The Early Animation Wiki is a collaboration between faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at the University of Toronto and the members of ASIFA Hollywood. A project for gathering and sharing information on the early years of film animation with an initial focus on the United States, it offers biographical information on animators and historical data on animation studios, as well as an extensive bibliography of sources on animation and related topics.
Begun in January of 2008, the wiki’ s main goal is to map out the path of early animators’ careers as they moved from studio to studio, and to build a database of information about individual animators, studios, and cartoons in the early days of animation. At the same time, we hope to create an interactive environment that moves beyond the walls of the academy, to create a site where scholars, collectors, and fans can share their knowledge and passion about animation.
To get started, feel free to browse the site for information about specific animators, data on studios, or books and articles. Please remember that this site is under development, and that we are entering data as fast as we can. We look forward to your feedback.
If you are interested in becoming a supporter, a contributor or a collaborating editor for the wiki, please use the links on the sidebar on the left side of the page to get further information. Whether you are an independent scholar, a collector, or an animator, please join us.
Welcome!
If you have any comments or questions, please contact the site administrators at nic.sammond@utoronto.ca.
Nicholas Sammond
Cinema Studies Institute
University of Toronto