Roland Crandall Roland Crandall (1892年8月29日)

Roland Dimon “Doc” Crandall (August 29, 1892 – August 14, 1972) was an American animator best known for his work at Fleischer Studios, where he played a defining role in shaping early American animation. Born in New Canaan, Connecticut, Crandall studied at the Yale School of Art and became one of the very first employees of the Fleischers’ Out of the Inkwell, Inc. in the 1920s, contributing to the pioneering Koko the Clown shorts. Renowned for his extraordinary draftsmanship, Crandall single-handedly animated nearly the entirety of the 1933 Betty Boop short Snow White—a surreal, visually inventive masterpiece that includes a ghostly rotoscoped performance by Cab Calloway singing “St. James Infirmary Blues.” The film is widely regarded as one of the most significant works in animation history, having been deemed “culturally significant” by the U.S. Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1994, it was ranked #19 among the “50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time.” Alongside Seymour Kneitel, Crandall also served as lead animator on the first year of the Popeye the Sailor series, beginning in 1933. He remained with Fleischer Studios until its closure in 1941, following its acquisition by Paramount Pictures. After retiring from animation, Crandall worked as a commercial illustrator in Bridgeport, Connecticut, until his death in Greenwich in 1972. Information from: www.fleischerstudios.com and wikipedia.