1894 in animation

Events in 1894 in animation.

Films released

December: Autour d'une cabine, directed by Émile Reynaud. It is an animated film made of 636 individual images hand painted in 1893.The film showed off Reynaud's invention, the Théâtre Optique. It was shown at the Musée Grévin from December 1894 until March 1900.

February 14: Jack Benny, American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and violinist,.February 26: Olga Khodataeva, Russian animation director, animator, art director, and screenwriter,.

March 12: Carl Meyer, American actor, animator and animation writer,.March 18: Stuart Buchanan, American voice actor, casting director, radio and television producer, and educator,.March 26:

* Richard Loederer, American comics writer, comics artist and animation art director,.
* Will Wright, American actor,,.March 28: Wallace Carlson, American animator, film director and comics artist,.

June 10: Bill Nolan, American animator, director and animation writer,.

July 7: Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power,.July 14: Dave Fleischer, American animator, film producer and director,.

August 19: Ralph A. Wolfe, American comic book artist and animator,.

September 12: Billy Gilbert, American comedian and actor,.September 24: Billy Bletcher, American voice actor, .

December 8: E.C. Segar, American comics artist,.December 29: Harry E. Lang, American actor,.