Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) is often cited as the first animated feature film. However, even earlier, filmmakers such as Georges Méliès (in 1899) and Segundo de Chomón (in 1906) pioneered another animation technique now known as stop-motion, where objects are physically manipulated in small increments to create the illusion of life. An English version of this story also appears on the website. In its latest edition, the Annecy Inte…
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Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) is often cited as the first animated feature film. However, even earlier, filmmakers such as Georges Méliès (in 1899) and Segundo de Chomón (in 1906) pioneered another animation technique now known as stop-motion, where objects are physically manipulated in small increments to create the illusion of life. An English version of this story also appears on the website. In its latest edition, the Annecy Inte…