An animated life had its world premiere at the santa barbara international film festival in february and won the audience award. The filmmakers behind the new documentary floyd norman. He is known for his work on the hunchback of notre dame 1996, mulan 1998 and dinosaur 2000. With cosmo anzilotti, jane baer, dave bossert, suzanne bothke. An animated life screens at the hot docs ted rogers cinemas doc soup sunday on feb. This affectionate documentary profiles the life and career of disneys first africanamerican animator. An animated life is playing at selected theatres across the country and is available via several video streaming platforms. Prime video to watch a movie that was supposed to be released at cinemas. And with a humility that borders on irritating, floyd norman seems unfazed by it all. Many others know differently, and for those who need more proof, floyd norman. An animated life won best documentary there this year. Legendary animator floyd norman is headed to san diego comiccon for the screening of the documentary about his career and heat vision has an early look at the film.
He later went on to develop the original fat albert tv special. The smurfs, courage the cowardly dog, mulan, and on and on. Michael fiore and erik sharkeys documentary floyd norman an animated life is a charming, if somewhat contrived, film about one of the great pioneers of disney animation. An animated life vaguely implies, floyd norman has led an animated life. Normans love of art began long before his disney job, as he reveals in a new documentary, an animated life. An animated life hit the big screen today in four cities. Disneys documentary on first black animator is now on netflix. Later, he formed a revolutionary film studio that specialized in education shorts about black history and culture. An animated life streaming dvdrip, regarder floyd norman. He started on the film beat at, and has contributed to the canadian encyclopedia, paste, beatroute, that shelf, sharp, and other outlets and is a member of the toronto.
An animated life from fiore media group and filmmakers michael fiore and erik sharkey. After walt disneys death in 1966, norman left disney to found vignette films. Floyd norman is an unsung figure in history, but now receives tribute in floyd norman. An animated life credit a chance encounter with disneys first africanamerican animator for sparking the project. This is the legacy of the countless animators and artists who created the classic characters and fun stories and the legacy of disney legend, floyd norman. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading animated life. An animated life is a featurelength look the prolific animator and story artists life from growing up in santa barbara, ca to his years working as an animator at disney, hannabarbera, pixar and more. An animated life on vudu, amazon video, microsoft store as download or rent it. Directed by michael fiore and erik sharkey, the documentary focuses on. An intimate journey through the life and career of 80yearold floyd norman, the first. An animated life is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Opening in limited release and premiering on vod platforms this weekend, the movie traces its 81yearold subjects boundless devotion to disney. An animated life, a film not only for cartoon fanatics, its a soulstirring, inspiring tale for the artist in all of us. A lifetime of tips, tricks, techniques and stories from a disney legend kindle edition by norman, floyd.
Normans first assignment was working on the dogs in 101 dalmatians. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He later went on to develop the original fat albert tv special, early sesame street segments, and classic hannabarbera cartoons. An animated life, the featurelength documentary following the life and career of legendary animator and story artist floyd norman by michael fiore and erik sharkey, makes its floyd norman. This 81yearold got fired from disney and refuses to. Minimal violence includes clips of normans time in the military and footage of the watts. But it sounds like pretty much the biggest nobrainer ever that floyd norman. At 80 years old, see how disney legend floyd norman, the first africanamerican animator at disney, continues to impact animation and stir up trouble after the company forced him to retire at age 65. An intimate journey through the life and career of 80yearold floyd norman, the first africanamerican animator at disney studios. At 81, disneys first africanamerican animator is still.
An animated life is a mustsee documentary for all who appreciate the history of disney, the history of animation or have ever been touched by the man himself jungle book, 101 dalmatians, sword in the stone, sleeping beauty, robin hood, fat albert, monsters, inc. An animated life, traces 81yearold normans career which should have ended when disney abruptly fired him at age 65 but continues to this day as he simply refuses to put away his pencil or computer mouse. The first africanamerican to be hired at disney in 1956, norman was later handpicked by walt disney to join the story team for the jungle book. Anyone who was a kid in the 20th century knows normans work, whether they know it or not. An animated life recently became available on video on demand, and its really worth the watch. Hired as the first africanamerican at disney in 1956, floyd.
Written with wit and verve, animated life is a guided tour through an entire lifetime of techniques, practical handson advice and insight into an entire industry. At 80 years old, see how this disney legend, the first african american artist and storyman at disney, continues to impact animation and stir. An animated life off he went to hannabarbera, home to the flintstones and josie and the. An animated life 2016 animator floyd norman became the first disney africanamerican animator in 1956. If a theater near you isnt screening this whimsical film, you can purchase the bluray, which will include a documentary short, floyd and leo, a round table conversation among animators, cartoonists and. An animated life not available on your favorite video service. Hired as the first africanamerican at disney in 1956. An animated life on tcm 41920 at 8pm est distributor. The official page for the feature documentary floyd norman.
Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the michael fiore directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at moviefone want to. Floyd norman was born on june 22, 1935 in santa barbara, california, usa. Normans love for animated pictures started when he watched the disney feature films dumbo and bambi. Account profile download center microsoft store support returns order. This is floyd norman an animated life teaser 1 by fiore media group on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. An animated life official trailer 1 floyd norman documentary from filmmakers michael fiore and erik sharkey, the feel good documentary is an intimate. Floyd norman, disneys first black animator, reflects on. The undisputed forrest gump of the animation world, norman was hired as the first africanamerican at disney in 1956. Take an intimate journey through the life and career of the forrest gump of the animation industry floyd norman. An animated life stars floyd norman, whoopi goldberg, leonard maltin, gary trousdale the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score. A feature documentary about the life of artist and disney legend floyd norman, from michael fiore films. But first nothing we get right to it with filmmakers michael fiore and erik sharkey talking about their new film, floyd norman. We loved this film, and both michael and erik did a great job getting some great stories out of floyd in the movie which didnt seem to involve too.