NFB Collection
Gertie
20187 min 44 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Winsor McCay
Production: Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)Marcel Jean (La Cinémathèque québécoise)Donald CraftonMarco de BloisDavid L. Nathan
Coproduced by the Cinémathèque québécoise and the National Film Board of Canada.
GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914) is considered the first-ever character animation film, created by pioneering American cartoonist, animator, and impresario, Winsor McCay. In the film, Gertie interacts with her surroundings but also with her creator, McCay, who stands on stage in front of the screen. As a curtain call, McCay “enters the screen” and becomes an animated character to ride on top of Gertie.
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Credits
- director
- Winsor McCay
- animator
- Winsor McCay
- background tracing
- John A. Fitzsimmons
- assistance
- John A. Fitzsimmons
- reconstruction producer
- Michael Fukushima
- Marcel Jean
- reconstruction executive producer
- Donald Crafton
- Marco de Blois
- David L. Nathan
- concept
- David L. Nathan
- analytic research
- David L. Nathan
- animation prototype for the encore
- David L. Nathan
- reconstruction technical director
- Éloi Champagne
- reconstruction forensic animation
- Luc Chamberland
- forensic restoration
- Sylvie Marie Fortier
- Éloi Champagne
- reconstruction original music score
- Gabriel Thibaudeau
- additional music
- Max Hoffmann
- script adaptation
- Donald Crafton
- French translation
- Anne Rogé
- Italian translation
- Maria Sole Costanzo