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{PDF EPUB} Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation By Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation by John Canemaker Walt Disney's Nine Old Men & the Art of Animation HC (2001 Disney Editions) comic books. This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. 1st printing. Written by John Canemaker. Noted film historian John Canemaker brings to life the team whose combined individual genius defined the art of character animation. Think of your favorite moments and characters in Disney films from the thirties to the seventies and chances are most were animated by one of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men." Through the span of their careers, these nine highly skilled animators exhibited an unparalleled loyalty to their employer. This book explores their artistic breakthroughs, failures, and rivalries, and their individual relationships with each other and with Walt. Hardcover, 9 1/2 x 12-in, PC/PB&W. Cover price $60.00. This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. 2nd and later printings. Written by John Canemaker. Noted film historian John Canemaker brings to life the team whose combined individual genius defined the art of character animation. Think of your favorite moments and characters in Disney films from the thirties to the seventies and chances are most were animated by one of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men." Through the span of their careers, these nine highly skilled animators exhibited an unparalleled loyalty to their employer. This book explores their artistic breakthroughs, failures, and rivalries, and their individual relationships with each other and with Walt. Hardcover, 9 1/2 x 12-in, PC/PB&W. Cover price $60.00. Customer Testimonials Our customers have some nice things to say about us: Customer Testimonials Mailing List Join our Mailing List for news and sales. We’ve been selling comics since 1961 (our first sale: Fantastic Four #1 at $0.25, see one of our first ads) and on the web since 1996. Copyright © 1996 - 2021 Lone Star Comics Inc. Character images copyright © their respective owners. Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation by John Canemaker. Walt Disney's Nine Old Men is the first book to take an in-depth look at the artists that shaped the Walt Disney Studios before and after Walt's passing. The Nine Old Men reference relates to Franklin Roosevelt's description of the Supreme Court Justices--Walt used it as a joke and it stuck. The Nine Old Men would become the most creative and powerful people at the Studios. The litany of characters that they have brought to life is simply astounding. John Canemaker is an animation historian, animator and professor of film animation at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He is a very successful author with seven books (three just about Disney animation) and 100's of essays and articles to his name. Mr. Canemaker is also noted for several award-winning short films. Mr. Canemaker begins the book with a look at the Nine Old Men's formative years: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Most of the Nine Old Men were hired at the Studios in the mid-1930's. Before them, were legendary men that were mentors and friends to the new artists. Vladmir Tytla, Grim Natwick, Norman Ferguson, Hamilton Luske and Fred Moore were put in charge of various departments and sections of Snow White. As time progressed, many of the Nine Old Men were mentored by these animation pioneers. For many reasons, the previously mentioned animators left Disney or found they could not keep up with the younger crowd. Mr. Canemaker touches on the influential animator's lives throughout the chapters on the Nine Old Men. Disney's Nine Old Men: Les Clark, Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson, Ward Kimbal, Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston John Lounsberry, and Marc Davis. Mr. Canemaker devotes a chapter to each animator and takes you from their birth to the present day (in 2001) or their passing--he has created a condensed biography and Mr. Canemaker successfully brings the important details to the top that seem relevant to the creation of the animators. You follow each artist from their birth, early family life, school, travels and eventual beginnings at Disney. All of the Nine Old Men stayed with the Disney organization until their retirement They were also faithful to the Studio during the Strike. Undoubtedly, this cemented Walt's opinion of them. Family photographs, animated film stills and corporate images fill the volume. Mr. Canemaker shares a lot of great anecdotes about the artists. Did you know that Ward Kimball attended over 22 schools growing up and that Marc Davis' family traveled the country, rarely settling in one place for more than a few months? Wolfgang Reitherman was a pilot in World War II and claims that he was only a director because Walt told him to be one. Throughout each chapter, Mr. Canemaker shares what makes each animator so important to the Disney Studios and animation. As you go through the chapters, you see each animator as a different personality to the whole. Each one distinct and filling a specific role within the Studios. After the Animation Strike, the Nine Old Men were charged with being the review committee for the Studios. A film couldn't be made without their direct involvement and an artist could be fired at their whim. After Walt's passing, the Nine Old Men were the creative force and were often left stumbling as to the direction to be taken at the Studio. As expected, a majority of the book does focus on animation. Marc Davis was really the only one of the Nine Old Men asked to work on the Disneyland Project. The book does cover that section of Marc's career; starting with the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland in 1962, the World's Fair attractions, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. Ward Kimball is mentioned in conjunction with Disneyland through his shared loved of trains with Walt. This book truly shines as a mini-biography of the Nine Old Men and how they moved the art of animation forward. Bottom Line: This is a book that I highly recommend for animation enthusiasts and people interested in the Disney Studios formative years. It brings together information about the early years of the Studio and the roles of the Nine Old Men in animation, the Studio and the Company-- unlike any other resource. Most of the book does deal with animation and the classic characters that were created but it does focus on the theme parks with Marc Davis and Ward Kimball's contributions. You want this book if you have any interest in learning more about the Nine Old Men and their art. Disney's Nine Old Men. Disney's Nine Old Men (known simply as the Nine Old Men ) is a colloquial term for the core animators (some of whom later became directors) at Walt Disney Productions who created some of Disney's most famous works, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers . Walt Disney jokingly called this group of animators his "Nine Old Men," referring to Franklin D. Roosevelt's dismissive description of the nine justices of the US Supreme Court, even though the animators were in their thirties and forties at the time. All members were named Disney Legends in 1989. They are all now deceased, as of 2008. A life dedicated to the art of animation. R ichard Williams was described as “the face of animation” by film historian John Canemaker, author of the book Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation (2001, Disney Editions). The comparison is not exaggerated. He animated, produced, directed, wrote, illustrated and even voice acted for animation — he was the voice of Droopy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Touchstone Pictures). For Williams, there was not a reason to do anything if you wouldn’t reach the best possible result. At the age of 35 he already was the head of a renewed animation studio, had been awarded internationally and was very well requested in the industry. Animation titans such as Ken Harris (1898–1982), forerunner of animation at Warner Bros and the Looney Tunes (the Bugs Bunny gang), and Roy Naisbitt, (89) who worked with Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Metro Goldwyn-Mayer), worked with Williams in several projects in his studio in London. Richard Edmund Williams was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1933. He was the son of Leslie Lane, a renewed illustrator that was the source of inspiration for Williams. The passion for animation began early, at age 10, when he read the book How to Make Animated Cartoons , by Nat Falk, now out of print. Published in 1941, this preciousness depicted the seven major animation studios at the time, such as Disney, Warner Bros and Terrytoons. It was didactically straightforward and it would serve as an excellent support material for Williams while creating the concepts of character animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit more than four decades later. When he was 12 years old, Williams did his first animated piece: a walk cycle of a bird for his history class. At 15 he decided to make a 5-day trip from Toronto to Los Angeles to discover the Disney studios.
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