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Eadweard Muybridge Motion Study Circa 1872
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Émile Reynaud opened Théâtre Optique in Paris,
where he projected films that had been drawn directly on transparent celluloid -
animators such as J. Stuart Blackton and Winsor McCay in the U.S. and Émile Cohl in France
were making animated films composed entirely of drawings. -
Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan opened the first animation studio in New York.
Soon studios in New York, California and elsewhere were producing short films that screened in theaters before the main feature. -
Walt and Roy Disney
Ub Iwerks, and other animators formed a company that would dominate animation for many years. -
Disney Produced Cartoon
Steamboat Willie (1928), the first cartoon to synchronize sound with movement, -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The first American feature-length animated film received a Special Academy Award for significant screen innovation. -
Beauty and the beast for Best Picture
More than half a century later, the Walt Disney Company was still breaking new ground: 1991’s Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture alongside four live-action films -
Disney released the Pixar production Toy Story,
The first feature-length computer-animated film, which the Academy honoured with a special award to its creator John Lasseter. -
Future of Animation
After this mark many more companies formed and continued to create animations.
