film

peter mark roget

Jan 1, 1824

Perer Mark Roget discovered that images were retained by the retina of the human eye for fractions of a second before being replaced by the succeeding ones. Because of this discovery the first inclings of animation or moving pictures had begun.

joseph plateau

Sep 15, 1832

He was the first person to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this he used counter rotating disks with repeating drawn images in small increments of motion on one and regularly spaced slits in the other.

winsor maccay

Sep 26, 1914

as an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914).

john bray

Aug 25, 1917

was an American animator.[1] He produced the first animated film in color,

otto messmer

Aug 16, 1920

best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio.

walt disney

Oct 16, 1928

American animation studio that creates animated feature films, short films, and television specials for The Walt Disney Company. it is a division of The Walt Disney Studios.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios