11 of 12 short artists - John Whitney

John Whitney

John Whitney, Sr. was born on April 8, 1917 and past on September 22, 1995. He was an American animator, composer and inventor, he is considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation. He lived and worked on his animation in era where there weren't so many advances in animated technology. He would do everything in step by step. He would take a still photo  and then move whatever he was using and then take another still and so on and so on, and then combined them to make an animation. He is considered to be one of the fathers of animation, because he worked on some really big projects. He used his mechanical animation techniques to make some of the first animated commercials, and also used in television episodes.