ^ Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp. Section; 'What a Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp'
- ^ "MichaelBarrier.com -- Interviews: Frank Tashlin". MichaelBarrier.com -- Home. 1971-05-29. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ Harmetz, Aljean (November 27, 1988). "Mel Blanc: His Voice Is His Fortune". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ Canemaker, John (February 17, 2015). "John Canemaker Unlocks The Secrets of 'Fantasia''s Sweatbox Notes". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (October 28, 2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. pp. 21-22. ISBN 9781569762226. Retrieved July 17, 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Osmond, Andrew (December 2, 2010). 100 Animated Feature Films. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 27. ISBN 9781844575633. Retrieved July 17, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitaker, Wetzel. "Looking Back: An Autobiography"
- ^ Jones, Alexis (November 26, 2012), "'A Reel Legacy' tells story of LDS Church's early film efforts", Deseret News
- ^ History of Church-Produced Mormon Films, 6 October 2014
- ^ Whitaker, Wetzel O.
- ^ "Biography: Preston Blair". Nov 4, 2010.
- ^ Of Mice and Magic (1980); 287-289
- ^ "Lee Everett Blair (1911-1993) - Southern California Watercolorist and Animation Developer". Aug 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (April 2, 1996). "Shamus Culhane, a Pioneer in Film Animation, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
- ^ Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators, by Jeff Lenburg, p. 95-97
- ^ Cieply, Michael (April 10, 2011). "That Noisy Woodpecker Had an Animated Secret". New York Times. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ "Hare-Um Scare-Um (1939) Theatrical Cartoon- Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series". Bcdb.com. 1939-08-12. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
Sources
- Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503759-6.
- Barrier, Michael (2003), "Warner Bros., 1933-1940", Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199839223
- Hardy, Phil. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies. Woodbury, Tennessee: Woodbury Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0-78940-185-4.
- Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-7190-4074-0.
- Sigall, Martha (2005). Living life inside the lines: Tales from the Golden age of Animation. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-749-9.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb