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George Meliès

This short animation piece ' The Vanishing Lady' is by George Meliès. George was a French illusionist and filmmaker in the early days of cinemas. His best known films are 'A Trip To The Moon' and 'The Impossible Voyage' these are both considered to be early science fiction films. 

Winsor McCay

This short animation piece 'Little Nemo' is by Winsor McCay. Winsor was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip animation 'Little Nemo' and the short film animation 'Gertie The Dinosaur'. His career began by making posters, and illustrating for newspapers and magazines. He joined the New York times where he began making comic strips. Throughout 1911-1921 he created ten animated films.

Lotte Reiniger

This piece is a 66 minute clip from Lotte Reiniger called 'The Adventures Of Prince Achmed'. Lotte was a German silhouette animator and film director. From and early age she loved cinema, she had inspiration from George Meliès for his special effects, Paul Wegener. She enrolled at the same acting group that Wegener was in, to attract his attention she started making silhouette portraits of the actors around her, eventually she started making the title cards for Wegener's films. Lotte is best known for working with paper silhouettes for her films.

Walt Disney

This short animation piece is called 'Steamboat Willie' directed by Walt Disney. It was produced in black and white but was the first ever cartoon to contain sound effects and soundtrack. Steamboat Willie was the third of Mickey's films to be produced, but this was the first to be distributed.