The Older Animators Of Stop Motion

Early Animators:

• George Melies - He was one of the earliest stop motion animators in film history, September 26, 1869 – July 26, 1934, he was a french stop motion animator and came into the animation business in the year 1888 worked progressively through his career as an animator.  He is know for such great films such as A Trip to the Moon and The Impossible Voyage both have a unique but strange style to them but they are great and enjoyable for the viewing purposes.

• Winsor McCay - September 26th 1869 – July 26th 1934, Was an American cartoon drawer and was also an animatior who was known most for his incredible drawing/animation video called Gertie the Dinosaur and was also know most for his comic strip on Little Nemo which began in 1905. Winsor was a great artist who turned his own drawings into animations which really set the scene back in the 18 century, His films set a unique standard which was followed up by Walt Disney and others in later decades. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as William Joyce, André LeBlanc, Mœbius, Maurice Sendak, Chris Ware, and Bill Watterson. 

• Lotte Reiniger - Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German silhouette animator and film director, she was born in June 2, 1899, Charlottenburg and died in June 19, 1981, Dettenhausen. She was known for such a strange but interesting style of film called The Adventures of Prince Achmed where it is all silhouette based animations which is a unique style of animation as I have never heard/seen someone make one but it is really interesting and was possibly her best movie/animation she had made alongside with other silhouette based animation which was her style when planning and producing an animation/film.