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Feb 25, 2022 · black history month. Floyd Norman, Disney's first Black animator, still going strong at 86. 'Floyd Norman: An Animated Life' now streaming on Criterion Channel. By Hosea Sanders and Marsha...
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Nov 22, 2016 · Disney tried to force Norman to retire from his post at 65, but he asserted that he’d like to continue to contribute as a freelancer ― which he still does today, at 81. In the film, a colleague describes Norman as “the Forrest Gump of animation,” which may seem like purplish praise.
Aug 26, 2016 · Now 81, Norman still works for Disney, where he has plied his trade, on and off, since he became the studio's first African-American animator in the 1950s.
Feb 16, 2022 · Since February 7th, the film is now available to stream on the Criterion Channel, along with a selection of short films made by Vignette Films, Inc., one of the first Black-owned production companies in Hollywood that was created by Norman along with Leo Sullivan, Norman Edelen and Richard Allen.
Nov 16, 2022 · Disney legend Floyd Norman is an artist and animator whose career on films like “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Jungle Book,” and “Toy Story 2” merited his own documentary in 2016 (“Floyd Norman: An Animated Life”). He appears in “Mickey: The Story of a Mouse,” a Disney+ film about the iconic character.
Disney has released a new episode of its online series for Black History Month, which is dedicated to Floyd Norman, who was one of the first black animators at Disney, starting his illustrious career at the company in the late 1950s with Sleeping Beauty.
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Nov 20, 2022 · Floyd Norman began his career at the Walt Disney Company while the animation great was still alive (Picture: Frankenberg/ullstein bild via Getty Images)