Books

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Most of these books are available from the BMCC library and/or the NYC Public Library System

Learning Animation Readings

“The Animator’s Survival Kit” by Richard Williams (2001) “Cartoon Animation” by Preston Blair (1980) “Timing for Animation “by […]

“The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniversary: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation” […]

“A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman” by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton (2008) “Aardman […]

“Anime: A History” by Jonathan Clements (2013) “Animated film in Japan until 1919: Western animation and the beginnings […]

“Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator’s Journey” by Clare Kitson (2005) “Experimental Animation: From Analogue to […]

“Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators” by Karen Mazurkewich (1999) “Soviet Animation and the Thaw of the […]

“Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation” by Amid Amidi (2006) “Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its […]

“Felix: The Twisted Tale of the World’s Most Famous Cat” by John Canemaker (1991) “Muybridge’s Complete Human and […]

“The World History of Animation” by Stephen Cavalier (2011) “A New History of Animation” by Maureen Furniss (2016) […]