The Origins of Animation

  • The first completely hand-drawn animated film

    It was made by J. Stuart Blackton in New York and was called 'The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces'.
  • The first studio devoted to animated films

    In 1914, Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan built the studio to make animated films
  • Animation is taken step further

    Winsor McCay created Gertie the Dinosaur and was one of the first animators to create movement
  • A group of people start up one of the biggest animating companies

    They were lead by Walt Disney and it was created in California
  • Walt Disney creates 'Flowers and Trees'

    this film wins an Oscar
  • Walt Disney creates 'Steamboat Willy'

  • Walt Disney Creates Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

  • Walt Disney Creates Beauty and the Beast

  • Walt Disney Creates The Lion King