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The Wild Robot Zoetrope
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Steamboat Willie, 1928
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Still from Disney's Pocahontas, 1995 directed by Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs lobby card
Fantasia
Dumbo
George Pal
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Yellow Submarine
Toy Story
See J. Stuart Blackton's animated movie “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces”
Take a look at a video clip from Winsor McCay's “Gertie on Tour”
Steamboat Willie, 1928
See the opening scene of the Warner Brothers cartoon “Porky's Midnight Matinee”
Watch the Warner Brothers cartoon Fresh Hare, featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
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Key People

Anno Hideaki
Anno Hideaki
Japanese animator and film director
Mary Blair
Mary Blair
American artist, art director, and designer
Creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Walt Disney
American film producer
Frank Tashlin
American cartoonist, writer, animator, and director
Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator
Miyazaki Hayao
Miyazaki Hayao
Japanese director
Otto Messmer
American animator
Švankmajer, Jan
Jan Švankmajer
Czech artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker
South Park
Trey Parker
American screenwriter, actor, and producer
Tex Avery
American director
South Park
Matt Stone
American screenwriter, actor, and producer
Winsor McCay (centre) drawing a sketch, 1908.
Winsor McCay
American animator
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
American animator
Mike Judge
Mike Judge
American animator, writer, director, and producer
George Pal
George Pal
Hungarian-born animator, director, and producer
Terry Gilliam
American director
Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane
American writer, animator, actor, and producer
Blanc, Mel
Mel Blanc
American entertainer
Builder of Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian artist and writer
Lasseter, John
John Lasseter
American animator

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Still from Disney's Pocahontas, 1995 directed by Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)
Classic Closing Lines
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Fantasia (1940) Lobby card with Mickey Mouse in a scene from The Sorcerer's Apprentice segment from the animated film by Walt Disney. animated movie See NOTES
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