Chronology of Animation 1900-1904

1900

January
David Hand (David Dodd Hand) (director, animator, producer) born in Plainfield, New Jersey.

January
Wan Guchan (director, animator) born in Nanching. (China)

Wan Laiming (director, animator) born in Nanching. (China)

February
Ivan Ivanov-Vano (Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano) (director, writer, animator, character designer) born in Moscow. (Russia)

March
Ted Sears (March 13, 1900-August 22, 1958) (writer, storyboard artist, composer, animator, director) born in Massachusetts.

April
Walter Lantz (producer, director, animator, writer) born in New Rochelle, New York.

June
Oskar Fischinger (Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger) (June 22, 1900-January 31, 1967) (director, animator, inventor) born in Gelnhausen. (Germany)

June
Noburo Ofuji (Ofuji Noburo 大藤信郎) (June 1, 1900-July 28, 1961) (director, animator, character designer) born in Tokyo.

August
Zinaida Brumberg (Zinaida Semyonovna Brumberg) (director, animator) born in Moscow. (Russia)

November
Enchanted Drawing (ss), James Blackton /Edison.
(animated black board drawings)

November
Hermína Týrlová (November 12, 1900-March 5, 1993) born in Brezove Hory. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic])

1901

March
Ub Iwerks (Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) (March 24, 1901-July 7, 1971) (animator, director, producer) born in Kansas City, Missouri.

May
Ferdinand Diehl (May 20, 1901-August 27, 1992) (director, producer, animator, writer) born in Unterwössen bei Traunstein, Upper Bavaria. (Germany)

June
Clyde Geronimi (director, animator) born. (Italy)

July
Len Lye (director, animator) born in Christchurch. (New Zealand)

August
Alexandre Alexeieff (director, animator, producer, writer, character designer) born in Kazan. (Russia)

September
Dimitar Todorov-Jarava (director, producer, animator) born in Shoumen. (Bulgaria)

December
Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) (December 5, 1901-December 15, 1966) (producer, director, animator, voice actor) born in Chicago, Illinois.

no date
Arthur Melbourne-Cooper founds Alpha Cinematographic Films in St. Albans. (Great Britain)

1902

no date
Fun in a Bakery Shop (ss), Edwin S. Porter /Edison.
(live action, some clay animation)

1903

March
Taiji Yabushita (Yabushita Taiji) (director, producer, animator) born in Osaka.

May
Sammy Timberg (Samuel Timberg) (composer) born in New York.

August
Rudolph Ising (animator, director, producer) born in Kansas City, Missouri.

October
Hamilton Luske (Ham Luske, Hamilton S. Luske) (October 13, 1903-February 13, 1968) (director, animator) born in Illinois.

1904

February
James Tyer (Jim Tyer) (February 7, 1904-March 1976) (animator, director) born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

June
The Enchanted Toymaker (ss), Arthur Cooper. (Great Britain)
(live action and some puppet animation)

October
Warren Foster (writer) born in Brooklyn, New York.

Bill Tytla (Vladimir Peter Tytla) (October 25, 1904-December 30-1968) (animator, director) born in Yonkers, New York.

December
Clarence Nash (voice actor) born in Watonga, Oklahoma.

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