Tag: Walt Disney
Disney Animation Historian John Culhane Dies
John Culhane, a Disney animation historian who penned numerous books, taught animation for many years and was caricaturized by animators in The Rescuers (Mr....
Disney Legend Blaine Gibson Dies at 97
Animator, sculptor and Disney Legend Blaine Gibson, one-time head of the sculpture department at the precursor to Walt Disney Imagineering, died July 5. He...
Pixar Presents First-Ever D23 Booth
Pixar Animation will have its first-ever booth presence at this year’s D23 Expo, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center August 14-16. Buzz Lightyear...
PBS Premieres Walt Disney Special in September
PBS will premiere the two-part American Experience special dedicated to Walt Disney on September 14 and 15, 9 - 11 p.m. ET. The four...
Academy’s N.Y. Animation Series Spotlights Technique
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present An Animation Showcase: From Celluloid to CGI, an animation series that takes place April...
Rare Cels Help Set Animation Auction Record
Over the weekend, Heritage Auctions -- the largest auction house founded in the U.S. (HA.com) -- put on a record-setting Animation Art auction. Rarities...
Lost Oswald Short Emerges in Norway
A long-lost short film created by Walt Disney back in 1927 has been uncovered in the National Library of Norway. Titled Empty Socks, the...
Market Showcase: Atomic Cartoons
Award-winning Atomic Cartoons is an independent full-service animation studio located in Vancouver's busy Animation District with a satellite studio in beautiful downtown Kelowna.
Atomic creates,...
Canemaker Celebrates Masters McCay, Disney
Animation historian and Oscar-winning animator John Canemaker will pay tribute to two of the medium's masters, Winsor McCay and Walt Disney, in a three-part...
Ottawa Plans Extensive Disney Tribute
The Ottawa International Animation Festival will celebrate next month the world's most beloved, successful and pioneering animation studio with a series of screenings, talks,...
Animation Collectible Auction Brings in $1.28 million
Cartoon collectibles are hot! Heritage Auctions, one of the top sellers of high-end entertainment collectibles, sold for more than $98,000 an unrestored production cel...
The Man Who Liked Eddie Selzer!
Having been lucky enough to have met and spoken with many pioneering artists from the Golden Age of cartoons over the decades, I've picked...
Passion Play
Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation uncovers hidden gems and recaptures the pioneering spirit of Alvaro Marins' lost The Kaiser.
Animation has proven its...
John Lasseter Receives Honorary CalArts Degree
California Institute of the Arts president Steven Lavine has bequeathed Disney-Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter with the 2014 honorary Doctor of Arts degree...
Q&A: Simka Finds ‘Paradise’ in Re-version Process
Mychal Simka grew up in Anaheim, Calif., a huge fan of a guy named Walt Disney who created a local theme park and made...
Books We Love – Issue #239
The Art of DreamWorks Animation by Ramin Zahed
In celebration of the studio's 20th anniversary, DreamWorks Animation and Abram Books have put together an unprecedented,...
A Tale of Two Walts
This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the passing of Walter Lantz, creator — or at least producer and sometime director — of Woody...
Remembering Jimmy Murakami
Every superhero has an origin story.
As animators, however, we're stuck firmly in the human world, but each of us can point to an event...
The True Tale of Br’er Oscar
Every year around Academy Award time, I think about a particular film, one that despite its polarizing controversy broke new ground for both Hollywood...
Books We Love – Issue #238
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation (Updated Edition)
By John Canemaker and Mary Blair
You'll find few animators and artists who are not...
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