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A three minute short video where Blackton is making drawings and silly faces on a black chalkboard. You can even see his hand during the video.
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Humpty Dumpty Circus is recognized as the first use of stop-motion animation.
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Gertie the Dinosaur is widely considered the first animated short to feature a distinguished character. A living, walking, and dancing dinosaur was brought to life.
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First famous animated cartoon character.
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This Russian film was the first full-length feature to employ stop-motion animation for the majority of it's running time.
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The first fully animated film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast.
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Jurassic Park is the first live-action film to feature photorealistic computer-animated creatures.
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The first computer-animated film, is released to theaters.
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The Oscars created this category while "Shrek" was the first movie to win this award.
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Is the first fully-animated film to use motion capture technology to render all of its characters.