Tissa david biography of coleridge

“Animation is the most creative art of all, because you are creating life. You are making a drawing come to life. You can’t be more creative than that!”

–Tissa David

This past January 5^th marked the centennial year of the birth of Tissa David, one of the world’s great animators.

She was born in 1921 in Transylvania, in the city of Kolozsvár, Hungary.

When she died at age 91, on Aug. 21, 2012, in New York City, she was recognized within the international animation community as a film artist of inimitable sensitivity and wit, and a brave woman with an iron will and singular passion for her chosen art form.

In motion, David’s sensual hand-drawn lines display superb timing, enormous charm, and a master actor’s sure instinct for performance.

She truly brought cartoon characters to sparkling life on the screen as distinctive personalities. In addition to her creativity, her formidable survival skills and dedication to her work are a vital inspiration for wome Remembering Tissa David - John Canemaker's Animated Eye, carousel KES