Comments on: Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry

By: Matt K.

Matt K. — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:05:33 +0000

Bianca Majolie is an unknown among the animation community. She was the very first female story artist ever to be hired by the Disney Studio in 1934 and she wrote an emotional original story for the short Elmer Elephant in 1946. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston wrote this about her- “We could not have made any of the feature films without learning this important lesson from Bianca. Pathos gives comedy the heart and warmth that keeps it from becoming brittle.” So Frank and Ollie gave her credit for building emotional pathos into feature animation storytelling.

There have been many feature female story artists since her. Bianca set the tone that a female story artist can be a strong counterbalance to an all male story team and can write original material.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:53:55 +0000

Nina Paley, Debra Solomon, Emily and Faith Hubley

By: Dahlia

Dahlia — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:00:38 +0000

Arlene Klasky anyone?

By: Shelly Kramer

Shelly Kramer — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:18:37 +0000

Loved your post, Daniel. I was initially excited to read it because I expected Brenda Chapman to be on the list of women shaking up the industry – and then sad to see she only had a brief mention in the intro. Disclosure: I’m not unbiased, because she’s a friend and a client, nonetheless, she’s pretty amazing and certainly on my list of women shaking it up. In a big way.

And these other women, equally as amazing, each in their own rights. Looking forward to your next installment and thank you for shining light on the accomplishments of this terrific group.

Shelly
@shellykramer

By: Becky Wible Searles

Becky Wible Searles — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:47:04 +0000

Good to see this, but in addition to the above suggestions, don’t forget Joan Gratz, Joanna Priestly, and Mary Blair!

By: cristin

cristin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:14:14 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Helen! She, of course, would probably blush at being grouped with Lotte Reiniger who was one of her inspirations, especially for “Upperground Show” and “Vessel”

By: Jane Cheshire-Allen

Jane Cheshire-Allen — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:26:44 +0000

Happy to see these women celebrated for their creative animation–especially the brilliant Sally Cruikshank. Thank you.

By: Karl Baden

Karl Baden — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:41:32 +0000

Karen Aqua!
http://karenaqua.com/

By: Diana Spencer

Diana Spencer — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:02:09 +0000

Suzan Pitt, Kathy Rose