History of Animation

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 Hollywood Animation: The Silent Period

 Hollywood Animation: The Golden Age

 Hollywood Animation: The TV Era

 Hollywood Animation: The Renaissance

The history of film animation begins with the earliest days of silent film and continues through the present day.

The first animated cartoon was Fantasmagorie by the French director Émile Courtet (also called Émile Cohl), projected for the first time August 17, 1908 at 'Théâtre du Gymnase', in Paris. Émile Courtet went to Fort Lee, New York near New York City in 1912, where he worked for French studio Éclair and spead its technique in the US.

The first animated feature-length film was El Apóstol (1917) from Argentine Quirino Cristiani, shown in Argentina.

The second animated feature film was The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) from German Lotte Reiniger and French/Hungarian Berthold Bartosch.

Table of contents

1 Animation History: Americas 1.1 Animation History: Argentina 1.2 Animation History: Canada 1.3 Animation History: United States 2 Animation History: Europe 2.4 Animation History: France 2.5 Animation History: Italy 2.6 Animation History: Russia 2.7 Animation History: Yugoslavia 3 Animation History: Asia 3.8 Animation History: China 3.9 Animation History: Japan

Animation History: Americas

Hollywood Animation: The Silent Period (1900s through 1920s)

• The beginnings of theatrical animated cartoons in the era of silent film, ranging from the works of Winsor McCay through Koko the Clown and Felix the Cat

• The dominance of Walt Disney throughout the 1930s
  The rise of Warner Bros and MGM
  The departure from realism, and UPA

• 1908-1925, Work of Émile Courtet:

Animation History: Italy

• The Zagreb school

• Wan brothers since 1926 and the fourth long feature animated cartoon film, Princess Iron Fan inspired from Journey in west.

• Anime from manga