Russia
Andrei Khrjanovsky
-Made There Lived Kozyavin in 1966
- Film was a commentary on the absurdity of faceless communist bureaucracy
- Despite the heavy KGB interference in all Soviet film production, this film received approval for production
- One other film he made, The Glass Harmonica 1969 was not so lucky and become the first animated film to be officially banned in Russia
Japan
Toei Doga
- Cyborg 009 was a manga comic about a champion athlete who, after being injured in an accident, is transformed into a cyborg with a mission to fight evil.
- Similar to Astro Boy, it was adapted into animation – A TV film in 1966, followed by a sequel, then a TV series in 1968, a colour TV series in 1979, and again in 2001
Hiroshi Sasagawa
- Based on a manga comic, Mach Go Go Go was sold in the West as Speed Racer
- The Western version was toned down from the original series to have the characters stunned instead of killed
- After Astro Boy, the market opened up in the West for under animated, effects heavy style of Japanese anime
USA/Japan
Jules Bass
- MOM Productions in Japan made stop-motion film Mad Monster Party 1967 for US Producer Jules Bass
- Influenced later work of Tim Burton
- Cast of famous monsters included King Kong, but due to copyright issues, the character was referred to as “it”
USA
Disney – The Jungle Book (1967)
- Notable for being the first time the animated characters movements were based on the filmed performances of the voice actors (which has since become the standard)
- Also the last animated feature that Walt Disney was involved in (died on December 15th 1966 of lung cancer)
Belgium
Belvision Studios
- Asterix the Gaul 1967 was adapted from the first volume of comics and graphic novels created by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and 12 films have been made
- First film was created without consent or knowledge of Goscinny and Uderzo and by the time they found out, it was to late to stop the release.
- They forced production of the sequel to be stopped, stating that the first film was cheaply made and did the comics a disservice.
Croatia
Ziatko Grgic
- Created Professor Balthazar when working at Zagreb Film Studio in 1967
- 52 episodes about the eccentric old inventor were made over a seven year period
Pavao Stalter & Branko Ranitovic
- Directed an adaption of Edgar Allen Poe’s classic horror tale The Masque of the Red Death in 1969
Canada
Eva Szasz
- Based on the 1957 book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke, the film Cosmic Zoom was directed by Eva Szasz for the National Film Board of Canada in 1968
- Film starts with live action of a boy on a lake, zooms out to space then zooms back in down to subatomic level, and back out to the boy.
- Coincidentally, designers Ray and Charles Earnes released their film Powers of Ten in 1968, also based on Cosmic View
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Ryan Larkin
- Produced a sequence of award winning films in the 1960’s in a free flowing, psychedelic, figurative style
- Made Walking in 1969 which was nominated for best animated short Oscar in 1970
UK/USA
Terry Gilliam
- Creator of Storytime 1968 and Monty Pythons Flying Circus
- Storytime was influenced by Death Breath 1964
0 Gilliam came up with trademark anarchic animation style by using a mixture of cutout photo's, Victorian imagery, surreal machines and strange illustrations.
UK
Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin
- Formed the company Smallfilms and produced many animated children's series including Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and Noggin the Dog
- Worked out of a converted cow shed, their animated was basic, using handmade models
- Animated The Clangers 1969
George Dunning – Yellow Submarine (1968)
- The Beatles agree to travel in a yellow submarine to rescue the inhabitants of a land where music and happiness are banned by the meanies
- Each song was animated in a different visual style, making full use of technology at the time
Italy
Osvaldo Cavandoli
- Created an advertising film for the Italian TV Show Carosello called The Line in 1969
- Was then turned into comics and a TV series with 90 episodes being produced between 1972 and 1991
USA
Bambi Meets Godzilla - 1969 - By Marv Newland
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