Charles Solomon is an American animation historian, author, and film critic who wrote multiple books about Disney animation and other animated works.[1][2]
Education edit
Solomon attended University of California Los Angeles for his bachelor's and master's degrees in European cultural history.[3]
Accolades edit
Enchanted Drawings, Solomon's 1989 book on the history of American animation,[4] was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was also nominated for a National Book Critics’ Circle Award (a first for a film book).[5]
Film criticism edit
Solomon has written about the subject for NPR,[1] Variety,[1] Rolling Stone[1] and The New York Times.[6]
Solomon, writing for the Los Angeles Times in 1986, listed his picks for the best animated films of the 1980s:[7]
- Crac (Frederic Back, 1981)
- Son of the White Mare (Marcell Jankovics, 1981)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (Will Vinton, 1985)
- Anna & Bella (Borge Ring, 1985)
- The Big Snit (Richard Condie, 1985)
- The Great Mouse Detective (Burny Mattinson/John Musker/Ron Clements, 1986)
Selected bibliography edit
- Enchanted Drawings (1989)
- The Disney That Never Was (1995)[8]
- The Prince of Egypt: A New Vision in Animation (1998)[9]
- The Art of Toy Story 3 (2010)
- The Art of Frozen (2013)[10]
- The Art of the Disney Golden Books (2014)
- Tale as Old as Time (2017)[11]
- Walt Disney's Nine Old Men (2018)[12]
- The Disney Princess: A Celebration of Art & Creativity (2020)[3]
- The Art of Wolfwalkers (2020)[13]
- The Art of Mamoru Hosoda: The Man Who Leapt Through Film (2023)[14][15]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Charles Solomon". Animation Is Film. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Amidi, Amid (2006-03-18). "Charles Solomon on Talky Cartoons". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ a b Ward, Jess Salafia (2020-12-21). "The Disney Princess: Interview with Charles Solomon". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Why Cartoons Are Forever : ENCHANTED DRAWINGS: The History of Animation by Charles Solomon - Los Angeles Times
- ^ "UCLA Animation Workshop | Charles Solomon". Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (2023-08-29). "'One Piece' Creator Hopes to Defy 'a History of Failure'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (1986-07-27). "MOVIES OF THE '80s : ANIMATION : MICE DREAMS". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Association
- ^ CNN - Chatpage - Interview with Charles Solomon
- ^ Noyer, Jérémie (2013-12-09). "Author Charles Solomon puts the chill to us with The Art Of Frozen". Animated Views. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Tale as Old as Time by Charles Solomon - Disney Books
- ^ Walt Disney's Nine Old Men|Book by Don Hahn, Charles Solomon|Simon & Schuster
- ^ The Art of Wolfwalkers preview teases the artistic blend of new animated fantasy film - Yahoo Finance
- ^ "An Animated Life". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Schley, Matt (2022-09-01). "Step into the animated world of Mamoru Hosoda with 'The Man Who Leapt Through Film'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2024-01-08.