1902 in animation
Events in 1902 in animation.
Events
- Date uncertain - Nuremberg toy companies Gebrüder Bing and Ernst Plank were offering chromolithographed film loops for their toy kinematographs. The films were traced from live-action film footage. The technique is a precursor of rotoscoping.
Films released
- April 3 - Fun in a Bakery Shop: Edwin S. Porter used stop-motion animation to depict clay loaves being sculpted into faces. The film's plot was only the pretext of showcasing the skills of a fast sculptor.
Births
February
February 9: Fred Harman, American animator, cartoonist, and illustrator,.April
April 27: Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer,.June
June 17: Sammy Fain, American composer,.June 20: Antoine Payen, French animator, and illustrator,.June 30: Tom Palmer, Italian-American animator, animation director, and training film supervisor,.July
July 13: Dan Gordon, American comics artist, animator, director and screenwriter,.September
September 2: Norm Ferguson, American animator and sequence director,,.September 25: Al Hoffman, American composer,.October
October 2: William Timym, Austrian-English animator and comics artist,.November
November 1: Vivie Risto, American animator and comics artist,.November 22: Ethel Smith, American organist,.November 23: Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor,.December
December 14: Frances Bavier, American actress,.December 19: Ralph Richardson, British actor,.December 25: Vera Tsekhanovskaya, Russian animation director and illustrator,.December 27: Carman Maxwell, American animator, production manager and actor,.Date uncertain
- Fred Brunish, American painter and animator,.
- Enrique Riveron, Cuban-American cartoonist, animator and comics artist,.
- Brian White, British animator and comics artist,.