1940 in animation

This is a list of events related to film and television animation of 1940.

Events

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Bendazzi, p. 66
  2. ↑ Bendazzi, p. 77
  3. ↑ Bendazzi, p. 79

References

  • Bendazzi, Giannalberto (1994). Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation. Translated by Anna Taraboletti-Segre. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20937-4.
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