Trailer for 'Floyd Norman - An Animated Life' - Feature Doc on 1st Black Animator to Work for Disney
Two years ago, I wrote a piece about Floyd Norman - the first black animator to work for Walt Disney. Now there's a feature documentary on his life in the works titled "Floyd Norman - An Animated Life," from filmmaker Michael Fiore and Erik Sharkey. Born in 1935 in Santa Barbara, his love of animation first came when his mother took him to see Disney’s "Bambi" and "Dumbo." By the time he was a high schooler, Norman knew his goal was to be an animator at Disney studios. After graduation, the brief version of his story goes like this... With the help of a friend Norman got an appointment at Disney and he walked...
- 7/13/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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