Preservation Conversation: “The Only Woman Animator” – Women at the Dawn of an Industry
Preservation Conversation: “The Only Woman Animator” – Women at the Dawn of an Industry
Hosted by Academy Film Scholar Mindy Johnson. World Premiere. Free for Museum Members. Post-screening conversation with writer, director Emily Dean and writer, director Vicky Jenson.
Hosted by Academy Film Scholar Mindy Johnson
Restoration World Premiere
Free for Museum Members
In the earliest days of the animation industry, one woman animated and directed alongside the men who later became titans of the artform, yet her name and work have been lost – until now. The discovery of this pioneer changes everything.
In a landmark event, this ground-breaking artist, and her surviving films, are finally introduced to the world, marking the debut of the earliest-known hand-drawn animation - animated and directed by a woman. Join author/historian Mindy Johnson, as she once again transforms our animated past with a premiere event celebrating the pivotal discovery of “the only woman animator” in the earliest days of animation as well as other women artists at the dawn of an industry.
La fee aux choux (The Cabbage Fairy)
Attributed to Alice Guy-Blaché
1896. 1 min. France. B&W. Sound. DCP
El Hotel Electrico (The Electric Hotel)
DIRECTOR: Segundo de Chomón.
1908. 7.5 min. Spain/France. B&W. Silent. DCP.
The Artist’s Dream - (The Dachshund and the Sausage - A Comic Artist's Dream)
DIRECTOR: John Randolph Bray.
1913. 4.5 min. USA. B&W. Silent. Digital.
Gertie the Dinosaur
DIRECTOR: Winsor McCay.
1914. 9 min. USA. B&W. Silent with Music. DCP.
Felix in the Swim
DIRECTOR: Otto Messmer.
1922. 3.5 min. USA. B&W. Silent. Digital.
The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart
DIRECTOR: Lotte Reiniger.
1919. 5 min. Germany. B&W. Silent. Digital.
Ko-Ko’s Thanksgiving
DIRECTOR: Dave Fleischer.
1925. 9 min. USA. B&W. Silent. Digital.
Do Women Pay?
DIRECTOR: Paul Terry.
1923. 5.5 min. USA. B&W. Silent. Digital.
Flower Fairies (world premiere)
DIRECTOR: Bessie Mae Kelley.
1921. 5 min. USA. B&W. Silent. Digital.
A Merry Christmas (world premiere)
DIRECTOR: Bessie Mae Kelley.
1922. 3 min. USA. B&W. Silent. Digital
Live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla.
Note by Mindy Johnson, author and film historian.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
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