Disney Animation: The Illusion Of Life ***Signed***

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie

ISBN 10: 0786860707 / ISBN 13: 9780786860708

Published by Hyperion, New York, NY, 1995

About this Item

Inscribed "Frank Thomas Ollie Johnston / 11-18-97" on half title page in black and blue ink. Autographs of both Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas were obtained in person at their homes in Southern California on November 18,1997. Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. (October 31, 1912 ? April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005. Franklin Rosborough Thomas (September 5, 1912 ? September 8, 2004) was an American animator and pianist. He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. Seller Inventory # 001384

Bibliographic Details

Title: Disney Animation: The Illusion Of Life ***...

Publisher: Hyperion, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Disney Animation

About the Author:

Two of Walt Disney's famous "Nine Old Men," Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston met as students at Stanford University and joined the Disney studio within a year of each other in the mid-1930s. In 1978, they retired from Walt Disney Productions and began work on this book. In that same year, they received the "Pioneer in Film" award from the University of Southern California chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha National Honorary Cinema Fraternity and further honors from the American Film Institute at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. As Frank and Ollie wrote first-hand about their Disney animation volume The Illusion of Life, "We hope that some readers will be stimulated to carry on these traditions and elevate this art form to an ever-higher level."