History of animation in the United States
Silent era Golden Age World War II Television era Modern era
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American animation is animation created in the United States or by American animators.

History

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Animation in the United States during the silent era (1900s-1920s)
Golden age of American animation (1920s-1960s)
World War II and American animation (1940s)
Animation in the United States in the television era (1950s-1980s)
Modern animation in the United States (1980s-present)

By genre

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Adult animation in the United States

External links

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Media related to Animations of the United States at Wikimedia Commons

Animation topics

By country

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Industry

Works

Films
Series

Techniques

Traditional

Stop motion

Computer
(history, timeline)

2D	Flash PowerPoint SVG CSS Multi-sketch Onion skinning
3D	T-pose Cel shading CGI Crowd Facial animation Morph target Motion capture facial hand tracking eye tracking Non-photorealistic rendering Physically based animation Procedural Skeletal Virtual cinematography

Puppetry

Mechanical

Other methods

Variants

Other topics

Awards	Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Annie Awards Emmy Awards Children's and Family Primetime Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Animated Movie NAACP Image Awards Motion Picture Series GLAAD Media Awards Kids and Family Programming (Animated) Writers Guild of America Awards Television Animation
History	Silent era Golden age World War II Television era Modern era
Related	Animated sitcom American comics History of American comics Tijuana bible Humorous Phases of Funny Faces Flash animation Labor strikes Fleischer Studios (1937) Disney (1941) Multiple studios (1982)

Category

Cinema of the United States

Awards
and events

NBR National Board of Review Awards (1929)
AMPAS Academy Awards (1929)
NYFCC New York Film Critics Circle (1935)
HFPA Golden Globe Awards (1944)
American Cinema Editors Awards (1962)
NSFC National Society of Film Critics Awards (1966)
ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards (1972)
ASFFH Saturn Awards (1973)
LAFCA Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1975)
People's Choice Awards (1975)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1981)
Independent Spirit Awards (1985)
American Society of Cinematographers Awards (1986)
Movieguide Awards (1993)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)
Hollywood Film Awards (1997)

Guild Awards

Directors Guild of America Awards (1936)
Writers Guild of America Awards (1951)
Producers Guild of America Awards (1962)
Cinema Audio Society Awards (1994)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995)
Art Directors Guild Awards (1996)
Costume Designers Guild Awards (1998)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2003)
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (2010)
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (2014)
Location Managers Guild Awards (2014)

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