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Frenchman Emil Reynaud opened a theatre using an invention called the Praxinoscope. It utilised turning mirrors to reflect images and produce a 10 to 15 minute "moving picture".
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Thomas Edison produced a similar moving picture; using celluloid film moving over a series of wheels.
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A man named James Stuart Blackton used animation techniques to produce a short film. It documented the drawing process of characters, without ever showing the artist; this made it seem that the drawings simply appeared.
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A Frenchman named Emile Cohl produced a film called "Fantasmagorie." It was extremely popular, and is known today as the first true animated film.
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A man named Otto Messmer, who had been working in animation for a few years, created a character named Felix the Cat. Felix was very successful and even ended up including dolls and watches.
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In 1928, Walt Disney released a short film called Steamboat Willie featuring Mickey Mouse and utilising sound for the first time,
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Looney Tunes was originally a parody of Disney's Silly Symphonies, but it's unexpected popularity saw it take on a life of its own.
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Walt Disney developed the use of 3-strip Technicolor animation. In 1935, Len Lye created a method of painting directly on film strips; he used it in his animated film "Color Box."
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Walt Disney produced the first ever full-length animated film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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At the University of Utah, and man named Ed Catmull developed a method of creating computer generated animation, via scripting language.
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Pixar released Toy Story, the first ever CGI fim
