Tissa David

Thérèse "Tissa" David (January 5, 1921 – August 21, 2012) was a Romanian-born American animator of Hungarian ethnicity, whose career spanned more than sixty years.[1]

She was one of the pioneering women in animation, a field which had been dominated by male animators.[2][3] Millimeter magazine described her as "one of the few women to have reached the top in the traditionally male-dominated animated cartoon field" and "one of the world's best and busiest" animators in a story published in 1975.[3]

In 1953, she directed Bonjour Paris [fr], becoming the second female animator to direct an animated feature film.[2] David later became one of the first women to create and animate a major character in a film when she designed Raggedy Ann for the 1977 film, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Passings: Tissa David, master animator who broke ground in the field for women, dies at 91". Los Angeles Times. 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  2. ^ a b Cannemaker, John (2012-08-27). "Thérèse "Tissa" David (1921–2012): Her Animating Spirit". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  3. ^ a b "Master animator Tissa David dies at 91, She was one of first women in male-dominated field". Variety. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-09.