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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Saturday
- March 24, 2001
- Saying Good-bye to William
Hanna
- Ub Iwerks: 100
Years Later
- Chicken Run: Biggest Marketing
Budget of 2000
- News Link of the Day
- Famous Animator William Hanna Dies at 90
 Saying
Good-bye to William Hanna
(by digitalmediafx.com) William Hanna was an animation legend.
He inspired thousands of artists and millions of people worldwide.
The team of Hanna and Barbera was one of a kind — a team
that knew how to entertain.
Hanna passed
away on Thursday at the age of 90 after several years of deteriorating
health. His passing brings on a time of mourning for animators
and animation enthusiasts who respected his work and advances
within the animation industry.
William
Hanna
Born: July 14, 1910
Died: March 22, 2001
Thank you
for bringing us so much happiness...
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Ub
Iwerks: 100 Years Later
(by digitalmediafx.com) If Ub Iwerks were still alive, he would
be celebrating his 100th birthday today. Iwerks was vital in the
creation of the Disney animation empire. Iwerks artistic abilities
combined with Walt Disney's visionary storytelling helped breath
life into a mouse and passion into an industry.
"His
prolific achievements and vision have helped to inspire and build
the animation and visual effects community as a whole," says
Don Iwerks, the son of Ub Iwerks. "If he were alive today,
even at the age of 100 he'd be excited by the advancements in
the digital revolution. He'd probably be on his home computer
designing and inventing new processes that would take the industry
to even higher levels."
So who exactly
was Ub Iwerks and why is so little ever heard about him? Digital
Media FX is putting together a three part series analyzing the
life of Ub Iwerks. Today, on what would have been his 100th birthday,
we are releasing part one of the series: "Ub Iwerks: The
Disney Years." To read this new feature, click
here.
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Chicken
Run: Biggest Marketing Budget of 2000
(by digitalmediafx.com) DreamWorks spent a lot of money to
get the word out on Chicken Run last year - $45 million
to be exact. According to the magazine Inside, Chicken
Run "was the most heavily advertised picture of 2000."
Gladiator came in #2 in spending at $42.7 million. Chicken
Run made $106.8 million at the U.S. Box Office, making it
the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of all time.
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News Link
of the Day - Famous Animator William Hanna Dies at 90
According to MSNBC:
"Animation
legend William Hanna, who with partner Joseph Barbera turned television
into their own personal cartoon world, creating such characters
as Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Thursday,
a spokesman for Warner Bros. said. He was 90 years old.
Hanna, the
co-chairman and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Studios, died at his
home in North Hollywood, Warner Bros. spokesman Scott Rowe said.
The cause of death was not immediately released..."
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