animation

praxinoscope

1892

emil reynaud a theater using a praxinoscope, a device that uses spinning mirrors to create a 10-15 minute show

first animation

1900

James blackton made the first animation that didn't show the artist, making it seem like the images appeared out of nowhere

first animated film

1908

the first official animated film was created by Emil cohl, it was called "fantasmagorie"

laugh o grams

1922

a 20 year old Walt Disney started his first animation stdio called laugh o grams, which failed soon after it began

steamboat willie

1928

walt disney released steamboat willie, the first animation with mickey the mouse and sound

WB

1930

Warner brothers and the looney toons are born

more icons

1931

other icons are born in this year and the following years in the 30's;
Betty boop, popeye, and daffey duck

3 strip

1932

walt Disney developed a new way of animation using 3 strip technicolor animation

len lye

1935

len lye created the "color box" method, by painting directly onto the film

first full length film

1937

walt Disney produced the first full length animated film, Snow White and the seven dwarves

cgi movies

1972

ed catcall, at the university of Utah, developed a method of creating computer generated movies

3D

1993

apple created a way to make 3D movies, two years later toy story was released as the first ever full length 3D animated film