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Blog Post: The female artists & animators who changed Disney Studio’s “boys will be boys” culture

Floyd Norman

There’s a mistaken notion that back in the 1950s the Walt Disney Studio was strictly a man’s world and women were not even allowed in the Animation Building. It was believed that women employees were restricted to the “women’s work” over in the Ink and Paint Department where...

on5 Jul 2010
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: The Wow Factor

Floyd Norman

I’ve often been asked this goofy question. “How would you run an animation studio if you were in charge?” Questions like this come from young people who assume I have answers. The truth is, I’m not in that position, and I don’t expect to be. However, I once ran my own business...

on1 Jun 2010
Blog Post: When you work in animation, there’s just no avoiding those Pink Slip Blues

Floyd Norman

It was late summer 1958 and things had been going well. The mad rush to wrap the animated feature film, “ Sleeping Beauty ” was finally succeeding, and the film was well on its way to completion. Taking a break from the drawing board, I headed up to the second floor of the Animation Building...

on1 Mar 2010
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

Floyd Norman

There's a popular television show called " Survivor ." I've never been able to watch this show or even take it seriously. It's difficult to consider the consequences of surviving on a desert island when craft services is located nearby. However, I did see some real survivors a few weeks ago as I walked...

on18 Aug 2008

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Blog Post: The female artists & animators who changed Disney Studio’s “boys will be boys” culture

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: The Wow Factor

Blog Post: When you work in animation, there’s just no avoiding those Pink Slip Blues

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors