Early Animators

Early animators

Georges Melies was a french illusionist and film maker, starting in 1896. He discovered that he could split film to give a perception of vision. He also used to hand paint his film to have colour in his movies
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Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist (known for the comic Little Nemo) and animator (known for Gertie the Dinosaur). The technical level of McCay's animation was unmatched until Walt Disney's films arrived in the 1930's.

Lotte Reininger was a German film director and a pioneer of 
silhouette animation, best known for the adventures of Prince Achmed (1926).

She anticipated Walt Disney by a decade, due to creating the first 
multi plane camera for special effects.

Walt Disney was an American animator and film producer. His best known early animation is Steamboat Willie, which was among the first animations to include sound - which started happening in 1928. His early animations were drawn on cels and then flipped to be painted.