USA
Lillian Schwartz was an artist and pioneer in computer animation
A Christmas Carol (1971) was made by Richard Williams who wrote the Animators Survival Kit. The film was initially made for T.V and later released in theaters. It won the 1972 Academy Award for best animated short film, leading to controversy and resulting in the Academy changing its rules making it so T.V movies could no longer be considered for Oscars.
France
Serge Danot made the pilot for The Magic Roundabout. 500 episodes of the stop motion series were then made between 1963-1970.
In 1970 a feature film, Dougal and the Blue Cat, was made.
France/Czech Republic
Rene Laloux made The Fantastic Planet (1973) based on the novel Oms en Serie by Stefan Wul, a story about a society where humans are taken to another planet to be pets. The film alludes to social concerns of fascist repression and war, along with alternative culture and Eastern Mysticism.
France/Poland
Piotr Kamler made The Step in 1974 which is an experimental abstract stop motion film.
Japan
Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita made Made in Japan (1972) which was about the Japanese culture putting the economy before anything else. They later made what is considered to be one of the most harrowing and disturbing animated shorts, Pica-don (1978) which is an animated depiction of the Hiroshima bombing.
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata created the T.V. series Heidi in 1974, which was adapted from the children's book. They went on to form Studio Ghibli to produce feature films such as Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
Norway
Ivo Caprino perfected a technique of manipulating characters in real time which was essentially an early version of animatronics. He later switched to stop motion and created The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix in 1975 which took three and a half years to make and was huge in Norway, leaving box office records that still stand today. The film was shown daily in some theaters for 28 years.
Hungary
William Feigenbaum and Jozsef Gemes made Hugo the Hippo in 1975, a children's film that became a cult favorite with adults. It was the first international release of a Hungarian feature length animated film.
UK
Bob Godfrey made Karma Sutra Rides Again in 1971 during the early 1970's adult animation craze which was about middle aged couples behind closed doors, featuring sex and it's many possibilities. Godfrey believed that animation should be surreal and fantastic and not imitate realism. The film received an X rating and was screened alongside A Clockwork Orange in the UK. It was nominated for best animated short at the Oscars.
Lillian Schwartz was an artist and pioneer in computer animationA Christmas Carol (1971) was made by Richard Williams who wrote the Animators Survival Kit. The film was initially made for T.V and later released in theaters. It won the 1972 Academy Award for best animated short film, leading to controversy and resulting in the Academy changing its rules making it so T.V movies could no longer be considered for Oscars.
France
Serge Danot made the pilot for The Magic Roundabout. 500 episodes of the stop motion series were then made between 1963-1970.
In 1970 a feature film, Dougal and the Blue Cat, was made.
Rene Laloux made The Fantastic Planet (1973) based on the novel Oms en Serie by Stefan Wul, a story about a society where humans are taken to another planet to be pets. The film alludes to social concerns of fascist repression and war, along with alternative culture and Eastern Mysticism.
France/Poland
Piotr Kamler made The Step in 1974 which is an experimental abstract stop motion film.
Japan
Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita made Made in Japan (1972) which was about the Japanese culture putting the economy before anything else. They later made what is considered to be one of the most harrowing and disturbing animated shorts, Pica-don (1978) which is an animated depiction of the Hiroshima bombing.
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata created the T.V. series Heidi in 1974, which was adapted from the children's book. They went on to form Studio Ghibli to produce feature films such as Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
Norway
Ivo Caprino perfected a technique of manipulating characters in real time which was essentially an early version of animatronics. He later switched to stop motion and created The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix in 1975 which took three and a half years to make and was huge in Norway, leaving box office records that still stand today. The film was shown daily in some theaters for 28 years.HungaryWilliam Feigenbaum and Jozsef Gemes made Hugo the Hippo in 1975, a children's film that became a cult favorite with adults. It was the first international release of a Hungarian feature length animated film.
UKBob Godfrey made Karma Sutra Rides Again in 1971 during the early 1970's adult animation craze which was about middle aged couples behind closed doors, featuring sex and it's many possibilities. Godfrey believed that animation should be surreal and fantastic and not imitate realism. The film received an X rating and was screened alongside A Clockwork Orange in the UK. It was nominated for best animated short at the Oscars.
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