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Feb 25, 2022 · 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 Jordan, WLS. Friday,...
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Nov 20, 2022 · Legendary Disney animator Floyd Norman reminisces over working with Walt Disney during The Jungle Book and his incredible 66-year career. Tori Brazier Published Nov 20, 2022, 8:00am | Updated...
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Feb 16, 2022 · “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life” depicts Norman’s lively narrative through original animations created from Norman’s hand-drawn gag drawings. Fiore and Sharkey’s cameras follow Norman throughout various locations key to his life including the Disney campus.
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.
Sep 10, 2015 · Now the still-active, 80-years-young Norman is one of the creators of the website Afrokids.com. He’s also one of the of the Disney animators featured in the PBS/American Experience two-part, four-hour documentary on the life and career of Walt Disney, which is being broadcast this week on the network.
Floyd E. Norman (born June 22, 1935) [1] is an American animator, writer, and cartoonist. Over the course of his career, he has worked for various animation companies, among them Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Ruby-Spears, Film Roman and Pixar.
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Jun 8, 2020 · Today Norman can be found on the Disney property mentoring other artists and collaborating on Disney animation projects. At nearly 85 years of age, he has no intention of stopping. For Norman it is more than a job – it is an honor.