Animation Hisotry

  • Phenakistoscope

    Phenakistoscope

    The phenakistoscope was invented in 1831 and helped lead up to the use of animation.
  • Fantasmagorie

    Fantasmagorie

    Fantasmagorie was created by Emile Cohl and consisted of 700 drawings.
  • Celluoid

    Celluoid

    The invention of celluoid led to better and easier to manage animations.
  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    In 1914, Winsor McCay came out with the first major animated work, Gertie the Dinosaur.
  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney

    In 1928, Walt Disney created the first animated movie with sound.