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January Shingo Araki (Araki Shingo 荒木 伸吾) (January 1, 1939- ) (animator, character designer, layout artist, storyboard artist) born in Nagoya, Aichi. Masako Ikeda (Ikeda Masako 池田昌子) (January 1, 1939- ) (voice actress) born in Tokyo. |
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February Jitterbug Follies (ss), Milt Gross /MGM. (drawn animation) first of two Count Screwloose cartoons The Magic Beans (ss), Les Kline /Lantz. Mama's New Hat (ss), Friz Freleng /MGM. |
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March Goofy and Wilbur (ss), Dick Huemer /Disney. (drawn animation) first Goofy series (1939-1965) |
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June The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (ss), Rudolph Ising /MGM. (drawn animation) first Barney Bear series (1939-1954) |
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July The Pointer (ss), Clyde Geronimi /Disney. (drawn animation) Stubborn Mule (ss), Burt Gillett /Lantz. |
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July Benkei tai Ushiwaka [べんけい対ウシワカ] ("Benkei versus Ushiwaka") (ss), Kenzo Masaoka /Nihon Doga Kenkyujo. (drawn animation) |
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August Detouring America (ss), Tex Avery /Schlesinger. (drawn animation) Life Begins for Andy Panda (ss), Alex Lovy /Lantz. |
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September Charm Bracelet (ss), Harry Love and Allen Rose /Screen Gems. (drawn animation) first Phantasy Cartoon series (1939-1948) The Little Lost Sheep (ss), Allen Rose, Harry Love and Louie Lilly /Screen Gems. |
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October The Orphan Duck (ss), Connie Rasinski /Terrytoons. (drawn animation) first Dinky Duck series (1939-1957) |
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October Jean-François Laguionie (October 4, 1939- ) (director, writer, art director, producer) born in Besançon, Doubs. (France) |
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December Gulliver's Travels (f), Dave Fleischer /Fleischer. (drawn animation) Peace on Earth (ss), Hugh Harman /MGM. |
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no date Spook Sport (ss), Mary Ellen Bute and Norman McLaren. (drawn animation) |
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no date Don Juan y Dona Ines (ss), Martinez Romano and Menda. (Spain) (drawn animation) The H.P.O. (ss)/(adv), Lotte Reiniger /GPO Film Unit. (Great Britain) The Obedient Flame (ss)/(edu), Norman McLaren /Science Films. (Great Britain) Paper People Land (ss), Cyril Jenkins /Jenkins. (Great Britain) Skazka o glupom myshonke ("The Silly Little Mouse") (sf), Mikhail Tsekhanovsky /Lenfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Solotoj, Klujutschik [Золотой Ключик] ("The Little Gold Key") (f), Alexander Ptushko /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Die Stadtmaus und die Feldmaus ("The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse") (ss), Ferdinand Diehl, Hermann Diehl, and Paul Diehl /Diehl-Film. (Germany) Swinging the Lambeth Walk (ss), Len Lye /Realist Films. (Great Britain) Tanz der Farben ("Dance of the Colors") (ss), Hans Fischinger. (Germany) Tertern u Aytze [ПОП И КОЗА] ("The Priest and the Goat") (ss), Lev Atamanov /Armenfilm. (Soviet Union [Armenia]) Joop Geesink and Marten Toonder found the Geesink-Toonder Studios. Geesink and most of the staff came from the George Pal studio. (Netherlands) József Gémes (director, animator, writer) born in Budapest. (Hungary). |
no date Kachikachi Yama ("The Hare Gets Revenge Over the Raccoon") (ss), Kon Ichikawa /Jo. (drawn animation) |
no date Nelson Shin (Shin Neung-gyun 넬슨 신) (producer, director, animator) born in Pyeongsan, Hwanghye. (Korea [North Korea]) |
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