INSPIRING WOMEN IN THE FIELD OF ANIMATION

With Top Animation courses in India, animation as a discipline is conquering new heights, we see girls and boys fascinated with this world of animation. But was it the same all through? Absolutely not, Even though animation existed as early as the early 19th C, its popularity reached the mass only by the last 19th C. It was mostly dominated by men like in all cases, but slowly gained momentum among the woman too, at a time when even education was not a woman’s right, let alone a male dominated profession. But still, some brave women paved the way for others. Let’s have a look at them:

•    Lotte Reiniger:

She is regarded as the first woman animator and also the pioneer of the silhouette animation technique. Born in 1899, she even anticipated Walt Disney by ten years in terms of the use of the plane camera technique. “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” by her was the first animated feature films.

•    Lillian Friedman:

Acknowledged as the first woman animator within the studio system, Lillian Friedman drew and animated the characters Popeye and Betty Boop, among others. Lillian made film history when she was promoted to Head Animator at Fleischer Studios in 1933.

•    Eunice Macaulay:

Born in 1923,Her career began when her hand made Christmas card got her a job in Gaumont British Animation in 1948. In her career, she worked on a total of twenty-five short films and received numerous awards, including an Oscar.

•    Faith Hubley:

Born in 1924, she entered Hollywood at the tender age of 18. Faith won Oscars for two of her films and was nominated for another three, and has been honoured at Cannes, London, Venice, and San Francisco film festivals.

•    Elizabeth Case Zwicker:

Among the very first and few women animators in the very early days at Disney, She is a famous name in the industry.

If you too aspire to be one of them, you should probably enrol yourself at the Best i.e Arena animation, who knows you might be the next Walt Disney!