Winsor McCay

Winsor McCay

Zenas Winsor McCay (c. 1866–71 – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. McCay was an early animation pioneer; between 1911 and 1921 he self-financed and animated ten films, some of which survive only as fragments. The first three served in his vaudeville act; Gertie the Dinosaur was an interactive routine in which McCay appeared to give orders to a trained dinosaur. McCay and his assistants worked for twenty-two months on his most ambitious film, The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918), a patriotic recreation of the German torpedoing in 1915 of the RMS Lusitania. Lusitania did not enjoy as much commercial success as the earlier films, and McCay's later movies attracted little attention. His animation, vaudeville, and comic strip work was gradually curtailed as newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, his employer since 1911, expected McCay to devote his energies to editorial illustrations. In his drawing, McCay made bold, prodigious use of linear perspective, particularly in detailed architecture and cityscapes. He textured his editorial cartoons with copious fine hatching, and made color a central element in Little Nemo. His comic strip work has influenced generations of cartoonists and illustrators. The technical level of McCay's animation—its naturalism, smoothness, and scale—was unmatched until the work of Fleischer Studios in the late 1920s, followed by Walt Disney's feature films in the 1930s. He pioneered inbetweening, the use of registration marks, cycling, and other animation techniques that were to become standard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winsor McCay licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Winsor McCay
  • Popularity: 0.953
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1869-09-26
  • Place of Birth: Michigan, USA
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  • Also Known As: Zenas Winsor McCay, Silas
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Winsor McCay Movies

  • 1976
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    Remembering Winsor McCay

    Remembering Winsor McCay

    6 1976 HD

    The life and career of the great cartoonist Winsor McCay is warmly recalled by his former film assistant, John Fitzsimmons, with clips of classic...

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  • 1911
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    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    6.321 1911 HD

    Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style. Also known as "Winsor...

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  • 1914
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    Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    6.6 1914 HD

    Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing...

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  • 1918
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    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    6.5 1918 HD

    Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment...

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  • 2007
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    Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

    Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

    9.7 2007 HD

    Before Mickey there was Oswald, the floppy-eared star of Walt Disney's first cartoon series, THE ADVENTURES OF OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT. Fun and...

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  • 2004
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    Winsor McCay: The Master Edition

    Winsor McCay: The Master Edition

    7 2004 HD

    Winsor McCay was the first master of animation. This movie features every surviving film by this cinema pioneer with lovely piano score by famed...

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  • 1984
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    Dream One

    Dream One

    3.8 1984 HD

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  • 1989
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    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

    6.8 1989 HD

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  • 1911
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    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    6.321 1911 HD

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  • 1914
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    Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    6.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    6.6 1914 HD

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  • 1912
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    How a Mosquito Operates

    How a Mosquito Operates

    6.1 1912 HD

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  • 1912
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    How a Mosquito Operates

    How a Mosquito Operates

    6.1 1912 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Centaurs

    The Centaurs

    6.2 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Centaurs

    The Centaurs

    6.2 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Centaurs

    The Centaurs

    6.2 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Centaurs

    The Centaurs

    6.2 1921 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    6.5 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    6.5 1918 HD

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  • 1921
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    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet

    6.5 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Flip's Circus

    Flip's Circus

    4.6 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

    5.7 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House

    6.6 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Gertie on Tour

    Gertie on Tour

    5.286 1921 HD

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  • 1911
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    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    6.321 1911 HD

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  • 1912
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    How a Mosquito Operates

    How a Mosquito Operates

    6.1 1912 HD

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  • 1914
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    Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    6.6 1914 HD

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  • 1911
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    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    6.321 1911 HD

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  • 1912
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    How a Mosquito Operates

    How a Mosquito Operates

    6.1 1912 HD

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  • 1911
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    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    6.321 1911 HD

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  • 1914
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    Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    6.6 1914 HD

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  • 1906
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    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    6.386 1906 HD

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  • 1921
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    Flip's Circus

    Flip's Circus

    4.6 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Gertie on Tour

    Gertie on Tour

    5.286 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet

    6.5 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

    5.7 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House

    6.6 1921 HD

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  • 2022
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    Slumberland

    Slumberland

    7.325 2022 HD

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  • 1980
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    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 1

    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 1

    1 1980 HD

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