My Favorite Animators
by alexaceves1994 | created - 09 Dec 2015 | updated - 10 months ago | Public
1. Glen Keane
Animation_department | Beauty and the Beast
Glen Keane was born on April 13, 1954 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Tangled (2010) and Over the Moon (2020). He has been married to Linda Hesselroth since August 3, 1975. They have two children.
2. Byron Howard
Director | Zootopia
Byron Howard was born on December 26, 1968 in Misawa, Japan. He is a director and producer, known for Zootopia (2016), Encanto (2021) and Tangled (2010).
3. Aaron Blaise
Director | Brother Bear
Aaron Blaise is an animator and filmmaker. He was born in 17 February 1968 at Burlington, Vermont, United States and completed his graduation from Ringling College of Art and Design. He is known for his work on Brother Bear (2003), Aladdin (1992) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). He was nominated ...
4. Mark Henn
Animation_department | The Lion King
Mark Henn was born on April 6, 1958 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is a director, known for The Lion King (1994), Winnie the Pooh (2011) and Mulan (1998). He has been married to Debra Lou Hall since August 1, 1981.
5. Andreas Deja
Animation_department | Mushka
Andreas Deja was born on April 1, 1957 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland. He is an assistant director, known for Mushka (2023), The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011).
6. Robert Stevenhagen
Art_department | The Tale of Despereaux
Robert Stevenhagen is known for The Tale of Despereaux (2008), Frankenweenie (2012) and The Little Prince (2015).
7. Randy Cartwright
Animation_department | Hercules
Randy Cartwright was born on October 31, 1951 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He is known for Hercules (1997), Chicken Run (2000) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). He has been married to Junko Fujii since 1985. They have two children.
8. Frank Thomas
Actor | The Iron Giant
Frank Thomas was born on September 5, 1912 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004) and The AristoCats (1970). He was married to Jeanette A. Thomas. He died on September 8, 2004 in La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA.
9. Ollie Johnston
Actor | The Iron Giant
Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston was an American animator from Palo Alto, California. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators which supervised production at the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977. By the time of his death in 2008, Johnston was the last ...
10. Nik Ranieri
Animation_department | Pocahontas
Nik Ranieri was born August 23,1961 in Toronto, Canada and was trained in animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada.
After college, Nik worked in several commercial houses in Canada, later relocating to England, where he worked as a Journeyman Animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. That ...
11. Ken Duncan
Animation_department | 9
Ken Duncan was born on March 4, 1964 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer, known for 9 (2009), Hercules (1997) and Tarzan (1999).
12. James Baxter
Animation_department | Kung Fu Panda
James Baxter was born in May 1967 in Bristol, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Kung Fu Panda (2008), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
13. Eric Goldberg
Animation_department | Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Eric Goldberg is an animator, director and voice actor from Pennsylvania who is known for his work on Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Pocahontas, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, Fat Albert, Fantasia 2000, Moana, Winnie the Pooh and Hercules. He voiced Marvin the Martian, Tweety Bird and Speedy ...
14. Ruben A. Aquino
Animation_department | Mulan
Ruben A. Aquino was born on December 18, 1953 in Okinawa, Japan. He is known for Mulan (1998), The Little Mermaid (1989) and Meet the Robinsons (2007).
15. Don Bluth
Director | Anastasia
Don Bluth was one of the chief animators at Disney to come to the mantle after the great one's death. He eventually became the animation director for such films as The Rescuers (1977) and Pete's Dragon (1977). Unfortunately, the quality of animation that Disney was producing at this point was not ...
16. John Pomeroy
Animation_department | The Secret of NIMH
John Pomeroy was born on March 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer, known for The Secret of NIMH (1982), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) and An American Tail (1986).
17. Richard Williams
Animation_department | Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The son of commercial artists, Richard Williams studied at the Ontario College of Art and first worked in animation for Disney Studios in Burbank. His tenure there had a strong influence on his later work but proved somewhat stifling to his own creative flair. In 1955, aged 22, Williams moved to ...
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