1976 in animation
Events in 1976 in animation.
Events
March
- March 12: Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo premiers. [1] It will become a cult classic. [2]
- March 29: 48th Academy Awards: Great by Bob Godfrey wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [3]
- Specific date unknown: The first episode of Jamie and the Magic Torch is broadcast. [4]
June
- June 20: Don Jurwich's Once Upon a Girl, an adult film which mixes live-action and animation, premiers. It becomes notorious for being pornographic in nature. [5]
July
- July 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [6]
- July 24: Robot Taekwon V premiers. [7]
August
- August 10-15: The first Ottawa International Animation Festival is organized. [8]
September
- September 13: The first episode of Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk is broadcast.[9]
- September 27: The first episode of Chorlton and the Wheelies airs. [10]
October
- October 1: The first episode of Candy Candy airs. [11]
- October 7: The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, produced by Belvision, premiers. [12]
- October 20: The third Asterix film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix premiers. [13] It will become a cult classic. [14]
November
- November 25: Bruno Bozzetto's Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness premiers, an animated feature starring his comics character Mr. Rossi. [15]
December
- December 11: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Jabberjaw is broadcast. [16]
Specific date unknown
- Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek's Pat & Mat first airs on television. [17]
- Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall establish Cosgrove Hall Films.
Films released
Television series
Deaths
February
- February 6: Vince Guaraldi, American jazz composer (wrote the soundtracks for the Peanuts animated feature films), dies at age 47.[18]
- February 13: John Lounsbery, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 64. [19] [20]
March
- March 8: Romer Zane Grey, American animator (Romer Grey Studio) and comics writer, dies at age 66. [21]
June
- June 19: Mike Arens, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 60. [22]
August
- August 8: Winston Hibler, American screenwriter and film producer (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 65. [23]
- August 19: Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol), dies at age 75. [24]
October
- October 23: Francisco Macián, Spanish animator, animated film director and producer (El mago de los sueños), dies at age 46. [25]
November
- November 7: Roy Williams, American animator (Walt Disney Company) and presenter, dies at age 69. [26]
December
- December 5: Tack Knight, American animator and comics artist (Animated Film Corporation, Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Brothers, The Adventures of Horace Cope), dies at age 81. [27]
- December 20: Ned Washington, American lyricist (co-wrote the soundtrack of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and Dumbo), dies at age 75. [28]
- December 21: Rod Scribner, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, Peanuts specials) and producer (Playhouse Pictures), dies at age 66. [29]
- December 25: Frankie Darro, American actor (voice of Lampwick in Pinocchio), dies at age 59. [30]
- December 27: André Daix, French animator and comics artist (Professeur Nimbus), dies at age 75.[31]
Specific date unknown
- Paul Diehl, German animator and film director (The Seven Ravens, Mecki), dies at age 89 or 90. [32]
- Donald W. Graham, Canadian-American animator, artist and art instructor (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 92 or 93. [33]
See also
References
- ^ "Allegro non troppo". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Bruno Bozzetto". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ "Jamie and the Magic Torch (TV Series 1976–1979) - IMDb". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Once Upon a Girl..." Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Hanna-Barbera". Oct 25, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Robot Taekwon V". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Levy, David B. (May 1, 2006). "The Ottawa International Animation Festival". Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive. Allworth Press. p. 225. ISBN 1581154453.
- ^ "Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Chorlton and the Wheelies". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Candy Candy (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Twelve Tasks of Asterix". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "René Goscinny". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Il signor Rossi cerca la felicità". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Jabberjaw". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Pat & Mat". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi dies at age 47". Lodi News-Sentinel. California. UPI. February 9, 1976. p. 3.
- ^ 1976 in animation at IMDb
- ^ "Disney Legends". D23. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Romer Grey". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Mike Arens". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Winston Hibler". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Alastair Sim". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Candel, José Ma (1993). "Capitulo 12: Una esperanza truncada: Francisco Macián". Historia del dibujo animado español. ISBN 9788475641478.
- ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 51159-51165). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
- ^ "Tack Knight". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Ned Washington". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Animators' Hall of Fame". www.agni-animation.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Frankie Darro". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "André Daix". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Paul Diehl". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ http://clan-graham-society.org/files/donwgraham-disney.pdf[permanent dead link]