1976 - 1980
USA/Canada
Caroline Leaf
-created "The street" (1976)- Started with sand animation, later moved on to using paint on glass for animating.
Belgium
Eddie Lateste and Peyo
- In 1958 the cartoonist pevo created Les Schtroumpfs (TheSmurfs) which first appeared as comic strips in a Belgain magazine.
- 10 black and white animted smurf shorts were made for belgain TV in the 1960's
- In 1976 a feature length colour movie was realeased called "The Smurfs and the Magic flute" which was directed by lasteste and peyo
- The Smurfs were made into a animated TV series 1981 by Hanna Barbera
Italy
Bruno Bozzetto
- Created Allegro Non Troppo 1976
- Focuses on different aspects of life using mythology and science fiction themes and set to pieces of classical music. Also uses a mix of live action and animation.
UK
Jeff Keen
- Made "The cartoon Threatre of Dr Gaz 1977"
- Used a mix of stolen clips from monster and sci fi movies.
- Made "Instant cinema" in 1962
Martin Rosen
- Made "Watership down" 1978
- Based on the dark, violent book by Richard Adams, depicting cruelty of nature and man.
Roger Mainwood
- Halas and Batchler was one of the first studios to use CG, as early as 1969.- The short Autobahn 1979 was directed by Roger Mainwood who used a computer at London's Imperial College but the primitive images it produced were little used in the film.
Australia
Yoram Gross
-Made Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)- Used the technique of laying animated characters over photographic backgrounds
- Sold well internationally and seven sequels were produced.
I thought this was a bit silly and over the top, but it was probably the animation that was least like a simulated drug trip.
Croatia
Zdenko Gasparovic
- Worked for Zagreb Film and directed "A dog's life" in 1966.
- Work for Hanna-Barbera in the USA then returned to Croatia and worked on the Tv series "Professor Balthazar".
- Made "Satiemania" in 1978
Russia
Yuri Norstein
- Created "Tale of tales" in 1979, a follow up to their earlier film "Little Hedgehog in the Fog" 1975.- Story consists of fragmented, interlinking stories with the intention of being a human memory.
- Uses multiple techniques, mainly cutouts with multi plane backgrounds and foregrounds.
Scenes from Animation that "Blew my mind"
Childhood
- The Iron Giant - Iron Giant's sacrifice
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - Pod Race = I watched this as a kid and just remember the feel and power of this scene. The sequence is like a short film inside a full length film. Between the sound design, high speed action, destruction and tension, as a child in the early 2000's I was hooked.
Adult
- Starcraft 2: Cinematic trailers- Bloodborne - Lady Maria and Ludwig: The Holy Blade (Boss fights)
- Full metal alchemist brotherhood - Envy vs Mustang
- Get Jinxed - League of Legends = While this is only a music video for a character in a video game, this video hooked me like nothing else has. No is the song one of my all time favorites, the animation is amazing. The proof of my obsession with this video, when it was released in 2013, I watched it on repeat for 5 hour straight.
