1971 in animation


Events in 1971 in animation.

Events

March

March 28: The Peanuts TV special Play It Again, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.

April

April 15: 43rd Academy Awards: Is It Always Right to Be Right? by Nick Bosustow wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

July

July 30: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith establish the animated studio Nelvana.

September

September 11: The first episode of The Jackson Five airs.

October

October 7: Bedknobs and Broomsticks is first released.

November

November 10: Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels premieres which features an animated sequence by Cal Schenkel.

December

December 15: The first Lucky Luke feature film, Daisy Town, directed by René Goscinny and Morris is first released.December 21: Richard Williams' TV special A Christmas Carol is first broadcast.

Films released

Television series

Debuts

Specials

Births

January

January 2:

February

February 1:

March

March 1: Teresa Gallagher, American-born English actress.March 5:

April

April 6: Donavan Freberg, American photographer, advertising creative, voice actor and writer.April 12: Shannen Doherty, American actress,.April 15: Andy Daly, American actor and comedian.April 16: James Purdum, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer and director.April 18: David Tennant, Scottish actor.April 19: Scott McCord, Canadian actor.April 23: Andrew Kreisberg, American comic book writer, television producer and writer.April 30: Ariyan A. Johnson, American actress.

May

May 2: Jonas Rivera, American film producer.May 17: Haruka Nakamura, Japanese former voice actor.May 18: Bob Boyle, American animator, storyboard artist, art director, writer, director and producer.May 19:

June

June 1: Janice Tolentino, American animator, storyboard artist, animation checker and scene planner.June 3: John Hodgman, American actor, author and humorist.June 5: Mark Wahlberg, American actor, businessman, and former rapper.June 11: Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese actor.June 14: Mirabelle Kirkland, American-born French voice actress and television writer.June 18: Brad Kesten, American former child actor.June 22: Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress.June 23:
  • * Doug Gallery, American sheet timer and storyboard artist.
  • * Marc Alberich Lluís, Spanish comics artist and animator,.
  • June 25: Angela Kinsey, American actress.June 28:
  • * Elon Musk, American entrepreneur and business magnate.
  • * Benito Martinez, American actor.June 30: Megan Fahlenbock, Canadian voice actress.

July

July 3: Benedict Wong, English actor.July 9: Scott Grimes, American actor and singer.July 15: Jim Rash, American actor, comedian, and filmmaker.July 16: Corey Feldman, American actor.July 18: Joe Russo, American film director, producer, screenwriter and brother of Anthony Russo.July 19: Wolf-Rüdiger Bloss, German-born American animator, visual effects artist, storyboard artist, writer and director.July 20: Sandra Oh, Canadian-American actress.July 21: Amnon Wolf, Israeli actor.July 26: Mike Kubat, Canadian television writer.July 27: James O'Brien, American animator,.July 30: Tom Green, Canadian actor and comedian.

August

August 3: Arpi Krikorian, American animator and storyboard artist.August 4: Jeff Gordon, American former stock car racing driver.August 6: Fatman Scoop, American rapper,.August 7: Rachel York, American actress.August 10: Justin Theroux, American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter.August 12: Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress.August 17: Nick Cross, Canadian animator, storyboard artist, background artist, art director, writer, director and producer.August 18: Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor.August 22: Richard Armitage, English actor.August 25: Peter Oldring, Canadian actor and comedian.August 26: Rob Boutilier, Canadian animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.August 30: Hunilla Fodor, American animator, lip sync artist and sheet timer.

September

September 1:

October

October 2:
  • * Tiffany Darwish, American musician and actress.
  • * Chris Savino, American former animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.October 4: Richard Manginsay, Filipino-born American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and prop designer,.October 5: Sam Vincent, Canadian voice actor.October 6:
  • * Shinji Kawada, Japanese voice actor.
  • * Emily Mortimer, English-American actress.
  • * Tatsuya Nagamine, Japanese director and animator,.October 13: Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter.October 17: Chris Kirkpatrick, American musician, actor and member of NSYNC.October 20:
  • * Snoop Dogg, American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor and entrepreneur.
  • * Rachel House, New Zealand actress.
  • * Kōichi Tōchika, Japanese voice actor.October 22: Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter and film director.October 25: Craig Robinson, American actor and comedian.October 26: Phil Johnston, American screenwriter, director, film producer, and voice actor.October 29: Winona Ryder, American actress.October 30:
  • * Mike Moon, American animator, background artist, art director, director and producer.October 31: Nora Twomey, Irish animator, director, screenwriter, and producer.

November

November 1: Chris Prynoski, American animator, director and producer.November 3: Seth Kearsley, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director.November 5: Jonny Greenwood, English musician, composer and member of Radiohead.November 10: Walton Goggins, American actor.November 11:

December

December 4: Jennifer Martin, American voice actress.December 13: Van Partible, Filipino-American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.December 14: Tia Texada, American actress.December 27: Christopher Swindle, American voice actor.

Specific date unknown

  • David Mandel, American television writer and producer.
  • Joe Kelly, American television producer and writer.
  • Geoff Berner, Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and television writer.
  • Gregor Narholz, Austrian composer.
  • Bobby Gaylor, American television producer and writer and voice actor.
  • Mike Jones, American screenwriter and journalist.
  • Martin Sherman, American actor.

Deaths

February

February 1: Bob Hilliard, American lyricist, dies at age 53.February 5: Ramey Idriss, American songwriter, author, composer and musician, dies at age 59.February 20: William Lava, American composer, dies at age 59.

March

March 12: Roy Glenn, American actor, dies from a heart attack at age 56.

May

May 8: Larry Morey, American lyricist and screenwriter, dies at age 66.

June

June 29: Joseph Rosenberg, Hungarian-American bank executive, dies at age 89.

July

July 6: Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer, dies at age 69.July 7: Ub Iwerks, American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, dies at age 70.July 15: Bill Thompson, American actor, dies at age 58.July 17: Cliff Edwards, American singer, musician and actor, dies at age 76 from cardiac arrest.

August

August 26: Julius Svendsen, Norwegian-American comics artist and animator, dies at age 51 or 52.

September

September 7: Spring Byington, American actress, dies at age 84.September 16: William Garity, American inventor and audio engineer, dies at age 72.September 23: Billy Gilbert, American comedian and actor, dies at age 77.

October

October 9: Billy Costello, American actor, dies at age 73.October 25: Paul Terry, American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and film producer, dies at age 84.October 31: Robert Gribbroek, American animator, lay-out artist and background painter, dies at age 65.

December

December 13: Warren Foster, American screenwriter, animator and composer, dies at age 67.December 20: Roy O. Disney, American businessman and brother of Walt Disney, dies at age 78 from an intracranial hemorrhage.December 28: Burt Gillett, American animator and film director, dies at age 80 from a heart attack.