Notable People of Hanha Barbara
by AlexHartsell | created - 10 Oct 2012 | updated - 17 Oct 2012 | PublicA list of famous animators who worked at Hanha Barbara and one of the animators is my least favorite. Hanha Barbara may of made some bad animation but that's what made it good and classic. It is one of my favorite animation studios next to Studio Ghibli and TVC London.
1. William Hanna
Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials
William Hanna was an animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner Joseph Barbera.
Hanna was born in an Irish-American family, son of William John Hanna (1873-1949) and his wife Avice Joyce Denby. He was born in ...
Founder
2. Joseph Barbera
Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials
Joseph Roland Barbera was an American animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner William Hanna.
Barbera was born in an Italian-American family. His parents were barbershop-owner Vincent Barbera (1889-1965) and ...
Co-Founder
3. John Kricfalusi
Animation_department | The Ren & Stimpy Show
Canadian-born cartoon cartoonist Kricfalusi began his career by working on low end Saturday morning cartoons like The Jetsons (1962) revival and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972). In 1987, Kricfalusi's mentor, Ralph Bakshi, saved him by hiring him as supervising director on his show Mighty Mouse...
4. Ralph Bakshi
Director | Wizards
Ralph Bakshi worked his way up from Brooklyn and became an animation legend. He was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, Israel, the son of Mina (Zlotin) and Eliezar Bakshi, and is of Krymchak Jewish descent. He was raised in Brownsville, after his family came to New York to escape World War II. ...
5. Genndy Tartakovsky
Producer | Samurai Jack
Genndy Tartakovsky was born and raised in Moscow, USSR. He and his family moved to Chicago, IL when he was 7 years old, after his father defected to the US. His interest in comic books and animation led him to study animation at CalArts in Los Angeles. While he was there he produced two student ...
6. Craig McCracken
Writer | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Craig McCracken has been interested in drawing and animation since the age of three. Some of his sources of inspiration are Japanese anime, Super Friends (1973), Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) and Little Golden Books. After briefly considering a career as a comic book illustrator, McCracken studied ...
7. Tom Warburton
Writer | Codename: Kids Next Door
Tom Warburton is the creator of Cartoon Network's super giant hit original series Codename: Kids Next Door, Along with the PBS Kids' sooper gigantic unbelievably hit original animated sitcom series The Suite Life of Hudson & James. Mr. Warburton has previously served as a director for Cartoon ...
8. Van Partible
Writer | Johnny Bravo
Van Partible was born on December 13, 1971 in Manila, Philippines. He is a writer and director, known for Johnny Bravo (1997), The Amazon Women (1997) and Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2006).
9. Seth MacFarlane
Writer | Family Guy
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He ...
Loved his old Family Guy better than his new. Also the first Hanha Barbara animator to host the Academy Awards.
10. David Feiss
Art_department | Cow and Chicken
David Feiss was born on April 16, 1959 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is a writer, known for Cow and Chicken (1997), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) and Astro Boy (2009). He has been married to Annmarie Ashkar McCarty since 2009. They have one child. He was previously married to Pilar Menendez.
11. John Dilworth
Writer | The Dirdy Birdy
John Dilworth was born on February 14, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Dirdy Birdy (1995), The Chicken from Outer Space (1996) and Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999).
Famous one who help the studio received their first Oscar nomination for "The Chicken from Outer Space".
12. Butch Hartman
Writer | The Fairly OddParents
Butch Hartman is an American animator, writer, director and voice actor who created The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy and Bunsen is a Beast for Nickelodeon. He also wrote the U.S. dub of Doogal. The Fairly OddParents is one of the longest running Nicktoons of all time, behind ...
My least favorite animator and hate all of his products (but loved some things of Danny Phantom). Why? The jokes in them are horrible, the animation in them is crap, the stories are forgettable, and the characters in them are dumb, mean sprited, unfunny and boring as hell. The only cool thing in Danny Phantom were the ghosts.
13. Robert Alvarez
Animation_department | Samurai Jack
Robert Alvarez is an American animator, television director, and writer. He began his career as an assistant animator for Yellow Submarine (1968) starring The Beatles. Since then, he has worked on many animated television series, including Super Friends (1973), The Smurfs (1981), G.I. Joe: A Real ...
14. Patrick A. Ventura
Art_department | Aladdin
Patrick A. Ventura is known for Aladdin (1992), What a Cartoon! (1995) and Ice Age (2002).
15. Tony Collingwood
Director | Ruff-Ruff Tweet and Dave
Tony Collingwood is known for Ruff-Ruff Tweet and Dave (2015), Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! (2001) and Rarg (1988).
16. Mario Piluso
Art_department | Holly Hobbie & Friends
Mario Piluso was born on April 15, 1951 in California, USA. He is a producer, known for Holly Hobbie & Friends (2006), New Kids on the Block (1990) and CatDog (1998).
17. Donovan Cook
Producer | 2 Stupid Dogs
Donovan Cook is known for 2 Stupid Dogs (1993), How to Land a Man (1998) and Rideshare (2011).
18. Christian Tremblay
Writer | Mega Babies
Christian Tremblay is known for Mega Babies (1999), Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993) and Greeny Phatom (1995).
19. Charles Grosvenor
Producer | The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
Charles Grosvenor is known for The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000), The Pink Panther (1993) and The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002).
20. Roy Allen Smith
Producer | Silver Surfer
Roy Allen Smith was born on December 12, 1954 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is a producer, known for Silver Surfer (1998), The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013).
21. Steven Bochco
Writer | Hill Street Blues
Attended Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University) as a playwriting major. Barbara Bosson (his second wife), Michael Tucker, Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid were classmates; he and Tucker drove cross-country to Hollywood for full-time jobs at Universal, where Bochco would remain for 12 years.
In ...
22. Nat Mauldin
Writer | Barney Miller
Nat Mauldin was born in April 1963 in McAllen, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Barney Miller (1975), Open Season (2006) and Doctor Dolittle (1998).
23. Michael I. Wagner
Writer | Hill Street Blues
Michael I. Wagner was born on September 30, 1947 in Ohio, USA. Michael I. was a writer and producer, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), Probe (1988) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Michael I. died on April 23, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
24. John Sparey
Animation_department | The Swan Princess
John Sparey was born on January 17, 1927 in the USA. He was a director, known for The Swan Princess (1994), Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989) and The Lord of the Rings (1978). He died on December 15, 2010 in the USA.
25. Paul Schibli
Animation_department | Tooth Fairy, Where Are You?
Paul Schibli is known for Tooth Fairy, Where Are You? (1991), The Raccoons (1985) and The Nutcracker Prince (1990).
26. Bill Kroyer
Director | FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Bill Kroyer was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film Technological Threat, the first film to combine 2D and CG animated characters. He directed Ferngully, The Last Rainforest, as well as dozens of commercials and animated feature film credit sequences. As Señior Animation Director at ...
27. George Scribner
Writer | The Lion King
George Scribner is known for The Lion King (1994), Oliver & Company (1988) and Heavy Metal (1981).
28. Phil Robinson
Art_department | Hubert's Brain
Phil Robinson was born on November 13, 1950 in West Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director, known for Hubert's Brain (2001), Casper (1995) and The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995). He was married to Jennifer Robinson. He died on January 28, 2015.
29. David Marshall
Animation_department | Rick and Morty
David Marshall is known for Rick and Morty (2013), Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) and Animaniacs (1993).
30. Scott Jeralds
Art_department | Freakazoid!
Scott Jeralds is known for Freakazoid! (1995), Static Shock (2000) and The Secret Saturdays (2008).
31. Paul Sabella
Animation_department | Heavy Metal
Paul Sabella is known for Heavy Metal (1981), RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998) and Babes in Toyland (1997).
32. Phil Mendez
Animation_department | FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Phil Mendez is known for FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Hong Kong Phooey (1974) and Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992).
33. Cynthia Friedlob
Writer | Moon Dreamers
Cynthia Friedlob is known for Moon Dreamers (1986), Class Act (1992) and Fraggle Rock (1987).
34. Marija Miletic Dail
Producer | PJ Bunny: A Very Cool Easter
Maria Miletic Dail's professional life began in her homeland of Croatia as the first woman to earn the position of animator at world-renowned Zagreb Film. She emigrated first to Canada and then settled in the United States, after being personally invited by William Hanna to work at Hanna-Barbera ...
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