Australian Animation

Dan Torre is a senior lecturer in the School of Design at RMIT University, Australia. He is the author of a number of books, including: Animation - Process, Cognition and Actuality (2017). Previously he has worked in the animation industry in both America and Australia. Lienors Torre is a lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Australia. She is also a practicing artist and animator.

1. Introduction.- 2. From Sketch to Empire.- 3. Pat Sullivan and Felix the Cat.- 4. Early Australian Animators: Isolation and International Influences.- 5. Television and the Rise of International Collaborations.- 6. Marco Polo Junior: A Crisis of Animated Identity.- 7. Yoram Gross: Bringing Australian Animation to the World, One Dot at a Time.- 8. Alex Stitt: Animation by Design.- 9. Hanna-Barbera Australia.- 10. An Industry Matures.- 11. Independently Animated.