{"id":318,"date":"2018-12-11T22:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T04:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valsadie.com\/valsadie\/?p=318"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:33:01","slug":"floyd-norman-an-animated-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valsadie.com\/valsadie\/floyd-norman-an-animated-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Norman: An Animated Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"DigitalVideoUI_spacing__base dv-node-dp-title avu-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2PbiH36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Floyd Norman: An Animated Life<\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"DigitalVideoUI_Expander__contentWrapper DigitalVideoUI_Expander__lines3\">An intimate journey through the life and career of 80-year-old Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney Studios. He later went on to develop the original Fat Albert TV special, early Sesame Street segments, and classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Floyd Norman is the &#8220;Supermensch&#8221; of animation.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Floyd-Norman-Animated-Scarlett-Johansson\/dp\/B01KKVRP4M\/ref=as_li_ss_il?s=instant-video&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544483873&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Floyd+Norman&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=librariesval-20&amp;linkId=a36c1b44e6cc8daa208e6508de8423b8&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B01KKVRP4M&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=librariesval-20&amp;language=en_US\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=librariesval-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B01KKVRP4M\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B01KKVRP4M\/ref=atv_dp_pb_tr?autoplay=trailer&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=valsadie_librariesval-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=99e3e892f019d8c46000a7051d6bf3fe&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the trailer for Floyd Norman &#8211; An Animated Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=valsadie_librariesval-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Website for the documentary, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floydnormanmovie.com\/\">Floyd Norman: An Animated Life<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Website of Floyd Norman at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floydnorman.com\/\">FloydNorman.com<\/a>, and also <a href=\"http:\/\/floydnormancom.squarespace.com\/\">MRFUN&#8217;S JOURNAL on Squarespace (currently set to private)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sleeping Beauty was animators Jane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer and Floyd Norman\u2019s first jobs. So amazing to hear them share their experiences. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TCMFF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TCMFF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCmwFHbBIM\">pic.twitter.com\/nCmwFHbBIM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia Ricci at #TCMFF (@julsrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julsrich\/status\/1116783767874605056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See the Twitter accounts for both Floyd Norman and for his documentary as they automatically update below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><center><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloydNormanDoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by FloydNormanDoc<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><center><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/floydnorman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by floydnorman<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Norman: An Animated Life An intimate journey through the life and career of 80-year-old Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney Studios. 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