Sunday 10 April 2011

From Muybridge to Avatar - animation timeline

1878


“Horse in Motion”

Edward Muybridge
B. 9th April 1830. Kingston, Surrey, England.
D. 8th May 1904. Kingston, Surrey, England.

1878 - 1880
“Study in Human motion”


Thomas Eakins
B. 25th July 1844, Philadelphia, USA.
D. 25th June 1916, Philadelphia, USA.

1891


"Dickson Greeting" using the Kinetoscope
William K. Dickson
B. 3rd August 1860, France.
D. 28th September 1935, England.



Thomas Edison
B. 11th February 1847, USA.
D. 18th October 1931, USA.

1892



“Pauvre Pierot”

Emile Reynaud
B. 8th December 1844, France.
D. 9th January 1918, France.



1900
“Le Livre Magique” (The Magic Book)


Georges Melies
B. 8th December 1861, France.
D. 21 January 1938, France.



1906
“The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces”


James S. Blackton
B. 5th January 1875, Yorkshire, England.
D. 13th August 1941, USA.
1907


“The Teddy Bear”


Edwin S. Porter
B. 21 April 1870
D. 30 April 1941



1908
“Fantasmagorie”


Emile Cohl
B. 4th January 1857, Paris, France.
D. 20th January 1938, France.


1910
“Battle of the Stag Beetles”


http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/ladislaw-starewizc-review.html
Ladislow Starewicz
B. 6th August 1882, Russia.
D. 28th February 1965, France.


1911

“Gertie the Dinosaur”



http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/winsor-mccay-review.html
Winsor McCay

B: 26th Sept 1867, Spring Lake, Michigan, USA.
D: 26th July 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA



1913
“The Artists Dream”


John R. Bray
B. 25th August 1879
D. 10th October 1978.

1916 – 1917

“Rotoscope Patent”



“Koko the Clown”

Max Fleischer
B. 19th July 1883, USA.
D. 11th September 1972, USA.

1917
“The Pied Piper of Hamlin”
http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/lotte-reiniger-review.html
Lotte Reiniger
B. 2nd June 1899, Germany.
D. 19th June 1981, Germany.


1919
“Feline Follies”
Felix the Cat



1925
“The Lost World”


Willis O’Brien
B. 2nd March 1886, USA.
D. 8th November 1962, USA.

1928
“Steamboat Willie”

 http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/walt-disney-review.html
 Walt Disney
B. 5th December 1901, USA.
D. 15th December,1966, USA.



1949

“Mighty Joe Young”


Ray Harryhausen
B. 29th July 1920
1949 
“Begone Dull Care"

http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/norman-mclaren-review.html
Norman McLaren
B. 11th April 1914, Scotland.
D. 26th January 1987, Canada.



1982
“Dimensions of a dialogue”

http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/jan-svankmajer-review.html
Jan Svankmajer
B. 4th September 1934, Czechoslovakia.


“The Snowman”


http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/raymond-briggs-review.html
Raymond Briggs
B. 18th January 1934, Wimbledon, London, England.

1985
First CGI Character

 “Stained glass Knight” from Young Sherlock Holmes
Industrial Light and Magic
1986
“Streets of Crocodiles”



http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/quay-brothers-review.html
The Quay Bros.
B. 17th June 1947, Pennsylvania.

1992
“The Tune”



http://paul-lavey.blogspot.com/2011/03/bill-plymtpon-review.html
Bill Plympton
B. 30th April 1946, USA.

1995


“Bullet Time” invented


The Matrix

1995



First computer generated feature length film.


“Toy Story”


2010



Highest grossing 3D film of all time


“Avatar”

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