A Brief History of Animation This page shows you a very brief history of how animation has progressed. Beginning in 1897 until 1995. Please click on the underlined links, they will show you a youtube video, or our terms page. *Note: The underlined links with an * by them will take you to our terms page for a definition.
  
1897
    H.W. Goodwin invents nitrate celluloid film*.
                    
 
1903
    Thomas Edison Invents a Kinetoscope*.
                  
                                        
1908
    Emile Cohl, France, makes first flim “Fantasmagorie” this is considered to be the first animated* film.
 
 
1909
     Emile Cohl combines live action and drawn animation  
     together in his film,  “Clair De Lune  
     Espagnol” ( Spanish moonlight).
 
 
1911
     Winsor McCay makes his first film, “Little Nemo”.
 
                  
1914
     Winsor McCay’s “Gertie the Dinosaur” was the first
     major character in animation.
 
 
1920
     Felix the Cat was the most popular character and
     series of this period.
 
 
1928
   Walt Disney creates the first successful sound
    animated film, “Steam Boat Willie”.
 
 
1930
    Warner Brothers cartoons born.
 
  
1932
    Walt Disney wins first Academy award for  
    “Flowers and Trees.”
                    
                                        
1947
    Warner Bros. - “Tweetie Pie,” first film staring
    Tweetie and Sylvester.
 
 
1961
    Walt Disney released “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” the first Disney feature film to use Xerox cells.
 
 
1971
    First computer animation used in a film
    “The Andromeda Strain”
                                          
 
1982
   “Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan” features computer
    generated “Genesis effect” scene.
 
                                            
1989
     “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” is released. It made  
     over 300 million dollars.
                    
                    
1995
     First feature length fully computer animated
     film “Toy Story”
 
                                            
2007
     See Animation Now!
 
                                    
 
 
 
 
 For More information please go to:   The History Of Animation