Tissa David

Thérèse "Tissa" David was a Romanian-born American animator of Hungarian ethnicity, whose career spanned more than sixty years. She was one of the pioneering women in animation, a field which had been dominated by male animators. Millimeter magazine described her as "one of the few women to have reached the top in the traditionally male-dominated animated cartoon field" and "one of the world's best and busiest" animators in a story published in 1975. In 1953, David directed Bonjour Paris [fr], becoming the second female animator to direct an animated feature film. David later became one of the first women to create and animate a major character in a film when she designed Raggedy Ann for the 1977 film, 'Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure'.

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  Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

  Animation

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  A Midsummer Night's Dream

  Director

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  Abel's Island

  Animation

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  A Doonesbury Special

  Animation

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  The Cosmic Eye

  Animation

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  The Soldier's Tale

  Animation

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  Ira Sleeps Over

  Storyboard

• 1991Ira Sleeps OverStoryboard
• 1988Abel's IslandAnimation
• 1986The Cosmic EyeAnimation
• 1986A Midsummer Night's DreamDirector
• 1984The Soldier's TaleAnimation
• 1978A Doonesbury SpecialAnimation
• 1977Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureAnimation