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1952 In Animation
Events in 1952 in animation. Events January * January 1: Norm McLaren releases ''Voisins'' (''Neighbours''). February * February 5: Chuck Jones' ''Feed the Kitty'' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. * February 8: Jack Hannah's '' Lambert the Sheepish Lion'', produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. * February 9: Tex Avery's '' Magical Maestro'' premieres, produced by MGM and starring Spike. March * March 15: Hanna-Barbera's '' Tom & Jerry'' cartoon ''The Two Mouseketeers'' is first released, produced by MGM. It is the first of several shorts in which the characters appear as musketeers. * March 20: 24th Academy Awards: ''The Two Mouseketeers'' wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. September * September 20: Chuck Jones' ''Rabbit Seasoning'' is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. October * October 10: Jack Hannah's ''Donald Duck'' cartoon '' Trick or Treat'' premieres, prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm McLaren
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).Rosenthal, Alan. ''The new documentary in action: a casebook in film making''. University of California Press, 1972. 267-8. Print. He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films. His awards included an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1952 for ''Neighbours'', a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival for ''Rythmetic'' and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for ''Pas de deux''. Early life Norman McLaren was born in Stirling, Scotland, on 11 April 1914. He had two older siblings, one brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |