1968 in animation
Events in 1968 in animation.
Events
April
- April 10: 40th Academy Awards: The Box by Fred Wolf wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[2]
- April 29: The first episode of Les Shadoks is broadcast.
July
- July 17: George Dunning's animated feature based on The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, is first released. The innovative designs are done by Heinz Edelmann.[3]
September
- September 14:
- The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races is broadcast. It marks the debut of Penelope Pitstop and villainous characters Dick Dastardly and Muttley the dog.
- The first episode of The Batman/Superman Hour is broadcast.
- The first episode of The Archie Show is broadcast.
- September 29: The first episode of Joe 90 is broadcast.
October
- October 31: Bruno Bozzetto's VIP, mio fratello superuomo premieres.
December
- December 6: Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson's Out of an Old Man's Head premieres which mixes live-action with animation.
- December 19: Belvision releases the second Astérix film, Asterix and Cleopatra.
- December 23: Roberto Gavioli's The Magic Bird premieres.
Specific date unknown
- The first episode of The Mézga Family is broadcast.[4]
- Ray Goossens's animated TV series Musti is first broadcast.[5]
- Eleven classic animated shorts are selected to be banned from being broadcast on U.S. television: the Censored Eleven.[6]
Films released
Television series
Births
January
- January 4: Marc Ceccarelli, American animator and producer (SpongeBob SquarePants).
- January 12: Farrah Forke, American actress (voice of Big Barda/Barda Free in Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited, voiced herself in the Duckman episode Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat), (d. 2022).[7]
- January 19: Matt Hill, Canadian voice actor (voice of Kevin Keene/Captain N in Captain N: The Game Master, Ed in Ed, Edd n Eddy, Ryo Sanada in Ronin Warriors, Kero in Cardcaptors, Bankotsu in InuYasha, Kira Yamamoto in Gundam Seed).
- January 20: Chris Miller, American animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, writer and director (DreamWorks Animation).
- January 28: Glenn Slater, American lyricist.
- January 30: Donovan Cook, American cartoonist and director (2 Stupid Dogs, Nightmare Ned, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse).
- January 31: Tracy Berna, American television writer (The Mask, The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Timon & Pumbaa, Sonic Underground, Sabrina: The Animated Series, Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, The Fairly OddParents, Gladiator Academy, Make Way for Noddy, Kim Possible, The Invisible Man, The X's, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, George of the Jungle, Action Dad).
February
- February 8: Gary Coleman, American actor and comedian (voice of Andy LeBeau in The Gary Coleman Show, Kevin in Waynehead, himself in The Simpsons, episodes "Grift of the Magi", "A Tale of Two Springfields", and "Day of the Jackanapes", Night of the Living Doo, Various Characters in Robot Chicken), (d. 2010).
- February 24: Eric Coleman, American television producer (Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Disney Television Animation).
March
- March 4: Kazuto Nakazawa, Japanese character designer and director (Kill Bill: Volume 1, Samurai Champloo).
- March 28: Merriwether Williams, American television writer (The Angry Beavers, SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo!, Adventure Time, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Littlest Pet Shop, Pig Goat Banana Cricket) and former Nickelodeon executive.
April
- April 1: Christine Lawrence Finney, American painter and animator, (d. 2016).[8]
May
- May 12: Tony Hawk, American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur (voiced himself in the Rocket Power episode Enter the Hawk-Trix, The Simpsons episode Barting Over, Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage and The Casagrandes episode Skaters Gonna Hate, voice of Hush in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Flame in Skylanders Academy).
- May 13: Paul Tibbitt, American voice actor, animator, storyboard artist (Itsy Bitsy Spider, Nightmare Ned, Recess), writer and director (SpongeBob SquarePants).
June
- June 20: Robert Rodriguez, American-Texas songwriter, music composer, photographer, editor, producer, screenwriter and director.
July
- July 11: Conrad Vernon, American animator, writer (Rocko's Modern Life), director (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Sausage Party, The Addams Family), storyboard artist (Rocko's Modern Life, 2 Stupid Dogs, Nightmare Ned), and voice actor (voice of Gingerbread Man in Shrek).
- July 18:
- Mark O'Hare, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director (Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants and Camp Lazlo).
- Alex Désert, American actor and musician (voice of Nick Fury in Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Skelly in Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers, Wise in The LeBrons, Sam the Snake and Serpent Sam in Doc McStuffins, Steam and Carry in The Stinky & Dirty Show, Jefferson Davis and Swarm in Spider-Man, Mr. Bojenkins in Mr. Pickles and Momma Named Me Sheriff, Crawfish King and Waiter in the Carmen Sandiego episode The Haunted Bayou Caper, current voice of Carl Carlson and Lou in The Simpsons).
- July 23: Mr. Warburton, American animator (Doug, Saturday TV Funhouse), character designer (Pepper Ann), producer (The 7D, Muppet Babies), writer (Fish Hooks) and designer (creator of Codename: Kids Next Door).
August
- August 5: Christopher Tyng, American film and television composer (Futurama, Olive, the Other Reindeer).
- August 8: Kimberly Brooks, American voice actress (voice of Mee Mee in Dexter's Laboratory, Luna in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost and What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Buena Girl, Snow Pea and Cindy Slam in ¡Mucha Lucha!, Mom in Doc McStuffins, Jasper, Malachite, Carnelian and Skinny in Steven Universe, Karen Beecher/Bumblebee in DC Super Hero Girls, Lewis Clark and Toby in The Simpsons, Janie Gibbs in Harriet the Spy).
- August 17: Helen McCrory, American actress (voice of Mrs. Bean in Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Lucy Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb), (d. 2021).[9]
- August 21: Cory Edwards, American animator, director and voice actor (Hoodwinked!).
September
- September 4: John DiMaggio, American actor (voice of Bender in Futurama, Dr. Drakken in Kim Possible, Jake the Dog in Adventure Time, The Scotsman in Samurai Jack, Aquaman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold).
- September 8: Simon J. Smith, British animator, director, visual effects artist and voice actor.
- September 9: Julia Sawalha, English actress (voice of Mouse in Kipper, Ginger in Chicken Run, Georgina in Sheeep).
- September 12: Mark Andrews, American film director, screenwriter, and animator (Pixar).
- September 20: Ben Edlund, American cartoonist and television writer (The Venture Bros., Star Wars: The Clone Wars, creator of The Tick).
October
- October 9: Pete Docter, American director, writer and animator (Pixar).
- October 11: Tiffany Grant, American voice actress (voice of Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon Genesis Evangelion).
- October 29: Tom King, American animator (Space Jam, The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, Quest for Camelot, Futurama), storyboard artist (The Fairly OddParents, SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo, Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Dan Vs., Sanjay and Craig, Mission Force One), writer and director (Fanboy & Chum Chum, Central Park, The Great North).
- October 30: Jack Plotnick, American actor, writer and producer (voice of Xandir P. Whifflebottom in Drawn Together).
November
- November 8: Parker Posey, American actress and musician (voice of Umbriel in the Futurama episode "The Deep South", Becky in The Simpsons episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", Dreamcatcher in Skylanders Academy, Lenny Busker, Angela and Sphinx in Robot Chicken).
- November 10: Tom Papa, American comedian, actor and radio host (voice of Splitz and Klauss Vanderhayden in Bee Movie, El Superbeasto in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto).
- November 19: Derek Drymon, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director (SpongeBob SquarePants).
December
- December 26:
- Byron Howard, Japanese born American animator, character designer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (Bolt, Tangled, Zootopia, Encanto).
- Bill Lawrence, American screenwriter, producer and director (co-created Clone High).
- December 30: Carey Yost, American animator (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rover Dangerfield, The Schnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show, Timon & Pumbaa, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Jumanji, Hanna-Barbera, Toonsylvania), character designer (Cartoon Network Studios, Clone High, Maya & Miguel, The Buzz on Maggie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Mighty B!, SpongeBob SquarePants, Looney Tunes Cartoons), storyboard artist (Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus, The X's, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, The Mighty B!, SpongeBob SquarePants) and writer (Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Camp Lazlo, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto).
Specific date unknown
- Kunihiro Abe, Japanese animator (Gundam), (d. 2018).[10]
- Michael Carrington, American television writer (The Simpsons, The Proud Family) and voice actor (voice of Sideshow Raheem, Comedian, Drill Sergeant and Jock Center Sportscaster #2 in The Simpsons).
Deaths
January
- January 16: Vladmir Delac, Yugoslavian comics artist and animator (Veliki Miting), dies at age 60 from cancer.[11]
- Specific date unknown: Steve Muffati, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), dies at age 57.[12]
February
- February 19: Hamilton Luske, American animator and director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 64.
March
- March 30: Bobby Driscoll, American actor (voice of Peter Pan in Peter Pan), dies at age 31 from heart failure caused by long-time drug abuse.
April
- April 10: Olga Khodataeva, Russian animated film director and art director (China in Flames, The Samoyed Boy, The Little Organ, Sarmiko), passes away at age 74.[13][14][15]
- April 20: Sid Sutherland, American animator, screenwriter and sound editor (Walter Lantz, Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 66.
- April 22: Ernie Nordli, American animator, animation designer and lay-out artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 55.[16][17][18]
May
- May 21: Doris Lloyd, British-American actress (voice of Rose in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 71.
October
- October 13: Bea Benaderet, American actress (voice of Betty Rubble in The Flintstones, the bobbysoxer Little Red Riding Hood in Little Red Riding Rabbit, voice of Granny, Witch Hazel in Bewitched Bunny, Mama Bear in The Three Bears), dies at age 62 from lung cancer.[19]
- October 30: John McLeish, Canadian actor (voice of the Carnival Barker in Pinocchio, narrator in Dumbo and many Goofy cartoons, narrator in The Ducktators and The Dover Boys, voice of John Ployardt in The Wind in the Willows segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) and animation writer (The Rite of Spring segment in Fantasia), dies at age 52.
November
- November 8:: Gerald Mohr, American actor (voice of Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four, Green Lantern in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure), dies at age 54.
- November 13: Berthold Bartosch, German animator and animated film director (The Idea, worked together with Lotte Reiniger), dies at age 74.[20]
December
- December 13: Ken Hultgren, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Mr. Magoo, The Archies), dies from a heart attack at age 63.[21]
- December 30: Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Terrytoons, Famous Studios), passes away at age 64.[22]
See also
References
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- "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- "YELLOW SUBMARINE (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 3 July 1968. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- "Heißer Draht ins Jenseits Phantastische Abenteuer der Familie Mézga". Aug 9, 2002. Archived from the original on August 9, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Ray Goossens". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: The Censored 11". Dec 2, 2010. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Petski, Denise (2022-03-02). "Farrah Forke Dies: 'Wings' & 'Lois & Clark' Actress Was 54". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- "Christine Finney Obituary - Roebuck, SC | Spartanburg Herald-Journal". Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Actor Helen McCrory dies aged 52". au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- "Mecha Animator Kunihiro Abe Passes Away at 50". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Vladimir Delač". lambiek.net. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- "Steve Muffatti". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age at Google Books, p. 76—79
- Maurice Horn (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, Volume 4. — London: Chelsea House Publishers, p. 409 ISBN 0791051854
- Sergey Kapkov (2006). Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation, pp. 14–15, 21, 691–692
- Amid Amidi (March 24, 2013). "Disney's Crankiest Veteran is Still Cranky". Cartoon Brew.
- "April 22". Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- "Ernest Nordli (1912-1968)". wingedsun.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- "Star of TV, Radio Bea Benaderet Dies". The Independent. October 14, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (23 October 2015). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. pp. 138–139. ISBN 9781138035317. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Ken Hultgren". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Master Animator" by John Canemaker, Animation Journal, Fall 1994, pp. 8-9
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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