Big Hero 6 - Animation Magazine

Big Hero 6 (Disney/Marvel)
The
Canterville
Ghost
(Melmoth
Films)
Legends of Oz:
Dorothy’s Return
(Summertime)
Wander
Over
Yonder
(Disney
Channel)
Steven
Universe
(Cartoon
Network)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(DreamWorks)
Rio 2096: A
Story of Love
and Fury
(Burriti Films/
Gullane)
The Boxtrolls (LAIKA/Focus)
Song of the Sea (Cartoon Saloon)
The LEGO
Movie
(Warner Bros.)
Rio 2 (Fox/Blue Sky)
The Nut Job (Toonbox/Red Rover/Open Road)
January 2014
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Hong Kong Licensing Show
Jan. 6-8
Wanchai, Hong Kong
The first Flash Gordon comic
strip appears, 1934.
Halas and Batchelor’s Animal
Farm premieres, 1954.
7
Yuriy Norshteyn’s Tale of
Magilla
13 Hanna-Barbera’s
Tales opens in Soviet Russia,
Gorilla debuts, 1964.
1979.
8
The Simpsons EP Al Jean
is born in Detroit, 1961
9
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Jan. 9-12
Nevada City, CA
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16
Sundance Film Festival
Jan. 16-26
Park City, UT
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20
Disney-Pixar CCO John
21
Lasseter is born in Hollywood,
1957.
The Critic debuts on ABC,
1994.
CalComicCon
Jan. 26
Yorba Linda, CA
26
27
NATPE Show
Jan. 27-29
Miami, FL
22
Winx Club flits to TV, 2004.
28
Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
opens, 1959.
Nuremberg Toy Fair
Jan. 29-Feb. 3
Nuremberg, Germany
The PJs premieres on Fox,
1999.
10
11
Popeye the Sailor Man first
17
appears in Thimble
Theatre, 1929. Genndy Tartakovsky is born in Moscow, 1970.
18
FlickerFest
Jan. 10-19
Sydney, Australia
Slamdance Film Festival
Jan. 17-23
Park City, UT
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30
Angouleme Int’l Comics Festival
Jan. 30-Feb. 2
Angouleme, France
ReelOut Queer Film & Video Festival
Jan. 30-Feb 8
Kingston, ON, Canada
Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival
Jan. 30-Feb 9
Santa Barbara, CA
25
AOD 2014
Jan. 25-26
San Francisco,CA
Wizard World Portland
Jan 24-26
Portland, OR
Göteborg Int’l Film Festival
Jan 24- Feb. 3
Göteborg, Sweden
Rotterdamn Int’l Film Festival
Jan. 22-Feb. 2
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Martin Luther King Jr.’s
Birthday
4
Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival
Jan. 3-13
Palm Springs, CA
Int’l CES
Jan. 7-10
Las Vegas, NV
Epiphany
12
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22
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New Year’s Day
Hayao Miyazaki is born
in Tokyo, 1941.
Saturday
Danny Antonucci’s Ed, Edd
‘n’ Eddy comes to Cartoon
Network, 1999.
KidFilm Festival
Jan. 25-26
Dallas, TX
31
Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival
Jan. 31-Feb. 8
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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February 2014
Sunday
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January 2014
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Annie Awards
Feb.1
Los Angeles, CA
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Berlin Int’l Film Festival
Feb. 6-16
Berlin, Germany
Groundhog Day
9
10
Animated Exeter
Feb. 10-22
Exeter, U.K.
Animex Int’l Festival of Animation &
Computer Games
Feb. 10-14
Middlesbrough, U.K.
16
Toy Fair ‘14
Feb. 16-19
New York, NY
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18
24
Fantasporto Int’l Film Festival
Feb. 24-Mar. 9
Rua Aníbal Cunha, Portugal
25
Andina Link - FICA
Feb. 25
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Auguste and Louis Lumière
patent the cinématographe,
1934.
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13
14
Katsucon
Feb. 14-16
National Harbor, MD
VidTrans14
Feb. 26-28
Arlington, VA
8
20
Touchstone Pictures is
15
created, 1984.
Simpsons and Futurama creator
Matt Groening is born, 1954.
BAFTA Awards
Feb. 16
London, U.K.
Valentine’s Day
21
DC Independent Film Festival
Feb. 19-23
Washington DC
Animation legend
26
Frederick “Tex” Avery is born in
Texas, 1908.
Winsor McCay presents
Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914.
Animator and producer Bruce
Timm is born, 1961.
Victoria Film Festival
Feb. 7-16
Victoria, BC, Canada
Imagina
Feb. 13-15
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Boulder Int’l Film Festival
Feb. 13-16
Boulder, CO
Lincoln’s Birthday
Digital Kids Conference (Engage Digital)
Feb. 18-19
New York, NY
Big Muddy Film Festival
Feb. 18-23
Carbondale, IL
President’s Day
23
VES Awards
Feb. 12
Beverly Hills, CA
Dam Short Film Festival
Fab. 12-16
Boulder City, NV
iLearning Forum
Feb. 11-12
Paris, France
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12
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22
Washington’s Birthday
27
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Anima - The Brussels Animation Festival
Feb. 28-Mar. 9
Brussels, Belgium
Byron Bay Film Festival
Feb. 28-Mar. 9
Byron Bay, Australia
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March 2014
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Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) is
born, 1904.
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Ward Kimball, one of Disney’s
Nine Old Men, is born, 1914.
Cinequest Film Festival
Mar. 3-16
San Jose, CA
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Wednesday
4
Purim
Mardi Gras
Game Developers Conference
Mar. 17-21
San Francisco,CA
Independent Games Festival
Mar. 17-21
San Francisco,CA
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30
Sydney
Mar. 18-19
Sydney, Australia
Ub Iwerks (1901)
24
and Joe Barbera (1911) were
born this day.
Powerpuff Girls
creator Craig McCracken is
born, 1971.
Paramount premieres The
18
Lost Dream, introducing Little
Audrey, 1949.
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Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum
Mar. 24-26
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Don Bluth and Gary
Goldman’s Thumbelina
opens, 1994.
Saturday
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31
Klasky-Csupo’s Duckman
arrives on USA, 1994.
5
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Milt Kahl, one of Disney’s
22
Nine Old Men, is born, 1909.
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SXSW Gaming Expo
Mar. 7-16
Austin, Texas
New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival
Mar. 7-30
New York, NY
Ash Wednesday
Terrytoon’s G-Man Jitters
Jules Engel,
10 Animator
11
premieres, introducing Gandy
founding director of CalArts
Goose, 1939.
Experimental Animation, is
born in Budapest, 1909. Hayao
CeBIT
Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the
Mar. 10- 14
Hannover, Germany
Valley of the Wind debuts, 1984.
Malmö Int’l Children & Young People’s Film Festival
St. Patrick’s Day
23
Friday
Cartoon Movie
Mar. 5-7
Lyon, France
Tampere Film Festival
Mar. 5-9
Tampere, Finland
Mar. 10-15
Malmo, Sweden
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26
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2
The Academy Awards
Mar. 2
Hollywood, CA
Tuesday
12
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Mar. 25-30
Ann Arbor, MI
Cartoon Masters Transmedia
Mar. 25-27
Munich, Germany
Athens Animfest
Mar. 13-19
Athens, Greece
Cartagena Int’l Film Festival
Mar. 13-19
Cartagena, Colombia
FICCI Frames
Mar. 12-14
Mumbai, India
19
Holland Animation Film Festival
Mar. 19-23
Utrecht, Netherlands
Cleveland Int’l Film Festival
Mar. 19-30
Cleveland, OH
25
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New Delhi
Mar. 20-21
New Delhi, India
Cinema Du Reel
Mar. 20-30
Paris, France
20
First Day of Spring
26
DreamWorks’ Monsters vs.
Aliens opens, 2009.
27
MacWorld Conference & Expo
Mar. 27-29
San Francisco,CA
Vail Film Festival
Mar. 27-30
Vail, CO
Bradford Int’l Film Festival
Mar. 27-Apr.6
Bradford, U.K.
ad:tech San Francisco
Mar. 26-27
San Francisco,CA
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Anime Boston
Mar. 21-23
Boston, MA
MegaCon
Mar. 21-23
Orlando, FL
Bermuda Int’l Film Festival
Mar. 21-27
Hamilton, Bermuda
Matt Groening’s Futurama
debuts on Fox, 1999.
Emerald City ComicCon
Mar. 28-30
Seattle, WA
Atlanta Film Festival
Mar. 28-Apr. 6
Atlanta, GA
3
Fribourg Int’l Film Festival
Mar. 29-Apr. 5
Fribourg, Switzerland
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5
April 2014
Sunday
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Wednesday
Animator Andreas Deja
1
is born in Poland, 1957. George
and Martha debuts
on YTV, 1999.
Future Film Festival
Apr. 1-6
Bologna, Italy
ViewFinders
Apr. 6-12
Halifax, NS, Canada
7
MIPTV
Apr. 7-10
Cannes, France
13
Director Katsuhiro Otomo is
born, 1954. My Little Pony
comes to animation, 1984.
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14
22
BAFTA Television Craft Awards
Apr. 27
London, U.K.
Yom Hashoah
28
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Indie animator Bill
Plympton is born in Oregon,
1946.
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5
NAB Show
Apr. 5-10
Las Vegas, NV
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12
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WonderCon
Apr. 18-20
Anaheim, CA
Sakura Con
Apr. 18-20
Seattle, WA
Good Friday
24
High Falls Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 24-27
Rochester, NY
Newport Beach Film Festival
Apr. 24-May 1
Newport Beach, CA
30
4
Athens Int’l Film + Video Festival
Apr. 11-17
Athens, OH
Arizona Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 11-27
Tucson, AZ
Maundy Thursday
USA Film Festival
Apr. 23-27
Dallas, TX
Independent Film Festival of Boston
Apr. 23-30
Boston, MA
29
Shinji Aramaki’s Appleseed
and Bill Plympton’s Hair
High premiere, 2004.
Saturday
Artexpo New York
Apr. 4-6; New York, NY
ECU European Independent Film Festival
Apr. 4-6; Europe
Reel 2 Real Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 4-11; Vancouver, Canada
Florida Film Festival
Apr. 4-13; Orlando, FL
WorldFest Houston
Apr. 4-13; Houston, TX
RiverRun Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 4-13; Winston-Salem, NC
Sarasota Film Festival
Apr. 4-13; Sarasota, FL
10
Nashville Film Festival
Apr. 17-26
Nashville, TN
Passover (start)
Passover (end)
27
16
Tribeca Film Festival
Apr. 16-27
New York, NY
Filmfest Dresden
Apr. 15-20
Dresden, Germany
Easter
3
Rochester Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 10-12
Rochester, NY
Tiburon Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 10-18
Tiburon, CA
FMX
Apr. 22-25
Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart Int’l Animation Festival
Apr. 22-27
Stuttgart, Germany
Walter Lantz is born, 1899.
9
Jiří Trnka’s The Emperor’s
15
Nightingale opens, 1949.
Ranma ½ launches on Fuji TV,
1989.
21
Friday
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Apr. 3-7; Ashland, OR
The Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 3-10; Palm Beach, FL
Wisconsin Film Festival
Apr. 3-10; Madison, WI
Rome Independent Film Festival
Apr. 3-11; Rome, Italy
Dallas Int’l Film Festival
Apr. 3-13; Dallas, TX
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Apr. 8-13
Los Angeles, CA
Palm Sunday
20
2
Ozark Foothills Filmfest
Apr. 2-6
Locust Grove, AR
April Fool’s Day
J. Stuart Blackton’s Humorous
6 The Ugly Duckling, Disney’s
Phases of Funny Faces debuts, last Silly Symphony,
1906. Aardman’s Timmy Time
premieres, 1939
comes to TV, 2009.
Thursday
Butch Hartman’s Danny
Phantom arrives, 2004.
Director Ron Clements
is born, 1953.
Holy Saturday
25
Soup2Nuts’ Home Movies
arrives on UPN, 1999.
26
Visions du Reel Int’l Film Festival Nyon
Apr. 25- May 3
Nyon, France
AniFest
Apr. 25-30
Teplice, Czech Rep.
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3
May 2014
Sunday
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13
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Wednesday
29
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30
SpongeBob SquarePants
premieres on Nickelodeon,
1999.
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
8
9
Disney’s The Skeleton
10
Dance, the first Silly
Symphony, premieres, 1929.
15
16
22
23
24
ASIFA Hollywood
debuts Chuck Jones’
animator Milt Neil
28 WB
29 Disney
30
president Frank Gladstone is
Naughty but Mice,
(1914) and voice legend Mel
born, 1950.
introducing Sniffles, 1939. Pixar Blanc (1908) are born.
releases Pete Docter’s Up,
2009.
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Int’l Short Film Festival Oberhausen
May 1-6
Oberhausen, Germany
National Day of Prayer
4
5
6
12
13
Paramount Pictures is
created, 1914.
7
Looney Tunes maestro
Bob Clampett is born, 1913.
Digital Hollywood - Spring
May 5-8
Marina del Rey, CA
Cartoon Master Digital
may 5-7
Helsinki, Finnland
Cinco De Mayo
Yom Haatzmaut
11
Legendary directors
14
Robert Zemeckis (1951) and
George Lucas (1944) are born
this day.
18
Shrek 2 opens in theaters,
Leon Schlesinger
Hubley, animator and
19 Filmmaker
20 John
2004. Animator, historian and
is born, 1884.
union activist, is born, 1914.
teacher Tom Sito is born, 1956.
17
Seattle Int’l Film Festival
May 15-Jun. 8
Seattle, WA
Cannes Film Festival
May 14-25
Cannes, France
Mother’s Day
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer is
established, 1924.
21
Lag B’Omer
25
Krakow Film Festival
May 25-Jun. 1
Krakow, Poland
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27
Zlin Film Festival for Children & Youth
May 30-Jun. 4
Zlin, Czech Rep.
Brooklyn Film Festival
May 30-Jun. 8
Brooklyn, NY
June 2014
Sunday
Monday
1
Silhouette animator Lotte
Reiniger is born, 1899.
Tuesday
2
Hanna-Barbera’s Hey There,
It’s Yogi Bear! hits theaters,
1964.
Wednesday
3
Shanghai TV Festival
Jun. 9-13
Shanghai, China
Annecy Int’l Animation Film Festival
Jun. 9-14
Annecy, France
Banff World Media Festival
Jun. 8-11
Banff, AB
Pentecost
Disney opens Roger Allers
and Rob Minkoff’s The Lion
King, 1994.
Disney premieres Wilfred
9
Jackson’s The Wise Little Hen,
Donald Duck’s debut, 1934.
15
22
Tummy Trouble, the first
Roger Rabbit toon, debuts,
1989.
4
5
6
11
12
13
E3
Jun. 10-12
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Film Festival
Jun. 10-19
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Black Film Festival
Jun. 12-15
San Francisco,CA
17
Broadcast Asia Conference
Jun. 17-19
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Licensing Expo
Jun. 17-19
Las Vegas, NV
CineEurope
Jun. 16-19
Barcelona, Spain
Father’s Day
Saturday
WB’s Rabbit Stew and
Rabbits Too, starring Rapid
Rabbit, premieres, 1969.
7
Shavuot
10
16
Friday
BNF - Int’l Franchise and Licences Fair
Jun. 4-5
Sydney Film Festival
Jun. 4-15
Sydney, Australia
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of
Animated Film
Jun. 3-8
Zagreb, Croatia
8
Thursday
Disney’s Tarzan swings into
theaters, 1999.
18
Edinburgh Int’l Film Festival
Jun. 18-29
Edinburgh, Scotland
Toronto Animation Arts Festival Int’l
Jun. 14
Toronto, ON, Canada
The Tasmanian Devil first
19
appears in Robert
McKimson’s Devil May Hare,
1954.
20
Wizard World Philadelphia
Jun. 19-22
Philadelphia, PA
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30
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2
Robert Taylor’s The Nine
Lives of Fritz the Cat opens,
1974.
14
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First Day of Summer
26
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28
NATPE Europe
Jun. 23-26
Prague, Czech Rep.
Special effects legend
Ray Harryhausen is born,
1920.
29
South Park: Bigger, Longer
& Uncut assaults theaters,
1999.
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July 2014
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July 2014
Sunday
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June 2014
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August 2014
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Tuesday
30
Wednesday
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2
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16
23
30
Friday
3
Anime Expo
Jul. 3-6
Los Angeles, CA
Florida SuperCon
Jul. 3-6
Miami Beach, FL
7
8
9
Saturday
4
5
11
12
Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival
Jul.4-12
Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep.
Independence Day
10
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Singapore
July 8-9
Suntec, Singapore
Cartoon Connection
July 8-11
Korea
13
Filmmaker Dave
Animation’s
14 Aardman
Fleischer (1894) and TV toon
Creature Comforts debuts,
legend William Hanna (1910) are 1989.
born this day.
Ai-Kon
Jul. 12-14
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
15
Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko
premieres, 1994.
16
Studio Ghibli’s My
17
Neighbors the Yamadas hits
theaters, 1999. Katsuhiro
Otomo’s Steamboy opens, 2004.
18
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23
24
The Graphics Group,
25
later Pixar, releases The
Adventures of Andre and Wally
B., 1984.
26
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1
2
Hong Kong Book Fair
Jul. 16-22
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
20
21
Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s
Delivery Service opens,
1989.
22
Comic-Con Int’l
Jul. 24-27
San Diego, CA
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29
30
Melbourne Int’l Film Festival
Jul. 31-Aug. 17
Melbourne, Australia
August 2014
Sunday
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September 2014
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Tuesday
Wednesday
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29
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Friday
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7
India animator Don
Hertzfeldt is born, 1976.
Saturday
1
Studio Ghibli’s Castle in
the Sky debuts, 1986.
2
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20
27
4
Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival
Aug. 5-10
Providence, RI
11
WB releases Brad Bird’s The
Iron Giant, 1999.
Animator Gene Deitch is
8
born, 1924. The first puppet
animator, Ladislas Starewicz, is
born, 1882.
9
Locarno Film Festival
Aug. 6-16
Locarno, Switzerland
Tisha B’Av
10
Thursday
12
SIGGRAPH
Aug. 10-14
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Craig McCracken’s Foster’s
Home for Imaginary Friends
debuts, 2004.
13
Asterix creator René
Goscinny is born in France,
1926.
20
SpongeBob SquarePants
21
creator Stephen Hillenburg is
born, 1961.
14
Columbia releases Ratskin,
the first Krazy Kat talkie,
1929.
15
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22
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6
gamescom
Aug. 13-18
Cologne, Germany
17
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19
Hiroshima Int’l Animation Festival
Aug. 21-25
Hiroshima, Japan
24
Cel animation inventor
25
John Randolph Bray is born,
1879.
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2
3
4
Atomic Betty debuts on
Teletoon, 2004.
September 2014
Sunday
Monday
31
Tuesday
Feline Follies premieres,
1
introducing Felix the Cat, 1919.
Crusader Rabbit is the first
animated TV series, 1949.
Wednesday
2
Thursday
Friday
5
11
12
Scooby-Doo, Where Are
13
You? begins airing, 1969.
Director Don Bluth is born, 1937.
17
The Fast and the Furry-ous
18
introduces Roadrunner and
Wile E. Coyote, 1949. Voice
legend June Foray is born, 1917.
19
Injun Trouble, the last WB
20
cartoon until 1980,
premieres, 1969. Producer Jay
Ward is born, 1920.
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25
Animator and cartoonist
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Winsor McCay is born, 1869.
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Disney Legend Frank
Thomas is born, 1912.
Baltimore ComicCon
Sep.5-7
Baltimore, MD
Labor Day
7
Saturday
DePatie-Freleng’s The Pink
6
Panther Show debuts on NBC,
1969.
3
Czech animator Jan
Svankmajer is born, 1934.
8
Life Begins for Andy Panda
introduces the Walter Lantz
character, 1939.
9
Jan Svankmajer’s Faust
Man comes to TV,
10 Mega
opens, 1994. ReBoot, the
1994.
first half-hour CG series, debuts,
1994.
Patriot Day
14
Walter Lantz’s Dinky
Doodle debuts in The Magic
Lamp, 1924. Producer Fred
Seibert is born, 1951.
15
Animator Faith Hubley is
born in Manhattan, 1924.
16
Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival
Sep. 17-21
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Toon legend Chuck
Jones is born, 1912.
21
Michael Eisner is appointed
CEO of The Walt Disney
Company, 1984.
22
23
The Muppets creator
Jim Henson is born, 1936.
Cartoon Forum
Sep. 23-26
Toulouse, France
Edmonton Int’l Film Festival
Sep. 25-Oct. 4
Edmonton, AB, Canada
First Day of Autumn
28
Hanna-Barbera’s The Quick
Draw McGraw Show
premieres, 1959.
29
Rosh Hashanah
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DreamWorks’ Shark Tale hits
theaters, 2004.
Thursday
1
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2
Underdog swoops to NBC,
1964.
Saturday
3
7
Yom Kippur
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9
10
New York Comic Con
Oct. 9-12
New York, NY
13
Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn)
Oct. 13-16
Wanchai, Hong Kong
MIPCOM
Oct. 13-16
Cannes, France
Brand Licensing Europe
Oct. 14-16
London, U.K.
Int’l Film Festival Ghent
Oct. 14-25
Ghent, Belgium
Columbus Day
South Park creator Trey
Parker is born, 1969.
19
14
20
Disney Legend Mary
Blair is born, 1911.
15
Sh’mini Atzeret
22
ad:tech London
Oct. 21-22
London, U.K.
Family Guy creator
26
Seth MacFarlane is born, 1973.
27
Pauvre Pierrot is the first
cartoon to be projected in
public in France, 1892.
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Simchat Torah
23
Austin Film Festival
Oct. 23-30
Austin, TX
28
17
Franchising & Licensing Asia
Oct. 16-18
Singapore
Woodstock Film Festival
Oct. 15-19
Woodstock, NY
21
11
MIP Junior
Oct. 11-12
Cannes, France
Succot
DreamWorks SKG is
12
formed, 1994. Anime director
Satoshi Kon is born in Japan,
1963.
4
Alternative Press Expo
Oct. 4-5
San Francisco,CA
Digital Video Expo West
Oct. 1-3
Los Angeles, CA
6
Fist of the North Star begins
airing in Japan, 1984.
29
Nickelodeon premieres
Aaaahh! Real Monsters,
1994.
Disney’s Gargoyles arrives,
1994.
Chicago Int’l Children’s Film Festival
Oct. 24-Nov. 2
Chicago, IL
30
Disney Legend Ollie
Johnston is born, 1912.
Halloween
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4
Named Charlie Brown comes
out, 1969. Aardman co-founder
Peter Lord is born, 1953.
Loopy De Loop, the only short
5
produced by Bill Hanna and
Joe Barbera after forming their
studio, premieres, 1959. Pixar’s
The Incredibles hits theaters,
2004.
Friday
30
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31
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27
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All Saints Day
2
Astro Boy creator
Osamu Tezuka is born, 1928.
3
World Animation & VFX Summit
Nov. 2-5
Los Angeles, CA
Daylight Savings Time Ends
Quirino Cristiani unveils the
first animated feature film, El
Apostol, 1917.
Wednesday
9
7
8
American Film Market
Nov. 5-12
Santa Monica, CA
Election Day
Robert Zemeckis breaks
10
mo-cap ground with The
Polar Express, 2004. French
director Sylvain Chomet is born,
1963.
6
11
Filmation’s Hey, Hey, Hey,
It’s Fat Albert special airs on
NBC, 1969.
12
13
Disney releases Ron
14 Peanuts animator
Clements and John Musker’s
Bill Melendez is born, 1916.
The Little Mermaid, 1989.
15
John Lasseter’s Toy Story
becomes the first computer
animated film, 1995.
22
Veteran’s Day
16
Don Bluth’s All Dogs Go to
Heaven premieres, 1989.
17
18
Stephen Hlilenburg’s
19 Studio Ghibli releases
SpongeBob SquarePants:
Howl’s Moving Castle in
The Movie hits theaters, 2004.
Japan, 2004.
The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
debuts, 1959.
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Pixar’s Toy Story 2 opens,
1999.
24
25
Peanuts creator
26
Charles M. Schulz is born, 1922.
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29
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Mar del Plata Int’l Film Festival
Nov. 16-24
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thanksgiving Day
30
1
2
3
© A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Mendelson/Melendez Productions. United Feature Syndicate/Warner Home Video
December 2014
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
30
1
2
7
Creator of the first
8
projected cartoon Charles-Émile
Reynaud is born, 1844.
9
15
16
14
Hayao Miyazaki’s directorial
debut The Castle of
Cagliostro premieres, 1979.
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Walt Disney is born in
Chicago, 1901.
Rankin-Bass’s Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer
premieres on NBC, 1964.
Wallace & Gromit creator Nick
Park is born, 1958.
6
Sony releases Rob
Minkoff’s Stuart Little, 1999.
10
Disney releases John
Musker and Ron Clements’
The Princess and the Frog,
2009.
11
12
13
Matt Groening’s The
Simpsons gets its own
slot on Fox, 1989.
17
DePatie-Freleng’s The
Pink Phink introduces the
Pink Panther, 1964.
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20
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27
Hanukkah
DreamWorks Animation
21 Dave Fleischer’s Gulliver’s
CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is born, Travels opens, 1939.
1950.
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First Day of Winter
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31
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