Exam 2 Flashcards
William Garity
invented the multiplane camera
Gustaf Tenggren
well known children’s storybook animator, european background, Swedish immigrant, did watercolor paintings for The Old Mill
Ham Luske
made key contributions to acting animation, was able to break down movement, saw animation as the illusion of life
Ferdinand Horvath
animated Snow White’s flight through the forest, uncredited, left the studio
Joan Crawford
inspiration for the Evil Queen
Janet Gaynor, Shirley Temple
inspired Snow White’s movement and appearance
Maurice Noble
did layout and paintings for Snow White
Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton
inspired the angles and birds eye views in Pinocchio
Gustave Doré
dark drawings influenced Pinocchio
Joe Grant
headed character model department
Leopold Stokowski
conductor of Philadelphia orchestra, collaborated with Walt for Fantasia
Cy Young
animator in charge Segment 1 in Fantasia, only animator experienced in abstraction
Oskar Fischinger
provided nonrepresentational concept art for Fantasia, Walt told the studio to make his art more representational, he got mad and left
Lee Blair
concept artist for Fantasia, encouraged by Walt to go to the zoo and ballet; won a gold medal for drawing and watercolor in the olympics
Heinrich Kley, T.S. Sullivant
animal artists, influenced Dance of the Hours in Fantasia
Kay Nielsen
animator; well known children’s book illustrator; drew slowly, didn’t like the stylization of his drawings, left the studio
Bill Tytla
acting animator; animated wizard in Sorcerer’s Apprentice, gave him Walt’s disapproving brow; best performance animating The Black God; left studio, later said he regretted it; one of the highest paid animators
Tyrus Wong
Head stylist for Bambi; credited for creating mood; hired on the spot after showing pictures of Bambi; did small pastel paintings; influenced by both chinese and american art; faced racism at the studio
Marc Fraser Davis
animator; was able to make animals realistic but humanlike in Bambi; lead animator for Cinderella, Cruella De Ville, Tinkerbell, Maleficent, and Aurora; one of 9 Old Men; did sequencing
Milt Kahl
Animator; designed and animated chief sequences for Peter Pan; animators still admire him, compared to Michelangelo; didn’t like assistant work; liked performing
Frank Thomas
assisted Mark Davis with Milt Kahl in Bambi
Mary Blair
uses of flat color to evoke emotion; worked on Package Films, Peter Pan and Cinderella; omitted detail in place of feeling; only woman in her position; more influential than other concept artists; paintings addressed staging
Ward Kimball
lead animator for Jiminy Cricket, Cheshire Cat, Mice, and Lucifer; irrelevant sense of humor; didn’t like doing sincere characters; given his own Musical Shorts; sat in waiting room to be hired; stylized, not realistic animation; payed by Walt to try out as lead animator; became bored with animation after Alice; Given two musical shorts; in a band, Firehouse Five Plus Two
Beatrix Potter
did cat and teacup drawings; walt tried to get her to do Peter Rabbit feature, feared imperfections would show up on big screen
