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List Of Animators
This is a list of notable animators: __NOTOC__ A * Shane Acker * Andrew Adamson * Takami Akai * Kazuki Akane * Alexandre Alexeieff * Roger Allers * Pete Alvarado * Robert Alvarez * Tetsurō Amino * Ken Anderson (animator), Ken Anderson * Wes Anderson * Bryan Andrews (filmmaker), Bryan Andrews * Mark Andrews (filmmaker), Mark Andrews * Masashi Ando * Hideaki Anno * Danny Antonucci * Ruben A. Aquino * Shingo Araki * Tetsurō Araki * Wes Archer * Shubhavi Arya * Morio Asaka * Kia Asamiya * Kelly Asbury * Toyoo Ashida * Xavier Atencio * Maxwell Atoms * Virginie Augustin * Tex Avery *Abdel Rahim Ahmed, Abdelrahim Ahmed B * Arthur Babbit * Frédéric Back * Mark Baker (animator), Mark Baker * Ralph Bakshi * Kyle Balda * Joseph Barbera * Alan Barillaro * Cordell Barker * Phyllis Barnhart * Jiří Barta * Craig Bartlett * Berthold Bartosch * Niko Barun * Jules Bass * Joy Batchelor * Signe Baumane * James Baxter (animator), James Baxter * Alan Becker * Ed Benedict * Drew Berry * Tom Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Acker
Shane Richard Acker (born 1971) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and animation teacher known for directing '' 9'', which is based on his 2005 Academy Award-nominated short film of the same title. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. Early life As a child, Acker was hyperactive, so his parents encouraged him to draw. Acker originally set a goal of becoming an architect; he earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Florida in 1994 as well as a master's degree from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Career Upon graduating in 1999, Acker decided to become a film-maker and went to study at UCLA's Animation Workshop. There he created ''The Hangnail'', ''The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade'', and '' 9''. In 2004, Acker earned a master's degree in animation. ''9'' took him four and a half years to complete and was released in 2005. Acker concurrently held a position at Wētā FX in 2004 as an animator, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingo Araki
was a Japanese animation artist and character designer. Career He developed an interest for drawing at age five. He graduated in Aichi Prefecture. In 1955, at age sixteen, he debuted as a cartoonist in the "Machi" magazine. He then joined Mushi Production as animator in 1965 and later founded Studio Jaguar in 1966. In 1970, he debuted as animation director in the Mushi TV Series " Joe of Tomorrow", and later worked on the anime adaptations of several of Go Nagai's manga, including '' Devilman'' (1972), ''Cutie Honey'' (1973), and '' UFO Robo Grendizer'' (1975), serving as a character designer on the latter two. With his work on ''Cutie Honey'' as well as '' Mahō no Mako-chan'', '' Mahou Tsukai Chappy'', '' Majokko Megu-chan'', and ''Hana no Ko Lunlun'', Araki was an important figure in Toei Animation's early magical girl anime series of the 1970s. He usually collaborated with animation director Michi Himeno, whom he met in 1973. They formed Araki Production in 1975. He worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Babbit
Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and also developed the character of Goofy. Babbitt worked as an animator or animation director on films such as ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Pinocchio'', '' Fantasia'' and ''Dumbo'', among others. Outside of Disney, he also animated '' The Wise Quacking Duck'' for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Early life Babbitt was born to a Jewish family in the Little Bohemia section of Omaha, Nebraska, but moved to Sioux City, Iowa after he finished kindergarten. After graduating from Sioux City Central High in 1924 at the age of 16, Art decided to move to New York to take on the role of breadwinner after his hard-working father had an accident on duty and became paralyzed as a result. Career Art Babbitt began his career in New York City work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdel Rahim Ahmed
Abdel Rahim Ahmed () is an Egyptian director and author, born in Egypt, graduated from the 6 October University, Faculty of Applied Arts, Department of Photography, Film and Television, and then studied film directing at the Arab School of Film and Television in Egypt under Dr Mona Al-Sabban. Published works Short films See: A silent animated short film, that Abdel Rahim worked as an author, director, art director and animation artist. The film was produced by Abdel Rahim Ahmed in 2020. A new dream movie: a short fictional film that Abdul Rahim worked as an author, director, and the film for the Arab Film School graduation project. Series * The series "Heroes of the Cartoon": The work includes a group of Saudi and Egyptian artists, He is worked as an author, screenwriter, director and production director. The series is produced by Saudi Arabia. * "Future Child" series: An Egyptian series that discusses several topics in the childhood period from the angle of the child, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Avery
Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (; February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, animation director, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. Cartoons, Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, Big Bad Wolf#MGM/Tex Avery's Big Bad Wolf, The Wolf, Red (animated character), Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior. He gained influence for his technical innovation, directorial style, and brand of humor. Avery's attitude toward animation was opposite that of Walt Disney and other conventional family cartoons at the time. Avery's cartoons were known for their sarcastic, ironic, Surreal humour, absurdist, irreverent, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginie Augustin
Virginie Augustin (11 March 1973, Chatou) is a French comics book artist. She has also worked on animated features with Walt Disney Animation Studios and France 3. Biography After studying at Gobelins, Augustin worked with Walt Disney Animation Studios on the animated features ''Tarzan'' (1999) and ''Hercules'' (1997). Her career in animation also led her to work on '' W.I.T.C.H.'' (2001), '' Dragon Hunters'' (2006), and ''Code Lyoko'' (2003) for France 3, and on the animated film ''Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes'' (2002). Shortly after ''Corto Maltese'', in 2003, she joined the comic strip world and drew the four volumes of the ''bande dessinée'' heroic fantasy series ' with scriptwriter . Augustin then participated in several collectives (, , , , and ). She also produced a sketchbook for Comix buro, the collection of books directed by . Then she entered the collection of ', where she drew ''Voyage aux Ombres,'', a one-shot scripted by Christophe Arleston and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Atoms
Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series '' Grim & Evil'' and its subsequent spin-offs, '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and '' Evil Con Carne''. Career Atoms is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', '' Evil Con Carne'', and has developed a ''Billy & Mandy'' spin-off Halloween special called '' Underfist: Halloween Bash''. Atoms attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Before he started working on his own series, Atoms was an intern at Film Roman, a freelance artist at Warner Bros., had a brief stint at WildBrain, and had also worked on ''The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat''. Atoms got a job at Hanna-Barbera and as a story and storyboard artist on '' Cow and Chicken'' and '' I Am Weasel''. Atoms also performed the voice of Jeff the Spider and Piff on ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Atencio
Francis Xavier Atencio, also known as X Atencio (September 4, 1919 – September 10, 2017) was an American animator and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company. He is perhaps best known for writing the scripts and song lyrics of the Disney theme park attractions Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and the Country Bear Jamboree. Biography Atencio was born in Walsenburg, Colorado in 1919. He was a Disney artist from 1938 to 1965, when he became an Imagineer to help design the Disneyland Railroad's Primeval World diorama segment. He then contributed to various Disney attractions. He wrote the scripts for Adventure Thru Inner Space and Pirates of the Caribbean. For the latter, he also penned the lyrics of " Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" and provided the voices of various characters, including the talking skull that appears before the waterfall that carries riders into the main body of the attraction and the drunken pirate on the bridge who heckles the auctioneer. He al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyoo Ashida
was a Japanese anime character designer, animation director and director. He was most notable for directing the original '' Vampire Hunter D'' anime, as well as for providing character designs for '' Vifam'', '' Mashin Hero Wataru'', '' Minky Momo'' and '' F-Zero GP Legend''. He is the founder of the anime production studio, Studio Live and as well as the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) along with Satoshi Kon. His designs are similar to those of Akira Toriyama. Toyoo got his style while working on Dr. Slump. He was also heavily inspired by Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, the Fleischer Brothers, Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis. Notable works as character design and animator * ''Space Boy Soran'' (1965) (in-between animation) * ''Bōken Gabotenjima'' (1967) (animation) * '' Moomin'' (1969) (animation director) * ''Cleopatra'' (1970) (animation) * '' New Moomin'' (1972) (animation director) * '' Wansa-kun'' (1973) (art director) * ''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'' (1974) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Asbury
Kelly Adam Asbury (January 15, 1960 – June 26, 2020) was an American film director, writer, voice actor, and illustrator. He was best known for directing the animated films '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' (2002), ''Shrek 2'' (2004), '' Gnomeo & Juliet'' (2011), '' Smurfs: The Lost Village'' (2017), and '' UglyDolls'' (2019). Early life Asbury was born on January 15, 1960, in Beaumont, Texas, the son of Josephine Margaret (Lebeouf) and Donald Leslie Asbury. His father Donald died from cancer when Asbury was 12. He attended Lamar University for two years before transferring to the renowned California Institute of the Arts in 1980, where he studied animation and filmmaking. Career Asbury got his start at Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1983 to 1995, and contributed storyboards for several animated films including ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'', as well as Pixar's first feature film, ''Toy Story''. In 1993, he was the assistant art director on Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kia Asamiya
, best known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences. Biography Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films (1980s). For this career, he used his real name, and maintained the two professional identities separately for many years. Several of the anime series that he worked on were very popular inside and outside Japan, most notably ''Sonic Soldier Borgman'' and ''Project A-ko''. Even after focusing primarily on his manga career, Asamiya continued to do character designs and creative consultation on anime series based on his stories, occasionally under the Kikuchi name. In the early 2000s, Asamiya shifted his focus from teenage and young-adult stories to stories designed for children and for an American audience. In the former case, he credits his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morio Asaka
is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. After graduating Osaka Designers' College, Asaka entered Madhouse. He was inspired to become a director by '' Phoenix: Yamato Chapter'' and made his debut as an episode director in episode 40 of '' Yawara!''. He made his chief directorial debut with the 1993 OVA ''POPS''. His noted works include, among others, ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (his directorial anime television series debut), '' Chobits'', '' Gunslinger Girl'', '' Nana'', '' Chihayafuru'', and '' My Love Story!!''. In 1999, he won the Theatrical Film Award in the Animation Kobe awards. Filmography TV series *''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (1998–2000) - Director *'' Galaxy Angel'' (2001) - Director *'' Galaxy Angel Z'' (2002) - Director *'' Chobits'' (2002) - Director *'' Gunslinger Girl'' (2003–2004) - Director *'' Nana'' (2006–2007) - Director *'' No Longer Human'' (2009) - Director *'' Chihayafuru'' (2011–2012) - Director *'' Chihayafuru 2'' (2013) - Director *'' My Love Story! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
