1887 in animation
Events in 1887 in animation.
Events
July 9: Publication of Animal Locomotion, a chronophotographic series by Eadweard Muybridge. It comprised 781 collotype plates, each containing up to 36 pictures of the different phases of a specific motion of one subject. The series is a result of Muybridge's interest in motion studies and his work on the zoopraxiscope. Historians and theoreticians have proposed that Muybridge's work on animal locomotion influenced a number of other artists, photographers and filmmakers, including Marcel Duchamp, Thomas Eakins, Walt Disney, among others. Specific date unknown: Étienne-Jules Marey created a large zoetrope with a series of plaster models based on his chronophotographs of birds in flight.
Births
January
January 16: Ralph Ince, American cartoonist, animator, actor, film director and screenwriter,.
February
February 19: Paul Terry, American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and film producer,.
June 6: Charles Bowers, American comedian, animator and cartoonist,.
August
August 6: Oliver Wallace, English-American composer,.
November 23: Boris Karloff, British actor,.
December
December 23: Eric Blore, English actor and comedian,.December 28: Walter Ruttmann, German film director and cinematographer,.