Lee Crooks (voice actor): Biography and Background
Lee Crooks (born 1960) is an American voice actor best known for his work with the Chicago Transit Authority.
Animation
Animation history, studios, short films and the performers behind the voices.
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The Ugly Duckling (1939 film): History and Key Facts
The Ugly Duckling (re-titled as Ugly Duckling in reissues) is a Silly Symphonies animated short film produced by Walt Disney, based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian An
Tom Kenny: Biography and Background
Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian.
Squigglevision: History and Key Facts
Squigglevision is a method of computer animation in which the outlines of shapes are made to wiggle and undulate, emulating the effect of sketchily hand-drawn animation.
Go motion: History and Key Facts
Go motion is a variation of stop motion animation which incorporates motion blur into each frame involving motion.
Alyson Stoner: Biography and Background
Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and dancer.
History of computer animation: History and Key Facts
The history of computer animation began as early as the 1940s and 1950s, when people began to experiment with computer graphics – most notably by John Whitney.
Leica reel: History and Key Facts
In film, specifically animation, a Leica reel (also known as story reel or animatic) is a type of storyboarding device used in the production of potential series or features.
Thaumatrope: History and Key Facts
A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was introduced in 1825.
Laika, LLC: History and Key Facts
Laika, LLC is an American independent stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, commercial content for all media, music videos, and short films.
Der Fuehrer's Face: History and Key Facts
Der Fuehrer's Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutziland or A Nightmare in Nutziland) is an American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, created in
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day: History and Key Facts
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is a 1968 American animated musical fantasy short film based on the third, fifth, ninth, and tenth chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh and the second, eighth, and nin
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: History and Key Facts
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy
Logorama: History and Key Facts
Logorama is a 2009 French adult animated satirical short film produced by the French graphic design and animation studio H5 as their first and only cinematic project.
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom: History and Key Facts
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is an American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ward Kimball and Charles A.
Rostrum camera: History and Key Facts
A rostrum camera is a specially designed camera used in television production and filmmaking to animate a still picture or object.
Tin Toy: History and Key Facts
Tin Toy is a 1988 American animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter.
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: History and Key Facts
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is an Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best animated feature film.
Winsor McCay: History and Key Facts
Zenas Winsor McCay (c.
Estonian animation: History and Key Facts
The tradition of Estonian animation dates back to the 1930s when the first experimental films were made.
Golden age of American animation: History and Key Facts
The golden age of American animation was a period that began with the popularization of sound synchronized cartoons in 1928 starting with Steamboat Willie, and gradually ended throughout the 1960
Clay painting: History and Key Facts
Clay painting animation is a form of clay animation, which is one of the many kinds of stop motion animation.
LGBTQ themes in Western animation: History and Key Facts
In Western animation, LGBTQ themes means plotlines and characters which are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer in series, produced in Western countries, and not in Japan (i.e
Aardman Animations: History and Key Facts
Aardman Animations Limited, known simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England with its headquarters in Gas Ferry Road and its studios in Aztec West.
Development of Bugs Bunny: History and Key Facts
The character that would evolve into Bugs Bunny appeared in four cartoon shorts before his first official appearance in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare.
Cinemagraph: History and Key Facts
Cinemagraphs are still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs, forming a video clip.
Special effect: History and Key Facts
Special effects (often abbreviated as F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theater, film, television, video game, amusement park, and simulator industries to simulate the
Quest (1996 film): History and Key Facts
Quest is a 1996 German animated short film directed by Tyron Montgomery, written (story) and produced by Thomas Stellmach at the University of Kassel - Art College.
United Productions of America: History and Key Facts
United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio and later distribution company founded in 1941 as Industrial Film and Poster Service by former Walt Disney Pro
Quiet Please!: History and Key Facts
Quiet Please!
History of animation: History and Key Facts
Animation, the method for creating moving pictures from still images, has an early history and a modern history that began with the advent of celluloid film in 1888.
Pose space deformation: History and Key Facts
Pose space deformation is a computer animation technique which is used to deform a mesh on skeleton-driven animation.
The Cat Concerto: History and Key Facts
The Cat Concerto is a 1947 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 29th Tom and Jerry short.
Lend a Paw: History and Key Facts
Lend a Paw is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released to theaters on October 3, 1941.
June Foray: Biography and Background
June Foray (born June Lucille Forer; September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017) was an American voice actress and radio personality, best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flyi
Skeletal animation: History and Key Facts
Skeletal animation or rigging is a technique in computer animation in which a character (or other articulated object) is represented in two parts: a polygonal or parametric mesh representation of
Sand animation: History and Key Facts
Sand animation is a form of stop motion that manipulates images formed with sand under a camera to create animation.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: History and Key Facts
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.
Pixar: History and Key Facts
Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its commercially successful computer-animated feature films.
Flash animation: History and Key Facts
Adobe Flash animation (formerly Macromedia Flash animation and FutureSplash animation) is an animation that is created with the Adobe Animate (formerly Flash Professional) platform or similar ani