Charles Solomon (animation historian)
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Charles Solomon | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Alma mater | University of California Los Angeles |
| Occupations | Film critic, animation historian, writer, author |
Charles Solomon is an American animation historian, author, and film critic who has written multiple books about Disney animation and other animated works.[1][2]
Solomon attended University of California Los Angeles for his bachelor's and master's degrees in European cultural history.[3]
Accolades
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
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)