January
Eggs Don't Bounce (ss), Isadore Sparber /Famous.
(drawn animation)
first Little Lulu series (1944-1948)



February
Wreck of the Hesperus (ss), Mannie Davis /Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)
first Mighty Mouse series (1944-1961)



April
Screwball Squirrel (ss), Tex Avery /MGM.
(drawn animation)
first Screwy Squirrel series (1944-1946)

April
Mitsuki Nakamura (Nakamura Mitsuki, Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, Nakamura Mitsuyoshi 中村光毅) (April 7, 1944- ) (art director, character designer (mechanical), animator) born in Tokyo.
May
Jungle Jive (ss), Shamus Culhane /Lantz.
(drawn animation)

My Boy Johnny (ss), Eddie Donnelly /Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)

The Swooner Crooner (ss), Frank Tashlin /Schlesinger.
(drawn animation)



June
Fish Fry (ss), Shamus Culhane /Lantz.
(drawn animation)



July
And to Think that I Saw It On Mulberry Street (ss), George Pal /Pal.
(puppet animation)

Hell Bent for Election (ss)/(adv), Chuck Jones /Industrial Films and Poster Service.
(drawn animation)
First cartoon created by Industrial Films and Poster Service. Made for the United Auto Workers union to support President Franklin Roosevelt's reelection effort.

Leon Schlesinger sells his studio to Warner Bros.



August
Birdy and the Beast (ss), Bob Clampett /Schlesinger.
(drawn animation)
first Tweety and Sylvester series (1944-1964)



September
How to Play Football (ss), Jack Kinney /Disney.
(drawn animation)

September
Akio Sugino (Sugino Akio 杉野昭夫) (September 19, 1944- ) (character designer) born in Sapporo.
October
Dave Allen (David Allen, David W. Allen) (October 22, 1944-August 16, 1999) (animator, special effects director) born.
October
Ferd'nand på fisketur (ss), Henning Dahl Mikkelsen /ASA Film. (Denmark)
(drawn animation)




November
Fukuchan no Sensuikan [フクちゃんの潜水艦] ("Fuku-chan's Submarine") (ss), Tadahito Mochinaga.
(drawn animation)
December
Mouse Trouble (ss), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera /MGM.
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Cartoons



no date
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (ss), Max Fleischer /Jam Handy.
(drawn animation)

Industrial Films and Poster Service formed by Zachary Schwartz, David Hilberman, and Stephen Bosustow in Los Angeles, California. The company later became United Productions of America (UPA).

 no date
Grim Pastures (ss), George Dunning /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Keep Your Mouth Shut (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Let's All Sing Together No.1 (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)
first Let's All Sing Together series (1944-1945)

 no date
David Hand leaves Disney and founds Gaumont-British Animation (GB Animation) Studios for J. Arthur Rank. Studio located in Cookham Village, Berkshire. (Great Britain)

Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.
Continue to 1945 Last update: November 17, 2007
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