SOURCE John Lasseter, CEO of Disney Pixar once said: “The art challenges the technology, the technology inspires the art”. This simple statement becomes profound when one considers the advances made in the creative art of Technological Development in American Animation. Technology in American Animation Walt Disney is the most influential person in modern animation. A gifted artist by nature, his creativity reached new heights once he began making animated cartoons for television. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was the first audio and visually synchronized feature-length film. Released in 1937, it was made in 2D. He would go on to create iconic characters like Mickey Mouse and his friends . In 1960, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera upped the ante by creating a running animated regular show on television, The Flintstones . This marked the beginning of prime-time animated programmes and influenced the creation of animation teams tasked with the creation of a single proj