1940 in animation
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This is a list of events related to film and television animation of 1940.
Events
- The Walt Disney Company has expanded to include more than 1,600 employees[1]
Deaths
- Anglo-Swiss artist Jean Varé (born Maurice Hayward, 1939)[2]
- January 4: American Academy Award-nominee and film producer Charles Mintz
- July 2: German filmmaker Guido Seeber
- September 28: American animator Earl Hurd
Films released
- Barudda è fuggito (Barudda Has Escaped) created by Gino Parenti[3]
- Il vecchio lupo di mare norvegese e il vecchio lupo di mare americano (The Old Salt from Norway and the Old Salt from America) by Roman painter Luigi Giobbe (1907–1945)
- Musical Poster Number One, directed by Len Lye
- January 22: Andy Panda Goes Fishing
- April 20: A Rainy Day
- April 22: 100 Pygmies and Andy Panda
- September 23: Crazy House, featuring Andy Panda
- November 25: Knock Knock, featuring Andy Panda
Television series
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Notes
References
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (1994). Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation. Translated by Anna Taraboletti-Segre. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20937-4.