Animation Fun Facts for June 6th, 2012

Paul Giammatti born. Aaron Sorkin born. 1944 D-Day, the Normandy Invasion. Animation artists present at the battle include Victor Haboush ( 101 Dalmatians), Disney Assistant Dale Oliver who piloted a glider in the 82nd Airborne, Fleischer animator Willie Bowsky was killed by German tankfire. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz went ashore with the second wave of infantry. 1982- The film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, premiered. Besides Ricardo Montalban as the badguy with the great plastic pectorals, it features the Genesis Effect. This one minute sequence was a landmark of computer graphics effects. Done by the Lucas Graphics Group, who four years later would break off and become Pixar.