1957 in animation
Events in 1957 in animation.
Events
January
January 5: Friz Freleng's Three Little Bops, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.January 12: Friz Freleng's Tweety and [Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester] cartoon Tweet Zoo premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.January 26: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Scrambled Aches, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.February
February 9: Chuck Jones' Ali Baba Bunny, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, is first released.February 22: William Hanna & Joseph Barbara's Tom and Jerry cartoon Tops with Pops, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres. It is a CinemaScope remake of the 1949 Tom and Jerry short Love That Pup.March
March 16: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Tweety and the Beanstalk premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Hector the Bulldog.March 20: Frank Capra's television film Hemo the Magnificent, a combination of live-action with animated sequences, premieres on CBS. March 27: 29th Academy Awards: The Mr. Magoo cartoon Magoo's Puddle Jumper wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.April
April 13: Robert McKimson's short Bedevilled Rabbit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil.April 19: William Hanna & Joseph Barbara's Tom and Jerry cartoon Timid Tabby, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.May
May 2–17: 1957 Cannes Film Festival: The documentary film City of Gold by Colin Low and Wolf Koenig which also features animated segments, wins the Palme d'or for Best Documentary Short.May 4: Robert McKimson's Cheese It, the Cat! is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It is a parody of the TV show The Honeymooners.May 11: Robert McKimson's short Fox-Terror premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg.May 15: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio closes down.May 25: Friz Freleng's short Piker's Peak premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.June
June 7: William Hanna & Joseph Barbara's Tom and Jerry cartoon Feedin' the Kiddie, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres. It is a CinemaScope remake of the 1949 Academy-Award winning Tom and Jerry short The Little Orphan.June 22: Robert McKimson's short Boston Quackie premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.July
July 6: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short What's Opera, Doc? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Though not remarkably popular at first, it will eventually become one of the most acclaimed cartoons of all time. July 7: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and George Sidney establish their own TV animation studio: Hanna-Barbera.July 20: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales short Tabasco Road premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Speedy Gonzales.August
August 10: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Birds Anonymous premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sam Cat. This short later won an Academy Award.August 17: Robert McKimson's short Ducking the Devil premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Daffy Duck and the Tasmanian Devil.August 28: Wolfgang Reitherman's The Truth About Mother Goose, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.August 31: Friz Freleng's short Bugsy and Mugsy, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and starring Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Mugsy, is first released.September
September 6: William Hanna & Joseph Barbara's Tom and Jerry cartoon Mucho Mouse, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.September 14: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Zoom and Bored, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.September 21: Colonel Bleep, the first animated TV series in colour debuts. The show was originally syndicated on September 21, 1957, as a segment on Uncle Bill's TV Club.September 28: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Greedy for Tweety premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Granny and Hector the Bulldog.October
October 3: The first episode of The Woody Woodpecker Show is broadcast.October 12: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon Touché and Go premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Penelope Pussycat.November
November 1:- * Lev Atamanov and Nikolay Fyodorov's The Snow Queen is first released.
- * William Hanna & Joseph Barbara's Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom's Photo Finish, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.November 2: Friz Freleng's Show Biz Bugs, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premieres.November 16: Robert McKimson's Sylvester and Hippety Hopper cartoon Mouse-Taken Identity premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sylvester Jr.November 28: The first episode of Hergé's Adventures of Tintin by Ray Goossens and animation studio Belvision, airs on television. This is the first hand-drawn animated television adaptation of the comics series The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé.November 30: Friz Freleng's Speedy Gonzales cartoon Gonzales' Tamales premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Speedy Gonzales & Sylvester the Cat.
December
December 14:- * Robert McKimson's Rabbit Romeo premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny. and Elmer Fudd.
- * The first Hanna-Barbera animated television series airs on American television: The Ruff and Reddy Show.
Specific date unknown
- Zdeněk Miler launches his animated television series The Little Mole.
- The animated musical advertisement Let's All Go to the Lobby, directed by Dave Fleischer, is first played in theaters. It plays before intermissions in theaters.
Films released
- January 20 - The Big Fun Carnival
- March 20 - Hemo the Magnificent
- December 31 - ''The Snow Queen''
Television series
- June 10 - Tom Terrific debuts in syndication.
- August 22 - Captain Pugwash debuts on BBC.
- October 3 - The Woody Woodpecker Show debuts on ABC.
- December 14 - The Ruff and Reddy Show debuts on NBC.
- Specific date unknown - Colonel Bleep debuts in syndication.
Births
January
January 5: Charlie Brissette, American singer, composer, songwriter and arranger.January 8: Ron Cephas Jones, American actor,.January 11: Andrey Ignatenko, Russian animator,.January 12: John Lasseter, American animator, screenwriter, producer, and director.January 15: David Pruiksma, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.January 16: Joey Camen, American voice actor.January 25: Jenifer Lewis, American actress.January 29: Diane Delano, American actress,.February
February 1: Renae Jacobs, American voice actress.February 4: Don Davis, American composer, conductor, and orchestrator.February 6: Kathy Najimy, American actress.February 10: Sally Dryer, American voice actress.February 16: LeVar Burton, American actor.February 19: Ray Winstone, English actor.February 20: Lia Sargent, American voice actress.February 25: Miroslaw Zbrojewicz, Polish actor.February 27:- * Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer.
- * Kevin Curran, American television writer and producer,.
- *Timothy Spall, English actor.
March
March 3: David Shaughnessy, English actor.March 5: Bridget Hoffman, American actress.March 6: Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian.March 7: Susan Odjakjian, American animator.March 11: Antonio Zurera, Spanish animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.March 15:- * David Silverman, American animator and director.
- * Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor.March 20: Chris Wedge, American film director, producer, writer, animator and cartoonist.March 22: Max Pross, American television writer and producer.March 23:
- * Teresa Ganzel, American actress and comedienne.
- * Amanda Plummer, American actress.March 28: Paul Eiding, American actor.March 29: Davis Doi, American animator, director and producer.March 30: Brian Hohlfeld, American screenwriter.March 31: Terry Klassen, Canadian voice actor and director.
April
April 1:- * Andreas Deja, Polish-born German-American animator.
- * Bill Freiberger, American television producer, writer, and voice actor.April 5: Tasia Valenza, American actress.April 14: Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor,.April 18: Lolee Aries, American television producer and production manager,.April 22: Yôko Kawanami, Japanese voice actress,.April 23: Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian,.
May
May 5: Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor.May 13: Mark Heap, English actor and comedian.May 16: Philo Barnhart, American animator.May 18: Rob Bartlett, American actor.May 19: Tom Gammill, American television writer and producer.May 21: Judge Reinhold, American actor.May 22: Ken Pontac, American television writer.May 23: Iona Morris, American actress.May 29: Ted Levine, American actor.June
June 8: Scott Adams, American cartoonist and producer,.June 13: Scott Page-Pagter, American voice actor, television producer, composer, sound effects artist and voice director,.June 16: Ian Buchanan, Scottish actor.June 21: Berkley Breathed, American cartoonist, children's book, author director, and screenwriter.June 23: Frances McDormand, American actress.July
July 2: Bret Hart, Canadian-American retired professional wrestler.July 3: Billy Aronson, American playwright, production assistant, television producer and writer.July 17: Aleksandr Petrov, Russian animator and animation director.July 21:- * Jon Lovitz, American actor and comedian.
- * Sherie Pollack, American animator, sheet timer and director.July 28: Brianne Leary, American actress, inventor and television writer.
August
August 1: Taylor Negron, American actor,.August 3:- * Carol Goldwasser, American casting director,.
- * Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, American animator,.August 7: Paul Dini, American screenwriter.August 13: David Lewman, American television writer.August 18: Denis Leary, American actor and comedian.August 19: Tom McLaughlin, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, director and producer,.August 24: Stephen Fry, English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer.August 25: Simon McBurney, English actor, playwright, and theatrical director.August 26: R.J. Colleary, American television producer and writer.August 28: Daniel Stern, American actor, artist, director and screenwriter.
September
September 1: Roy Meurin, Canadian animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer and director.September 3: Mak Wilson, English puppeteer, actor and voice actor.September 12: Hans Zimmer, German composer.September 13: Nicolas Carr, American composer and music editor.September 19:- * Mark Acheson, Canadian actor.
- * Russell Velázquez, Puerto Rican-born American actor and composer.September 24: Brad Bird, American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor.September 25:
- *Michael McGrath, American actor,.
- *Michael Madsen, American actor,.September 26: Bob Staake, American cartoonist, illustrator, author, character designer, and storyboard artist.September 28: Aleksandr Boyarsky, Russian producer, screenwriter, voice actor, and composer.September 30: Fran Drescher, American actress, comedian, writer, activist and trade union leader.
October
October 2: Joy Rosen, American executive,.October 4: Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and comedian.October 5: Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian,.October 8: Yoichiro Yoshikawa, Japanese composer,.October 10:- * David Lodge, American actor.
- * Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist.October 11: Dawn French, British actress, comedian, presenter and writer.October 24: John Kassir, American actor and comedian.October 25: Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress.October 29: Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor.October 30:
- * Kevin Pollak, American actor.
- * Rochelle Linder, American office manager,.
- October 31: Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor.
November
November 3: Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist.November 6: Cam Clarke, American actor.November 7: Christopher Knight, American actor.November 10: George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian,.November 18: Joey Miyashima, American actor.November 19: Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, actress, recording artist, writer and journalist,.November 22: Mackenzie Gray, Canadian actor.November 26: Darrell McNeil, American animator, writer, editor, publisher, producer and actor,.December
December 2: Gil Alkabetz, Israeli animator, writer, producer and director,.December 5: Thomas Schumacher, American producer.December 9: Donny Osmond, American dancer, singer, television host, and former teen idol.December 10: Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor,.December 11: Carlos Meglia, Argentine animator and comics artist,.December 12: Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor,.December 13: Steve Buscemi, American actor.December 15: Chō, Japanese actor.December 21: Ray Romano, American actor and comedian.December 28: Yoshiji Kigami, Japanese director, animator, and member of Kyoto Animation,.December 29: Brad Grey, American producer,.December 30: Matt Lauer, American former television news personality.Specific date unknown
- J. R. Williams, American cartoonist, animator, and fine artist.
- Rick Jones, Canadian voice actor, voice director, writer and content developer.
- Richard McGuire, American illustrator, comic book artist, author and musician.
- Tom Minton, American animator, producer, writer, and storyboard artist.
- Mark Mancina, American film composer.