What is the name of the person who created  a cartoon animation in 1977 based on a 1937 book by J.R.R Tolkein?
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Arthur Rankin Jr. Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014) was an American director, producer and writer, who mostly worked in animation. A part of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion animation features such as "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and the 1977 cartoon animation of "The Hobbit". He is credited on over 1,000 television programs.
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The Hobbit (1977 film) The Hobbit is a 1977 animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass, a studio known for their holiday specials, and animated by Topcraft, a precursor to Studio Ghibli, using lyrics adapted from the book. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday, November 27, 1977.
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Tintin and the World of Hergé Tintin and the World of Hergé: An Illustrated History, also known as Tintin and the World of Hergé (French: Le monde d'Hergé ), is a book by Benoit Peeters chronicling the illustrated history of Belgian cartoonist Hergé and his creation "The Adventures of Tintin".
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Little Black Sambo (film) Little Black Sambo is a 1935 Cinecolor, sound animated film, based on the controversial children's book of the same name. This film was created at the Ub Iwerks Studio, and released by Celebrity. The film marked the first appearance of an unnamed dog who appeared in three of Iwerks' films.
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Tom Sito Tom Sito (born May 19, 1956) is a well-known American animator, animation historian and teacher. In 1998 Sito was included by "Animation Magazine" in their list of the One Hundred Most Important People in Animation.
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Jiminy Cricket Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of The Talking Cricket (Italian: "Il Grillo Parlante" ), a fictional character created by Carlo Collodi for his children's book "The Adventures of Pinocchio", which Disney adapted into the animated film "Pinocchio" in 1940. Originally an unnamed, minor character in Collodi's novel, he was transformed in the Disney version into a comical and wise partner who accompanies Pinocchio on his adventures, having been appointed by the Blue Fairy (known in the book as The Fairy with Turquoise Hair) to serve as Pinocchio's official conscience. His design is different from real crickets, which are black or dark brown, with very long antennae. Since his debut in "Pinocchio", he has become a recurring iconic Disney character and has made numerous other appearances.
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Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves, Mickey has become one of the world's most recognizable characters.
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Bob Givens Robert "Bob" Givens (born March 2, 1918) is an American animator, character designer and layout artist. He worked for numerous animation studios during his career, including Disney, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, beginning his career during the 1930s and continuing until the early 2000s. He was a frequent collaborator with director Chuck Jones, working under Jones both at Warner Bros. and Jones' own production company.
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Don Figlozzi Don Figlozzi (January 17, 1909 – June 21, 1981) was an American animator and cartoonist. A veteran of Fleischer Studios and member of the National Cartoonists Society, he spent the first half of his career in animation and the second half at the New York "Daily News", where his cartoons, signed "Fig," became a fixture. Historian Harvey Deneroff of the Savannah College of Art and Design suggests that Figlozzi may have created the first animations to be used on television.
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Blacque Jacque Shellacque Blacque Jacque Shellacque is a fictional cartoon character in the "Looney Tunes" cartoons. He was created by Robert McKimson and first appeared in the 1959 short "Bonanza Bunny".
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Benjamin Rabier Benjamin Rabier (1864 in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée – 1939 in Faverolles, Indre) was a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating "La vache qui rit" and is one of the precursors of animal comics. His work has inspired many other artists, notably Hergé and Edmond-François Calvo.
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Mickey's Choo-Choo Mickey's Choo-Choo is a 1929 Mickey Mouse cartoon. Ub Iwerks was the animator. "Mickey's Choo-Choo" was released at the same time as "Springtime", the third "Silly Symphony" to appear. It was one of the series of early Disney cartoons that led Mickey Mouse to become a national fad by the end of 1929.Originally in black and white, this cartoon was of the ten Mickey Mouse cartoons colorized by the Walt Disney Company in 1991.
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George Herriman George Joseph Herriman (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip "Krazy Kat" (1913–1944). More influential than popular, "Krazy Kat" had an appreciative audience among those in the arts. Gilbert Seldes' article "The Krazy Kat Who Walks by Himself" was the earliest example of a critic from the high arts giving serious attention to a comic strip. "The Comics Journal" placed the strip first on its list of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Herriman's work has been a primary influence on cartoonists such as Will Eisner, Charles M. Schulz, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Chris Ware.
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Milton Knight Milton Knight (born May 12, 1962) is an American cartoonist/animator, comic book artist and writer, painter, and storyboard/layout artist known for his Golden Age (1930s) cartooning style.
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Goofy Goofy is a funny-animal cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog with a Southern drawl, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and is one of Disney's most recognizable characters. He is normally characterized as extremely clumsy and dimwitted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally Goofy is shown as intuitive, and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way.
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The Water Babies (film) The Water Babies is a 1978 live action-animated feature film, very loosely based on the book "The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" by Charles Kingsley. The film is directed by Lionel Jeffries.
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Roslyn Schwartz Roslyn Schwartz (born September 29, 1951) is a children's author and animator.
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Dior Eluchíl Dior Eluchíl is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is a character in "The Silmarillion", which was published posthumously in 1977. The material in "The Silmarillion" was written over a period of many years, from the 1920s to the early 1970s.
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Winnie-the-Pooh (1969 film) Winnie-the-Pooh (Russian: Винни-Пух ) is a 1969 animated film by Soyuzmultfilm directed by Fyodor Khitruk. The film is based on chapter one in the book series by A. A. Milne. It is the first part of a trilogy, along with two sequels: "Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit" () and "Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day" ().
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Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh) Rabbit is a character in the fictional world of the book series and cartoons "Winnie-the-Pooh". He is a friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, regards himself as practical and tends to take the lead, though not always with the results that he intends.
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Willis Pyle Willis Acton Pyle (September 3, 1914 – June 2, 2016) was an American animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios, including "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (1940), and "Bambi" (1942), as well as UPA's "Mr. Magoo", where he co-created the iconic character, and the short film, "Gerald McBoing-Boing" (1950), which won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1951. Pyle later enjoyed a long career as a freelance animator on such projects as the animated film, "" (1977), "Halloween Is Grinch Night" (1977), several "Peanuts" television specials. and "Cathy's Valentine".
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Robert Storm Petersen Robert Storm Petersen (September 19, 1882 – March 6, 1949) was a Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter and humorist. He is known almost exclusively by his pen name Storm P.