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United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio and later distribution company founded in 1941 as Industrial Film and Poster Service by former Walt Disney Productions employees.
Midcentury America was a time of fantastic design innovation and experimentation across a wide swath of cultural and industrial institutions, and cartoon style, largerly through the work of UPA, helped define and influence this moment.
The following is a listing of every United Productions of America (UPA) short released through Columbia Pictures from 1948 to 1959, as well as a complete feature film list and an incomplete list of TV series, industrial films and training films.
United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio and later distribution company founded in 1941 as Industrial Film and Poster Service by former Walt Disney Productions employees.
Jun 9, 2024 · United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio and later distribution company founded in 1941 as Industrial Film and Poster Service by former Walt Disney Productions employees.
Dec 25, 2012 · At the center of the postwar independent animation movement was United Productions of America (UPA). The formation of the studio grew out of the strike at Disney in 1941. The thrust of UPA’s innovations was to make the animated figures more limited and less naturalistic.
Jul 14, 2015 · Postwar animation studio United Productions of America (UPA) is credited with bringing a modern art sensibility to the American cartoon, a simplified, abstract style that transformed the look of studio animation throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
