![]() ![]() ![]() Ralph Bakshi tried to establish an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions in the 1970s. Jordan Belson, Robert Breer and Stan Vanderbeek made experimental animation during this time. In 1959, the first independent animated film to win an Oscar with John Hubley's Moonbird which was also produced by wife and collaborator Faith Hubley using limited animation to tell their own personal stories. In America, working independent animators included Mary Ellen Bute, John Whitney, Harry Everett Smith and Oskar Fischinger alongside earlier efforts of what would later become UPA. However, following the implosion of the entertainment industry and mass layoffs of animators, "indie" now almost exclusively refers to industry veterans with connections producing content on their own time. ![]() "Independent" initially implied amateurs and unknowns. The significance of independent animation is as important as studio fare. ![]() The term independent animation refers to animated shorts and feature films produced outside a major national animation industry.Ī good portion of the work is viewed in animation festivals and private screen rooms along with schools that produce animation through instruction. ![]()
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