BSA 106 1970-1975

USA

Lillian Schwartz

An artist and pioneer in computer animation.

A Christmas Carol (1971)

Made by Richard Williams (Animators Survival Kit)

Made for T.V film and was later released in movie theaters

Won 1972 Academy Award for best animated short film

This caused controversy and led to the Academy changing it’s rules, deeming that T.V movies could not be considered for the Oscars.

France

Serge Danot

Made the pilot for the TV series The Magic Roundabout.

500 episodes of the stop-motion series were made between 1963 – 1970

In 1970 a feature film was released called Dougal and the Blue Cat.

France / Czech Republic

Rene Laloux

Made The Fantastic Planet 1973

Based on the novel Oms en Serie by Stefan Wul

About a society where humans have been taken to another planet to be pets

Film alludes to social concerns of fascist repression and war as well as alternative culture and Eastern mysticism.

France / Poland

Piotr Kamler

Made The Step 1974

Experimental abstract stop motion film.

Japan 

Renzo & Sayoko Kinoshita

Made Made in Japan in 1972 – Animation about the Japanese culture putting the economy before anything else.

Also made made what is considered to be one of the most harrowing and disturbing animated shorts, Pica-don 1978

An animated depiction of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata

Created TV series Heidi 1974, an adaption of the children’s book

Both men went on to form Studio Ghibli to produce their own feature films (including Spirited Away & Howl’s Moving Castle)

Norway

Ivo Caprino

Perfected a technique of manipulating characters in real time (an early version animatronics)

Later switched to stop motion and created The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 1975

Film took 3 and a half years to make and was huge in Norway, creating box office records that still stand

Was shown daily in some theaters for 28 years

HUngary

William Feigenbaum & Jozsef Gemes

Made children,s film Hugo the Hippo 1975 that became a cult favourite with adults

The first international release of a feature length animated film from Hungary

 UK

Bob Godfrey

Made Karma Sutra Rides Again 1971 during the early 1970’s craze for adult animation

About a middle aged couples behind closed doors hobby – Sex and it’s many possibilities

Godfrey believed animation should concern the surreal and fantastic, rather than imitate realism

Was given an X certificate and screened along side Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in the UK

Nominated for an Oscar for best animated short