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This is a list of events in 2012 in animation .
Events
February
March
March 2 :
The Lorax , based on
the Dr. Seuss book of the same name , premieres, receiving mediocre reviews during the release.
[5] However, it garnered popularity online as an
Internet meme a decade later.
[6]
March 13 :
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire is officially released.
[7] Prior to date, it was originally a digital rental on
Amazon Video and
iTunes in late December 2011.
[8]
March 23 :
Disney Junior launches as a 24/7 channel.
March 25 :
Edd Gould , the creator of
Eddsworld , dies from
Leukemia .
[9] The episode "Space Face" was set to be released.
[10] But because of Gould's death, it was delayed. After Space Face Part 1 was uploaded, Tomska started a campaign on Kickstarter called Eddsworld Legacy.
[11] But it got removed on YouTube. The 5 retro/classic YouTube videos on YouTube were taken down for copyright in 2013 before they were reuploaded on Eddsworld Extra three years later.
April
May
June
July
August
September
November
Awards
Films released
January 10 -
Bratz: Desert Jewelz (United States)
January 12:
January 21:
January 26 -
The Illusionauts (Peru)
January 27 -
Back to the Sea (China)
January 31 -
Leapfrog: Numberland (United States)
February 2 -
Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe (Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile)
February 4 -
Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King (Japan)
February 8 -
Zarafa (France)
February 11 -
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (United States and Japan)
February 21 -
Where the Dead Go to Die (United States)
February 22 -
Sprookjesboom de Film (Netherlands)
February 27 -
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 (United States)
February 28 -
Justice League: Doom (United States)
March 2 -
The Lorax (United States)
March 6 -
VeggieTales: Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men (United States)
March 11 -
Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens (Singapore)
March 13 -
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (United States)
March 17:
March 28 -
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (United States and United Kingdom)
April 13 -
Sir Billi: Guardian of the Highlands (Scotland)
April 14:
May -
Blackie & Kanuto (Spain, Italy, and France)
May 3 -
Strange Frame: Love & Sax (United States)
May 4 -
Cycle (Hungary)
May 16 -
Ivan the Incredible (Denmark)
May 18 -
Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan (India)
May 19 -
Niji-Iro Hotaru: Eien no Natsu Yasumi (Japan)
May 24 -
Komm, wir finden einen Schatz! (Germany)
May 25 -
Arjun: The Warrior Prince (India)
May 31 -
Inspector Martin and the Gang of Snails (Croatia)
June 2 -
Blood-C: The Last Dark (Japan)
June 6 -
Approved for Adoption (Belgium and France)
June 8:
June 12 -
Superman vs The Elite (United States)
June 15:
June 16 -
Library War: The Wings of Revolution (Japan)
June 22 -
Brave (United States)
June 23 -
Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey (Japan)
June 28 -
Seer 2 (China)
July 3 -
Zambezia (South Africa)
July 5 -
Legend of the Moles: The Treasure of Scylla (China)
July 7 -
The Life of Guskou Budori (Japan)
July 13 -
Ice Age: Continental Drift (United States)
July 14:
July 17 -
Branimals – The Forest is Ours (Brazil)
July 21:
July 25 -
Cinderella: Once upon a time in the west... (Belgium and France)
July 28 -
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (Japan)
August 2 -
Echo Planet (Thailand)
August 3 -
Hey Krishna (India)
August 10 -
Yugo & Lala (China)
August 11 -
VeggieTales: The Penniless Princess (United States)
August 15 -
A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (Belgium)
August 17 -
ParaNorman (United States)
August 18 -
Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (Japan)
August 19 -
Wings (Russia)
August 20 -
Pinocchio (Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, and France)
August 24 -
It's Such a Beautiful Day (United States)
August 25 -
After School Midnighters (Japan)
August 30 -
The Star Making Machine (Argentina)
August 31:
September 3 -
Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (United Kingdom)
September 6 -
Raven the Little Rascal (Germany)
September 8 -
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (United Kingdom)
September 11 -
Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (United States)
September 22 -
Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Beginning (Japan)
September 25 -
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1 (United States)
September 26 -
The Suicide Shop (France)
September 28:
September 29 -
Asura (Japan)
September 30 -
Fat, Bald, Short Man (Colombia)
October 3 -
Kirikou and the Men and Women (France)
October 4 -
Yak: The Giant King (Thailand)
October 5 -
Frankenweenie (United States)
October 6 -
Hajimari no Monogatari (Japan)
October 8 -
The Adventures of Scooter the Penguin (United States)
October 9 -
Big Top Scooby-Doo! (United States)
October 11:
October 12 -
Niko 2: Family Affairs (Finland, Germany, Denmark, and Ireland)
October 13 -
Eien no Monogatari (Japan)
October 16 -
VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables (United States)
October 18 -
Gladiators of Rome (Italy)
October 19 -
Delhi Safari (India)
October 20:
October 24 -
The Day of the Crows (France, (Belgium, (Canada, and Luxembourg)
October 25 -
Goat Story 2 (Czech Republic)
October 27 -
009 Re:Cyborg (Japan)
October 31 -
The Apostle (Spain)
November 1 -
Gothicmade (Japan)
November 2 -
Wreck-It Ralph (United States)
November 6:
November 9 -
Peixonauta – Agente Secreto da O.S.T.R.A. (Brazil)
November 10 -
Nerawareta Gakuen (Japan)
November 15 -
War of the Worlds: Goliath (United States and Malaysia)
November 17 -
Evangelion: 3.0 (Japan)
November 21 -
Rise of the Guardians (United States)
November 29 -
A Fairly Odd Christmas (Canada)
November 30 -
Dino Time (United States and South Korea)
December 1 -
Inazuma Eleven GO vs. Danbōru Senki W (Japan)
December 12:
December 14 -
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (Japan)
December 15 -
One Piece Film Z (Japan)
December 16 -
Exchange Student Zero (Australia)
December 27 -
Three Heroes on Distant Shores (Russia)
December 28 -
Blue Exorcist: The Movie (Japan)
December 29 -
The Grow (China)
December 31 -
The Snow Queen (Russia)
Specific date unknown:
Television series debuts
Television series endings
Births
February
Deaths
January
January 6 :
January 14 : Star Wirth, American xerographer (
Hanna-Barbera ,
The Pagemaster ,
Warner Bros. Animation ), dies at age 71.
January 16 :
Efron Etkin , Israeli actor (dub voice of
Piglet in
Winnie the Pooh and Dolf in
Alfred J. Kwak ), dies at age 59.
[28]
January 22 :
Dick Tufeld , American actor, announcer, and narrator (announcer and narrator for
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends ,
Spider-Woman ,
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show ,
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians ,
Fantastic Four , and
Histeria! , voiced the
Robot from
Lost in Space in
The Simpsons episodes "
Mayored to the Mob " and "
Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore "), dies at age 85.
[29]
January 26 :
Ian Abercrombie , English actor (voice of
Palpatine in
Star Wars: The Clone Wars , F in
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Scythe 2.0", Ambrose in
Rango ,
Ganthet in
Green Lantern: The Animated Series ), dies at age 77.
[30]
[31]
February
February 6 :
Peter Breck , American actor (voice of Farmer Brown in
The New Batman Adventures episode "Critters"), dies at age 82.
[32]
[33]
February 8 :
Laurie Main , Australian actor (voice of Farmer Grey, Squire Douglas Gordon, and Pipe Smoking Stable Owner in
Black Beauty , narrator in
Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons , and
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore ,
Dr. Watson in
The Great Mouse Detective , additional voices in
The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show ,
The New Yogi Bear Show , and
Paddington Bear ), dies at age 89.
[34]
February 24 :
Jan Berenstain , American children's book author and illustrator (co-creator of
The Berenstain Bears ), dies from a stroke at age 88.
[35]
February 29 :
March
March 5 : Joaquim Muntañola, Spanish animator and comics artist (Gonzalez the Fakir ), dies at age 97.
[38]
March 6 :
Robert B. Sherman , American songwriter and composer (
Walt Disney Animation Studios ,
Snoopy Come Home ,
Charlotte's Web ,
The Mighty Kong ), dies at age 86.
[39]
March 10 :
Jean Giraud , French artist, cartoonist and writer (
Les Maitres du temps ,
Tron ,
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland ,
Space Jam ), dies at age 73.
[40]
[41]
March 11 :
Don Markstein , American comics, cartoons and animation scholar (
Don Markstein's Toonopedia ) and editor (
Comics Revue , co-founder of Apatoons ), dies at age 65.
[42]
[43]
March 18 : Warren Luening, American musician and trumpeter (
Walt Disney Animation Studios ,
The Nightmare Before Christmas ,
A Goofy Movie ,
Casper ,
Pixar ,
Space Jam ,
Anastasia ,
Family Guy ,
Stuart Little 2 ,
Looney Tunes: Back in Action ,
The Polar Express ,
Ice Age: The Meltdown ,
The Ant Bully ,
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo ,
The Simpsons Movie ,
Horton Hears a Who! ,
Shrek Forever After ,
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked ,
Despicable Me 2 ), dies at age 70.
March 20 :
Noboru Ishiguro , Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter (
Space Battleship Yamato II ,
Super Dimension Fortress Macross ,
Super Dimension Century Orguss ,
Humanoid Monster Bem ,
Megazone 23 ,
Legend of the Galactic Heroes ,
Tytania ), dies at age 73.
[44]
[45]
March 23 :
Jim Duffy , American animator (
Hanna-Barbera ,
Klasky-Csupo ,
Duckman ), dies at age 74.
[46]
March 25 :
Edd Gould , British animator (
Eddsworld ), dies from leukemia at age 23.
[47]
[48]
April
April 9 :
Takeshi Aono , Japanese actor (voice of Shiro Sanada in
Space Battleship Yamato , Kami and
Piccolo in the
Dragon Ball franchise, Rihaku in
Fist of the North Star , Japanese dub voice of
Joker in the
DC Animated Universe , King Harold in the
Shrek franchise, Uncle Max in
The Lion King 1½ , and Sir Topham Hatt in
Thomas & Friends ), dies at age 75.
[49]
[50]
April 18 :
Dick Clark , American radio and television personality, television producer and actor (voice of Lefty Redbone in
The Angry Beavers episode "The Posei-Dam Adventure", himself in the
Fantastic Four episode "The Origin of the Fantastic Four", the
Pinky and the Brain episodes "You'll Never Eat Food Pellets in This Town Again!" and "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special", the
Recess episode "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave", the
Futurama episode "
Space Pilot 3000 ", and
The Simpsons episode "
Treehouse of Horror X "), dies from a heart attack at age 82.
[51]
April 22 :
April 24 :
Yugo Sako , Japanese film director, producer and animator (
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama ), dies at age 84.
[54]
April 30 :
George Murdock , American actor (voice of Boss Biggis in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Forgotten"), dies at age 81.
[55]
May
May 2 :
Digby Wolfe , English actor (voice of Ziggy in
The Jungle Book ), dies at age 82.
[56]
[57]
May 4 :
Monty Wedd , Australian comic artist and animator (worked for Artransa,
Eric Porter and
Ralph Bakshi ,
Hanna-Barbera ), dies at age 91.
[58]
May 6 :
George Lindsey , American actor (voice of Lafayette in
The Aristocats , Trigger in
Robin Hood , Deadeye in
The Rescuers ), dies at age 83.
[59]
May 8 :
Carlos Loiseau , aka Caloi, Argentine comics artist and animator (Ánima Buenos Aires ), dies at age 63.
[13]
May 17 : Geri Rochon, American color stylist (
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin ,
Lazer Tag Academy ,
The Angry Beavers ), dies at an unknown age.
May 20 :
Marc Strange , Canadian actor (voice of
Forge in
X-Men: The Animated Series , Lord Glenn in
Silver Surfer ), dies from cancer at age 70.
[60]
May 24 :
Millie Goldsholl , American film director and producer (Up Is Down ), dies at age 92.
[61]
May 29 :
Dick Beals , American actor (voice of the Speedy Alka-Seltzer in
Alka-Seltzer ads, N.J. Normanmeyer in
The Addams Family , Reggie van Dough in
Richie Rich , Birdboy in
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio , Buzz Conroy in
Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles , Baby-Faced Moonbeam in
Duck Dodgers , Ralph Phillips in
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z and
Boyhood Daze , Davey in
Davey and Goliath ), dies at age 85.
[62]
[63]
[64]
June
June 10 :
Judy Freudberg , American screenwriter (
Sesame Street ,
An American Tail ,
The Land Before Time ,
Between the Lions ), dies from a brain tumor at age 62.
[65]
June 15 : Csaba Varga, Hungarian animator and producer (founder of
Varga Studio ), dies at age 66.
June 16 :
Susan Tyrrell , American actress (narrator in
Wizards ), dies at age 67.
[66]
[67]
June 19 :
Victor Spinetti , Welsh actor, author, poet and raconteur (voice of Dick Deadeye in
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done , Texas Pete in
SuperTed , Glump in
The Princess and the Goblin ), dies from prostate cancer at age 82.
[68]
[69]
[70]
June 24 :
Lonesome George , Spanish Pinta Island tortoise (inspiration for the Lonesome Hubert segment in the
Futurama episode "
Naturama "), dies at age 101-102.
[71]
[72]
Iwan Lemaire, Belgian comics artist, animator, photographer and painter, dies at age 78.
[73]
June 27 :
Don Grady , American actor, composer and musician (
Jetsons: The Movie ,
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure ), dies from myeloma at age 68.
[74]
July
July 3 :
Andy Griffith , American actor, comedian, television producer, singer and writer (voice of the Narrator in
Frosty's Winter Wonderland ,
Santa Claus in
Christmas Is Here Again ), dies from a heart attack at age 86.
[75]
July 4 :
Gerald Polley , American singer, activist and animator, dies at age 65.
[76]
July 8 :
Ernest Borgnine , American actor (voice of Carface in
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series ,
Mermaid Man in
SpongeBob SquarePants , himself in
The Simpsons episode "
Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood "), dies at age 95.
[77]
July 12 : Kenneth Landau, American comic artist and animator (
Walt Disney Animation Studios ,
DePatie-Freleng ,
Hanna-Barbera ,
Cambria Productions ), dies at age 86.
[78]
July 13 :
Ginny Tyler , American actress (voice of Jan in
Space Ghost ,
Sue Storm / Invisible Woman in
The New Fantastic Four , the female squirrel in
The Sword in the Stone , Davey's mother and sister in
Davey and Goliath ), dies at age 86.
[79]
[80]
July 16 : Frank Andrina, American animator and timing director (
Warner Bros. Animation ,
The Smurfs ,
Wacky Races ,
The Flintstones ), dies at age 82.
July 26 :
Tibor Hernádi , Hungarian animator, film director, producer, screenwriter and storyboard artist (
Felix the Cat: The Movie ,
The Seventh Brother ,
Red Bull commercials), dies at age 64.
Lupe Ontiveros , American actress (voice of Abuela Elena in
Maya & Miguel , Lupe in the
Family Guy episode "We Love You Conrad", Anne in the
King of the Hill episode "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner"), dies from liver cancer at age 67.
[81]
July 27 :
July 29 :
Chris Marker , French film director and animator (Les Astronautes
[84] ), dies at age 91.
[85]
July 31 :
Gore Vidal , American writer and public intellectual (voiced himself in the
Family Guy episode "
Mother Tucker ", and
The Simpsons episode "
Moe'N'a Lisa "), dies from pneumonia at age 86.
[86]
August
August 2 : Mark Klastorin, American voice actor (voice of Bob, Skipper, Man in White and Yuppie Dad in
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , Truckee and other various characters in
The Angry Beavers , Fisherman, Ned, Cop #2 and Old Man in
Johnny Bravo , Vinnie in
Happy Feet ,
Paul Teutul Sr. in the
Celebrity Deathmatch episode "Stand-up vs. Smack Down") and television writer (
Back to the Future ), dies from cancer at age 61.
August 6 :
Marvin Hamlisch , American composer and conductor (voiced himself in
The Simpsons episode "
Gone Abie Gone "), dies from respiratory arrest at age 68.
[87]
August 14 :
Ron Palillo , American actor (voice of Rubik in
Rubik, the Amazing Cube , Sgt. Squealy in
Laverne & Shirley in the Army , Scrounger in
Pound Puppies , Ordinary Guy in the
Darkwing Duck episode "Planet of the Capes", himself in the
Duckman episode "Westward, No!"), dies from a heart attack at age 63.
[88]
[89]
[90]
[91]
August 16 :
William Windom , American actor (voice of Puppetino in
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night , Dr. Marcus Wealthy in
Pink Panther and Sons , "Cutter" King in
Sky Commanders , Uncle Chuck in
Sonic the Hedgehog , Uncle Bob in the
Goof Troop episode "Major Goof", Ethan Clark in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "Prophecy of Doom"), dies at age 88.
[92]
August 20 :
Phyllis Diller , American actress and comedian (voice of the Queen in
A Bug's Life , Thelma Griffin in
Family Guy , the Monster's Mate in
Mad Monster Party? , the White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass , Grandma Neutron in
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius , the Sugar Plum Fairy in
The Nuttiest Nutcracker , Jane Goodair in the
Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "Smog Hog", Suzy Squirrel in the
Animaniacs episode "The Sunshine Squirrels", Lillian in
The King of the Hill episode "Escape from Party Island", Mitzi in the
Hey Arnold! episode "Grandpa's Sister", Mask Scara in
The Powerpuff Girls episode "A Made Up Story", herself in
The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "A Good Medium is Rare"), dies at age 95.
[93]
[94]
[95]
August 21 :
Tissa David , Romanian-American film director (
Bonjour Paris ,
[96] worked for
UPA ,
Hubley Studios ,
R.O. Blechman ), dies from a brain tumor at age 91.
[97]
August 22 :
Jeffrey Stone , American model (model for
Prince Charming in
Cinderella ), dies at age 85.
August 24 :
Steve Franken , American actor (voice of Eugene Atwater in
Road Rovers , Mr. Beal in
Detention , Mr. Janus in the
Static Shock episode "Grounded", Rundle in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Mechanic", President Generic in
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "Spooker of the House"), dies at age 80.
[98]
[99]
September
September 3 :
Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (voice of Tug in
Brother Bear and
Brother Bear 2 , Big Daddy in
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses , Future Wade in
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time , Massive in
Loonatics Unleashed , Elder Marley in
Delgo , Commander Vachir in
Kung Fu Panda , Guardian Cat in the
Fish Hooks episode "Labor of Love",
Groot in the
Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Guardians of the Galaxy", Kingpin in the
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series episode "Royal Scam", Coach Webb in the
King of the Hill episode "The Son Also Roses", Mongo in
The Proud Family episode "Smackmania 6: Mongo vs. Mama's Boy", Rashid "The Rocket" Randell in the
Static Shock episode "Linked", Rockwell in
The Fairly OddParents episode "Crash Nebula", Krall in the
Teen Titans episode "Cyborg the Barbarian"), dies at age 54.
[100]
[101]
[102]
[103]
Ottó Foky , Hungarian animator and film director, dies at age 85.
[104]
September 10 :
Lance LeGault , American actor (voice of Junior the Buffalo in
Home on the Range , Yank Justice in
Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines , the Chief in
Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly ), dies at age 77.
[105]
September 16 :
September 17 :
Roman Kroitor , Canadian filmmaker (
Universe , creator of
SANDDE ), dies at age 85.
[108]
September 20 :
Michael Rye , American actor (voice of the title character in
The Lone Ranger ,
Apache Chief and
Green Lantern in
Super Friends , Duke Igthorn, King Gregor, and Sir Gawain in
Adventures of the Gummi Bears , J.J. Wagstaff in
Fluppy Dogs , Mr. Slaghoople in
The Flintstone Kids ,
Farley Stillwell in
Spider-Man ), dies at age 94.
[109]
October
October 8 :
Ken Sansom , American actor (voice of
Rabbit in the
Winnie the Pooh franchise, Hound in
The Transformers , Erick Hunter in
The Littles ,
Martin Stein in
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians , Ralph Throgmorton in the
TaleSpin episode "On a Wing and a Bear"), dies at age 85.
[110]
October 12 :
Břetislav Pojar , Czech puppeteer, animator and film director (
To See or Not to See ,
Balablok ), dies at age 89.
[111]
October 18 :
John Clive , English actor (voice of
John Lennon in
Yellow Submarine ), dies at age 79.
[112]
October 21 :
Run Wrake , English animator and film director (Rabbit ), dies at age 46.
[113]
October 22 :
Russell Means , American activist and actor (voice of
Chief Powhatan in
Pocahontas and
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World , Shaman and Chief Sentry in
Turok: Son of Stone , Thomas in the
Duckman episode "Role With It"), dies at age 72.
[114]
[115]
[116]
[117]
[118]
[119]
[120]
[121]
[122]
[123]
October 27 :
Bill White , American animator and comics artist (
Spümcø ,
Walt Disney Company ,
DiC Entertainment ), dies at age 51.
[124]
November
November 5 :
Margaret Nichols , American animator (
Warner Bros. Animation ,
Walt Disney Animation Studios ,
UPA ,
Fleischer Studios , Snowball Animation, Patin, TV Spots, Creston, Eagle,
Hanna-Barbera ,
Marvel Productions ,
Universal Studios and
Graz Entertainment ) and animation director (
The Transformers ,
Inhumanoids ,
My Little Pony: The Movie ,
The Transformers: The Movie ), dies at age 82.
[125]
[126]
November 6 :
Vladimír Jiránek , Czech animator, illustrator and film director (co-creator of
Pat & Mat ), dies at age 74.
November 8 :
Lucille Bliss , American actress (voice of the title character in
Crusader Rabbit , Anastasia Tremaine in
Cinderella ,
Nibbles in
Tom & Jerry ,
Smurfette in
The Smurfs , Mrs. Beth Fitzgibbons in
The Secret of NIMH , Ms. Bitters in
Invader Zim ), dies at age 96.
November 22 :
Mel Shaw , American animator (
Walt Disney Company ), dies at age 97.
[127]
[128]
November 23 :
Larry Hagman , American actor, director and producer (voice of Wallace Brady in
The Simpsons episode "
The Monkey Suit "), dies from throat cancer at age 81.
[129]
November 28 :
Don Rhymer , American screenwriter and film producer (
Fish Police ,
Surf's Up ,
Blue Sky Studios ), dies at age 51.
[130]
December
December 3 :
Fyodor Khitruk , Russian animator and film director (
The Story of a Crime ,
Film, Film, Film ,
Winnie-the-Pooh ,
O, Sport, You - the Peace! ), dies at age 95.
[131]
December 4 :
Gerrit van Dijk , Dutch animator, filmmaker, actor and painter, dies at age 73.
December 7 :
Rusty Mills , American animator (
Warner Bros. Animation ), dies from colon cancer at age 49.
[132]
[133]
December 15 : Maxine Markota, American animation checker (
What's New, Mr. Magoo? ,
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises ,
Filmation ,
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters ,
The Simpsons ), dies at age 83.
December 24 :
Lee Hartman , American novelist and animator (
Walt Disney Animation Studios ,
Warner Bros. Cartoons ), dies at age 82.
[134]
[135]
December 26 :
Gerry Anderson , English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist (
Dick Spanner, P.I. ,
Lavender Castle ,
New Captain Scarlet ,
Firestorm ), dies at age 83.
[136]
[137]
Gerald McDermott , American film director, children's book writer and illustrator, dies at age 71.
[138]
Specific date unknown
See also
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