Chronology of Animation 1905-1909

1905

January
Sterling Holloway (voice actor) born in Cedartown, Georgia.

February
Lev Atamanov (Lev Konstantinovich Atamanov, Лев Атаманов) (February 21, 1905-February 12, 1981) (director, producer) born in Moscow. (Russia)

March
Paul Grimault (director, animator, producer) born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. (France)

June
Art Davis (Arthur Davis) (animator, director) born in Yonkers, New York.

September
Eric Larson (Eric Cleon Larson) (animator, director) born in Cleveland, Utah.

1906

January
Wilfred Jackson (director, animator) born in Chicago, Illinois.

April
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (ss), James Stuart Blackton /Vitagraph.
(animated black board drawings)

Bea Benaderet (voice actor) born in New York, New York.

April
The Hand of the Artist (ss), Walter R. Booth /Urban Trading Company. (Great Britain)
(animated black board drawings)

August
Friz Freleng (Isadore Friz Freling) (director, producer, animator) born in Kansas City, Missouri.

November
Mary Ellen Bute (director) born in Houston, Texas.

no date
Wan Chaochen (director, animator, producer) born in Nanching. (China)

1907

January
Connie Rasinski (J. Conrad Rasinski) (January 28, 1907-October 13, 1965) (director, animator) born in Torrington, Connecticut.

April
Václav Trojan (composer) born in Plzni. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic])

August
Virgil Ross (August 7, 1907-May 17, 1996) (animator) born.

Alan Reed (voice actor) born in New York, New York.

October
Art Babbitt (Arthur Babbitt) (animator, director) born in Omaha, Nebraska.

November
Les Clark (Leslie James Clark) (animator, director, inbetweener) born in Ogden, Utah.

no date
The Teddy Bears (ss), Edwin S. Porter /Edison.
(live action, some puppet animation)

no date
La Silhouette Animee (ss), Segundo de Chomon /Pathe. (France)
(silhouette animation, some live action)

1908

February
A Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Dream (ss), Edison.
(clay animation, part live action)

Tex Avery (Fred Avery, Frederick Bean Avery) (director, animator, voice actor) born in Taylor, Texas.

Michael Maltese (writer, storyboard artist) (February 6, 1908-February 22, 1981) born in New York.

February
Dreams of Toyland (ss), Arthur Melbourne-Cooper /Alpha. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

George Pal (Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) (director, producer, animator) born in Cegled. (Austria-Hungary [Hungary])

March
Seymour Kneitel (Seymour Holtzer Kneitel) (March 16, 1908-July 30, 1964) (director, animator, producer, writer) born in New York.

April
Myron Waldman (April 23, 1908-February 4, 2006) (animator, director, producer) born in Brroklyn, New York.

May
The Sculptor's Nightmare (ss), Biograph.
(clay animation, part live action)

Mel Blanc (Melvin Jerome Blanc) (voice actor) born in San Francisco, California.

Jack Zander (May 1908-December 17, 2007) (producer, director, animator) born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

June
Bud Collyer (Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr.) (voice actor) born in New York, New York.

August
Hugh Harman (director, animator, producer) born in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

August
Phantasmagorie (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont (France)
(drawn animation)
(first filmed animation of drawings on paper)

September
Mae Questel (voice actress) (September 13, 1908-January 4, 1908) born in the Bronx, New York.

September
Preston Blair (Preston Erwin Blair) (October 24, 1908-April 19, 1995) (animator, charcter designer, writer) born in Los Angeles, California.

November
Shamus Culhane (Jimmie Culhane, James H. Culhane) (November 12, 1908—February 2, 1996) (animator, director, producer) born in Warre, Massachusetts.

no date
Humpty Dumpty Circus (ss), James Blackton and Albert Smith /Vitagraph.
(puppet animation)

1909

February
Al Eugster (Alfred Eugster) (animator, director) born.

March
Milt Kahl (Milton Erwin Kahl) (animator, director, character designer) born in San Francisco, California.

Jack Kinney (director, animator, writer) born in Utah.

Winston Sharples (March 1, 1909-April 1978) (composer) born.

March
Jules Engel (designer, producer, director, animator, teacher) born in Budapest. (Austria-Hungary [Hungary])

April
Irv Spence (Irven Spence) (animator) born.

April
Les Joyeux Microbes (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France)
(drawn animation)

May
Clair de lune espagnol ("Spanish Moonlight") (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France)
(first combination of animated drawings and live action in the same frame of a film)

The Sporting Mice (ss), Charles Armstrong /Cumberland Works. (Great Britain)
(silhouette animation)

May
Ryuichi Yokoyama (Yokoyama Ryuichi) (director, producer, animator) born in Kochi City.

June
Monsieur Clown chez les liliputiens ("Mr. Clown Among Liliputians") (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France)
(puppet animation)

Woolie Reitherman (Wolfgang Reitherman) (director, animator, producer) born in Munich. (Germany)

July
The Magic Fountain Pen (ss), James Blackton /Vitagraph.
(drawn animation)

Bob Cannon (Bobe Cannon, Robert Cannon)) (July 16, 1909-June 9, 1964) (director, animator) born in Ohio.

August
Dave Tendlar (David Tendlar) (August 8, 1909-September 9, 1993) (animator, director) born in Dayton, Ohio.

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