1. Floyd Ernest Norman was born on June 22,1935 and is an American animator, writer, and cartoonist.
16 Facts About Floyd Norman
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Floyd Norman attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he majored in illustration.
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Floyd Norman had his start as an assistant to Katy Keene comic book artist Bill Woggon, who lived in the Santa Barbara, California, area Norman grew up in.
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In 1957, Floyd Norman was employed as an inbetweener on Sleeping Beauty at The Walt Disney Company, becoming the first African-American artist to remain at the studio on a long-term basis.
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Floyd Norman returned to Disney at one point in the early 1970s to work on the Disney animated feature Robin Hood, and worked on several animated television programs at Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears.
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Floyd Norman has worked on motion pictures for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, having contributed creatively as a story artist on films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan and Dinosaur for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc for Pixar among others, including Reel FX's Free Birds.
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Floyd Norman is the subject of the 2016 documentary Floyd Norman: An Animated Life.
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Floyd Norman was part of a Members Only Preview for the behind-the-scenes exhibition titled Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece during a special talk alongside Andreas Deja, Darleen Carr and Bruce Reitherman which took place on June 22,2022.
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Floyd Norman was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Floyd Norman was a recipient of the Winsor McCay Award for "recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation" at the 2002 Annie Awards.
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In 2013 Floyd Norman was honored with the "Sergio Award" from The Comic Art Professional Society.
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In 2015 Floyd Norman received the Friz Freleng Award for Lifetime Achievement for Excellence in Animation from the International Family Film Festival.
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In 2016, Floyd Norman was the recipient of the Special Achievement Award from the African-American Film Critics Association.
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In June 2018, Floyd Norman received an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy degree from Cogswell Polytechnical College.
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In May 2019, Floyd Norman was honored with the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Cartoonists Society.
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In 2021, Floyd Norman was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.