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Animators

324 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

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René LalouxArtist · Comics and comic artRené Laloux (French: [lalu]; 13 July 1929 – 15 March 2004) was a French animator, screenwriter and film director.
Rich MoorePerson · Film memorabiliaRich Moore (born) is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor.
Richard WilliamsIllustrator · IllustrationRichard Edmund Williams (Lane; March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian and British animator, voice actor, and painter.
Rin ShinIllustrator · IllustrationAlso romanized as Lin Sin is a Japanese character designer, animator, and illustrator.
RintaroPerson · Film memorabiliaShigeyuki Hayashi (林重行, Hayashi Shigeyuki; born January 22, 1941), known professionally as Rintaro (りんたろう, Rintarō) is a Japanese anime director.
Rob ColemanPerson · Film memorabiliaRob Coleman is a Canadian animation director; he is currently the creative director at Industrial Light & Magic's Sydney branch.
Robert Ryan CoryArtist · Comics and comic artRobertryan Cory (also spelled as Robert Ryan Cory) is an American animator known for his work in character design for series such as SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Secret Mountain…
Robert ValleyPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Valley is a Canadian animator and visual graphic artist. He is best known for his work on Tron: Uprising (2012), Pear Cider and Cigarettes (2016), and Love, Death & Robots (2019).
Ron HusbandIllustrator · IllustrationRonald "Ron" Husband (born February 8, 1950) is an African-American character animator known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios where he worked for 38 years starting in 1975.
Ruairí RobinsonPerson · Film memorabilia
Rudolf IsingPerson · Film memorabiliaRudolf Carl Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) was an American animator, film producer, film director, voice actor, and United States Army major.
Rumiko TakahashiArtist · Comics and comic artRumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. Her works are kno
Rune AndréassonArtist · Comics and comic artRune Herbert Emanuel Andréasson (11 August 1925 – 15 December 1999) was a Swedish cartoonist and illustrator.
Ryan LarkinArtist · SculptureRyan Larkin (July 31, 1943 – February 14, 2007) was a Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor who rose to fame with the psychedelic Oscar-nominated short Walking (1968) and the acclaimed…
Ryūtarō NakamuraPerson · Film memorabiliaApril 15, 1955 – June 29, 2013 was a Japanese director and animator, best known for directing the landmark anime series Serial Experiments Lain, and for his collaboration with Masamune…
Sally CruikshankArtist · Comics and comic artSarah "Sally" Cruikshank (born 1949) is an American cartoonist, animator and artist, whose work includes animation for the Children's Television Workshop program Sesame Street, and whose…
Scott CawthonDesigner · Modern designScott Braden Cawthon (born June 4, 1978) is an American video game developer, writer, and producer best known for creating Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of horror video games which…
Seiichi HayashiArtist · Comics and comic art
Seitarō KitayamaArtist · PaintingsMarch 3, 1888 – February 13, 1945 was an early Japanese animation director whose work includes the first examples of commercial production of anime.
Serguei KouchnerovPerson · Film memorabiliaSerguei Kouchnerov (Siarhiej Kušniaroŭ, born 22 June 1960 in Rahachow, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian-Ukrainian artist, animator, director, story artist and screenwriter.
Shane AckerPerson · Film memorabiliaShane 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…
Shaun TanArtist · Comics and comic artShaun Tan (born 15 January 1974) is an Australian artist, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his graphic novel The Arrival (2006), which won several awards, and for his 2010 animated…
Shinji HiguchiPerson · Film memorabiliaShinji Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口真嗣, Hepburn: Higuchi Shinji; born September 22, 1965) is a Japanese filmmaker.
Signe BaumaneArtist · PaintingsSigne Baumane is a Latvian animator, artist, illustrator and writer, currently living and working in New York City.
Simone MassiIllustrator · IllustrationSimone Massi (born 23 May 1970) is an Italian filmmaker, animator and illustrator. He has been described as "the most internationally known and most awarded Italian animator".
Sōji YoshikawaPerson · Film memorabiliaSōji Yoshikawa is a Japanese anime director, scriptwriter, animator, character designer, as well as a stage director and novelist.
Stefano BessoniPhotographer · PhotographyStefano Bessoni (born 14 September 1965) is an Italian filmmaker, stop-motion animator and illustrator.
Steve BoxPerson · Film memorabiliaSteven Royston Box is an English animator and director who previously collaborated with Aardman Animations.
Steve PurcellArtist · Comics and comic artSteven Ross Purcell (born July 30, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor.
Steve SegalArtist · Comics and comic artSteve Segal (born 1949) is an American animator and filmmaker known for his independent animated shorts as well as his contribution to Pixar films like Toy Story.
Steve WolfhardArtist · Comics and comic artSteve Wolfhard is a Canadian cartoonist, storyboard artist, writer, and director. He was a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time and is a supervising…
Steven Craig ZahlerPerson · Music memorabiliaSteven Craig Zahler (born January 23, 1973) is an American screenwriter, director, novelist and composer.
Steven LisbergerPerson · Film memorabiliaSteven M. Lisberger (born April 24, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1982 film Tron.
Sue DiCiccoIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Sue DiCicco sculpting the John Denver 'Spirit' Statue
Sunao KatabuchiPerson · Film memorabiliaSunao Katabuchi is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist.
Svatopluk PitraArtist · PaintingsSvatopluk Pitra (9 March 1923 – 15 July 1993) was a Czech graphic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, designer of animated films and painter.
Svend MethlingPerson · Film memorabiliaSvend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director.
Takahiro KimuraIllustrator · IllustrationMay 19, 1964 – March 5, 2023 was a Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer. He died of amyloidosis on March 5, 2023.
Tal KantorPerson · Film memorabiliaTal Kantor (Hebrew: טל קנטור) is an Oscar-nominated animation filmmaker and visual artist. She is a lecturer in the Screen-based Arts Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Tamara JenkinsPerson · Film memorabiliaTamara Jenkins (born May 2, 1962) is an American filmmaker and occasional actress.
Tatsuyuki NagaiPerson · Film memorabiliaTatsuyuki Nagai is a Japanese director and anime storyboard artist. He is known for being one third of the creative team Super Peace Busters.
Ted SiegerIllustrator · IllustrationTed Sieger (born 18 May 1958 in Coquimbo, Chile) is a Swiss illustrator, director, writer and producer known for, among others, the animated television series Ted Sieger's Wildlife.
Tereza KučerováEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Tereza Kučerová in 2021
Terry GilliamArtist · Comics and comic artTerrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator, and actor.
Tetsurō ArakiPerson · Film memorabiliaBorn November 5, 1976 is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He goes by the alias Mochizuki Saburō when working as an episode director and key animator.
Tex AveryPerson · Film memorabiliaFrederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, film director and voice actor.
Theodore UshevIllustrator · IllustrationTheodore Asenov Ushev (born 4 February 1968) is a Bulgarian animator, film director and screenwriter based in Montreal.
Tim BurtonPerson · Film memorabiliaTimothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, and former animator.
Tim HildebrandtIllustrator · IllustrationGreg (January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024) and Tim Hildebrandt (January 23, 1939 – June 11, 2006), known as the Brothers Hildebrandt, were American twin brothers who worked collaboratively…
Tom McGrathPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas McGrath is an American voice actor and animator. He is known for the DreamWorks animated film Madagascar, which he co-wrote and directed with Eric Darnell while voicing the character…
Tomasz BagińskiPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Bagiński in 2016
Tomm MooreArtist · Comics and comic artThomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist.
Toni PagotArtist · Comics and comic artToni Pagot (16 December 1921 – 7 July 2001) was an Italian comic artist, animator, writer, cartoonist and director, most famous as the creator of Calimero and Grisù.
Torill KoveIllustrator · IllustrationTorill Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film The Danish Poet, co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm…
Tsutomu ShibayamaPerson · Film memorabiliaMarch 9, 1941 – March 6, 2026 was a Japanese animator, screenwriter, animation supervisor, storyboard artist, character designer, and anime director of film and television.
Valerie LaPointePerson · Film memorabiliaValerie LaPointe (born August 4, 1981) is an American director and storyboard artist for Pixar Animation Studios.
Vasily LivanovPerson · Film memorabiliaVasily Borisovich Livanov (born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in…
Vicky JensonPerson · Film memorabiliaVictoria Jenson (born March 4, 1960) is an American film director of both live action and animated films.
Viking EggelingArtist · PaintingsViking Eggeling (21 October 1880 – 19 May 1925) was a Swedish avant-garde artist and filmmaker connected to dadaism, Constructivism, and abstract art and was one of the pioneers in absolute…
Vilgot SjömanArtist · Comics and comic artDavid Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 – 9 April 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director.
Vladimír JiránekArtist · Comics and comic artVladimír Jiránek (6 June 1938 – 6 November 2012) was a Czech illustrator, cartoonist and director of animated films.
Vladimir SuteevIllustrator · IllustrationVladimir Grigorevich Suteev (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Сутеев) (5 July 1903 – 10 March 1993) was a Russian author, artist and animator who primarily wrote stories for children.
Volodymyr DakhnoPerson · Film memorabiliaVolodymyr Dakhno (March 7, 1932, Zaporizhzhia – July 28, 2006, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian animator, animation film director and scriptwriter.
W.O.J. NieuwenkampEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Nieuwenkamp by Nico Jungmann (1909)
Walerian BorowczykPerson · Film memorabiliaWalerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was a Polish film director described by film critics as a "genius who also happened to be a pornographer".
Wilfred JacksonPerson · Music memorabiliaWilfred Emmons Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, musical arranger and director best known for his work with Walt Disney Productions.
William JoyceIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1957) is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker.
William RotslerPerson · Film memorabiliaCharles William Rotsler was an American artist, cartoonist, pornographer and science fiction author. Rotsler was a four-time Hugo Award winner and one-time Nebula Award nominee.
Winsor McCayArtist · Comics and comic artZenas Winsor McCay (c. September 26, 1869 – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator.
Wolf KoenigPerson · Film memorabiliaWolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian film director, producer, animator, cinematographer, and a pioneer in Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada.
Wolfgang ReithermanPerson · Film memorabiliaWolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German-American animator, director and producer.
Yasuhiro NakuraArtist · Comics and comic art
Yasuhiro TakemotoPerson · Film memorabiliaApril 5, 1972 – July 18, 2019 was a Japanese animator and television and film director.
Yasuhiro YoshiuraPerson · Film memorabiliaYasuhiro Yoshiura (born 3 April 1980) is a Japanese writer and director of animated short films.
Yasuomi UmetsuPerson · Film memorabiliaBorn December 19, 1960 is a Japanese animator, director, writer, and storyboard artist.
Yōichi KotabeIllustrator · IllustrationYōichi Kotabe (小田部羊一, Kotabe Yōichi, born September 15, 1936) is a Japanese animator and character designer, best known for his work on classic anime of the 1960s and 1970s, the Super…
Yoshiaki KawajiriPerson · Film memorabiliaYoshiaki Kawajiri is a Japanese writer, director, storyboard artist and animator. A co-founder of the anime studio Madhouse, he is best known as the director of Wicked City, Ninja Scroll,…
Yoshifumi KondōPerson · Film memorabiliaMarch 31, 1950 – January 21, 1998 was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Yoshinobu NishizakiPerson · Film memorabilia18 December 1934 – 7 November 2010 was a Japanese film producer best known as one of the two co-creators of the anime series Space Battleship Yamato.
Yoshiyuki MomosePerson · Film memorabiliaYoshiyuki Momose is a Japanese animator and director, who is known for his key animation work with Studio Ghibli.
Yoshiyuki SadamotoArtist · Comics and comic artIllustration — Sample of Sadamoto's art, featuring Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yuri MerkulovPerson · Film memorabiliaYuri Alexandrovich Merkulov (– 13 February 1979) was a Soviet artist, animation and film director, conservator-restorer, inventor, film theorist and actor.
Yves NetzhammerPhotographer · PhotographyYves Netzhammer (born 1 August 1970) is a Swiss artist working in drawing, animation, video, installation and object art.
Zhang LepingArtist · Comics and comic artZhang Leping (November 10, 1910 – September 27, 1992) was a Chinese comic artist born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.

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