Directory

Great Animators and Voices A to Z

The people behind the drawings, puppets and pixels. Names marked Yes have a full guide on Fantastic Cartoon.

Animator Richard Williams drawing at a desk at Aardman Animations in 2015

Richard Williams drawing, 2015: alexander williams, CC BY-SA 4.0

Guides: Disney is covered on our Disney golden age page; Hanna-Barbera on Saturday morning cartoons; Mel Blanc and June Foray on voice acting; Nick Park on Aardman.
NameCountryKnown forGuide
Chuck JonesUSARoad Runner cartoons, What's Opera, Doc?Yes
Emile CohlFranceFantasmagorie (1908)Yes
Emile ReynaudFrancePraxinoscope, Theatre OptiqueYes
Friz FrelengUSAWarner Bros. director, Tweety and Sylvester shorts
Hayao MiyazakiJapanMy Neighbor Totoro, Spirited AwayYes
Henry SelickUSAStop-motion: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline
Isao TakahataJapanOnly Yesterday, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
J. Stuart BlacktonUK / USAHumorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)Yes
June ForayUSAVoice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel; proposed the Annie AwardsYes
Lotte ReinigerGermany / UKSilhouette feature Prince Achmed (1926)Yes
Makoto ShinkaiJapanYour Name (2016)
Mary BlairUSAColor and concept art for Disney, the It's a Small World ride
Max FleischerUSARotoscope, Out of the Inkwell, Betty BoopYes
Mel BlancUSAVoices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky PigYes
Michel OcelotFranceKirikou and the Sorceress, silhouette films
Nick ParkUKWallace and Gromit, Creature ComfortsYes
Norman McLarenUK / CanadaExperimental films at the National Film Board of Canada, Neighbours
Osamu TezukaJapanAstro Boy, Kimba the White LionYes
Pete DocterUSAPixar: Up, Inside Out, Soul
Ray HarryhausenUSAStop-motion creatures, Jason and the ArgonautsYes
Richard WilliamsCanada / UKWho Framed Roger Rabbit, The Animator's Survival KitYes
Satoshi KonJapanPerfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Paprika
Tex AveryUSAWild, fast gag cartoons at Warner Bros. and MGM
Tomm MooreIrelandCartoon Saloon: Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers
Ub IwerksUSACo-created Mickey Mouse, built an early multiplane camera
Walt DisneyUSAFounder of Disney, Snow White (1937)Yes
William Hanna and Joseph BarberaUSAHanna-Barbera TV cartoons, The FlintstonesYes
Winsor McCayUSALittle Nemo, Gertie the DinosaurYes
Yuri NorsteinRussiaHedgehog in the Fog (1975), Tale of Tales
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