Thursday 3 October 2013

Early Animators

Georges Melies

Georges Méliès, full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.

Most famous Films:

  • A trip to moon (1902)
  • The vanishing lady (1896)
  • The four troublesome Heads (1898)
  • Joan of Arc (1900)
  • The merry frolics of satan (1906)








Winsor Mccay

Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur.

Most famous Films:


  • Little Nemo (1911)
  • Gertie The Dinosaur (1914)
  • How a mosquito operates (1912)
  • Dreams of the Rarebit fiend (1921) 



Lotte reiniger

German animator, a pioneer in silhouette cartoons whose work was based on the traditions of the oriental shadow theatre. Her work was made completely of paper, she started out as silhouette artist.


Most famous Films:

  • The magic horse (1953)












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