From F.W. Murnau’s Faust (1926).

Miguel Covarrubias ( José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud ) - drawing - Mexican Artist

Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions - Henry Selick - 1991

Burgess Meredith in “Time Enough At Last,” for the Twilight Zone.

This is a very inspiring panel from SIGGRAPH 2013 in which nine directors of animation came and spoke about working in the industry and how they got their start. Some really great stuff here. I will probably watch it multiple times for the inspiration and wisdom in it.

Watch the video to hear from Ron Clements, Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman, and Kirk Wise.