Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Lecture at CalArts (1990)

Here is a rare lecture by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston at CalArts from the early 1990's. Big thanks to Premise Entertainment for posting it! Also, due to the low volume you'll have to crank up the audio.

From Fantasia to Fantasyland (UK 1978)

'Lessons from Frank and Ollie' on Deja View

Andreas Deja posted on his blog today 'Lessons from Frank and Ollie' featuring a fantastic video from the 80's designed to promote Frank and Ollie's book The Illusion of Life. It's full of great material and their Observation lecture is awesome. Check it out here:

// Lessons from Frank and Ollie

Frank Thomas Honors Art Babbitt

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Richard Williams discusses Milt Kahl

An Adventure in Art (Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 1958)

This is a short excerpt from 'Disney's Wonderful World of Color: An Adventure in Art' with appearances by Marc Davis, Eyvind Earle, Joshua Meador, and Walt Peregoy among others. Also, the quote by Robert Henri (read by Walt) at the beginning of the video is pure gold.

Animation Legend Ollie Johnston Passes Into History

The news of Ollie's passing swept the animation dept here at IMD pretty quickly yesterday. Ollie had a profound influence on many generations of animators. His devotion and passion for animation will live on for many generations to come.

The official studio press obituary is posted on Cartoon Brew here:

The Disney Company on Ollie Johnston



Disney Family Album:

Ollie Johnston Part 1



Part 2



Part 3




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