Chronology of Animation 1921

January
Carol Channing (Carol Elaine Channing) (January 31, 1921- ) (voice actress) born in Seattle, Washington.

January
Tissa David (January 5, 1921- ) (animator, layout artist, director, producer) born. (Hungary)

January
Bob Godfrey (Robert Godfrey) (director, animator, producer) born in West Maitland, New South Wales. (Australia)

February
Roman Kachanov (Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Роман Качанов) (February 25, 1921-March 4, 1993) (director, writer) born in Smolensk. (Soviet Union [Russia])

Zdenek Miler (director, writer, art director, animator) born in Kladno. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])

Børge Ring (February 17, 1921- ) (animator, director, composer, writer) born in Ribe. (Denmark)

March
Pip and Wilfred Detectives (ss), Lancelot Speed/ Astra Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
one of The Wonderful Advenures of Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred series (1921)

April
Fantoche cherche un logement ("The Puppet Looks for Lodging") (ss), Emile Cohl /AGC. (France)
(puppet animation)

May
Cat and the Canary (ss), Paul Terry /Fable.
(drawn animation)
first Aesop's Fable series (1921-1933)
after 1928 the series was continued by Van Beuren

Paramount Cartoons (ss), Pat Powers /Paramount.
(drawn animation)
weekly distribution of cartoons made by various studios
series 1921

June
Emanuele Luzzati (June 3, 1921-January 27, 2007) (director, producer, designer, writer) born in Genoa. (Italy)

September
Bug Vaudeville (ss), Winsor McCay.
(drawn animation)
first Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend series

Shedding the Profiteer (ss), Bray.
(drawn animation)
(one of the Judge Rummy series)

no date
Charles Bowers fired by Bud Fisher. New studio director is Dick Friel. Later in the year the studio went bankrupt.

Paul Terry and Amedee Van Beuren form Fable Pictures, Incorporated (New York)

Max Fleischer leaves Bray and forms Out of the Inkwell Studio.

Charles Bowers creates a new studio (Mount Vernon, New York) to continue the Mutt and Jeff series.

Art Clokey (Arthur Charles Clokey) (director, producer, animator, voice actor) born in Detroit, Michigan.

no date
Bobby the Scout (ss), Anson Dyer /Hepworth. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
first Bobby the Scout series (1921)

Le Canard en Ciné (ss) series, Lortac. (France)
(drawn animation)
series (1921)

Crock and Dizzy (ss) series, Tom Titt /B&J Productions. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
series (1921-1922)

Lichtspiel Opus I (ss), Walter Ruttman. (Germany)
(drawn animation)

Monsieur Vieuxbois (sf), Lortac and Cave /Pencil-Films. (Switzerland)
(drawn animation)

Potiron (ss) series by Albert Mourlan. (France)
(drawn animation)

Running A Cinema (ss), Dudley Buxton. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
one of the Memoirs of Miffy series

Toto au berceau (ss), Lortac. (France>
(drawn animation)
first Toto series (1921-1924)

no date
Kitayama Eiga Seisakujo (Kitayama Movie Factory) founded by Seitaro Kitayama. This was the first true animation studio in Japan.

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