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Disney’s First Black Animator to Receive Honorary Oscar - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

The Academy will also honor producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

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Wave Staff and Wire Report HOLLYWOOD — Award-winning artist Floyd Norman, a legendary animator who became Disney’s first Black cartoonist in the 1950s, will receive an honorary Oscar at this year’s Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Academy President Lynette Howard Taylor called Norman “a trailblazing animator whose work has shaped generations of filmmakers and artists.” “Floyd Norman is the legendary an…

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Griffin Daily News broke the news on Saturday, June 13, 2026.
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