Carl Barks
Filed under: people, Animator, Cartoonist, Storyboard Artist, Storyman, Donald Duck, U.S.A., Walt Disney
"Carl Barks was an American cartoonist who was most well-known for drawing Donald Duck as well as creating the iconic character of Scrooge McDuck. "
Arthur (Art) Davis
Filed under: people, Animator, Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Writer
"Arthur Davis was born on June 14th, 1905 in Yonkers, New York. He started his animation career in early 30s and moved around many studios and worked on over 200 animations as a director and animator. He worked some time at Screen Gems, and moved onto..."
Vance Gerry
Filed under: people, Animation Story Developer, Character Designer, Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist
"For half a century, Vance Gerry was one of Disney’s most integral employees. In 1955, he was hired as an assistant in-betweener, then was promoted to layout artist, and later worked in story developed in the 1960s. His artistic range broadened duri..."
Dan Gordon
Filed under: people, Artist, Director, Layout Artist, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Writer
"Daniel Gordon is best known for being a Storyboard Artist, director, and producer. His most well known work is with Famous Studios and Hanna-Barbara Productions. While working with famous in the 1930’s and 40’s, he wrote and directed many stories..."
Joe Grant
Filed under: people, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist
"Born in New York, Grant worked for The Walt Disney Company as a character designer and story artist starting in 1933, leaving in 1949 to start his own ceramics and greeting card company. I..."
Ben “Bugs” Hardaway
Filed under: people, Animator, Storyboard Artist, Voice Actor, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Warner Bros.
"Ben Hardaway was an American storyboard artist, voice actor, animator and gagman during the Golden Age of American animation. Supplying the voice of Woody Woodpecker in many cartoon shorts, Hardaway was the man who gave "Bugs Bunny" his iconic name. "
Ferdinand Horvath
Filed under: people, Animation Designer, Animator, Background Artist, Character Designer, Illustrator, Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, Aesop's Fables, Color, Columbia Pictures, Early Sound, George Pal, Krazy Kat, Mickey Mouse, Painted Animation, Paul Terry, Puppetoons, Silly Symphonies, Technicolor, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
"Ferdinand Horvath was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1891. Horvath was an animator and illustrator at various major animation studios such as Fable Studios, Inc., Walt Disney, and Screen Gems (Columbia Pictures) Horvath died of a stroke on Novem..."
Bob Kurtz
Filed under: people, Animation Designer, Animation Supervisor, Animator, Director, Misc. Crew, Producer, Sequence Animator, Soundtrack, Storyboard Artist, Title Department, Writer, U.S.A.
"His career started when he began writing the pink panther series."
Isadore Sparber
Filed under: people, Animator, Artist, Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Writer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Paramount Pictures
"An animator born in America, Sparber first got his start in animation through the Fleischer Studios in 1922. Contributing as an uncredited writer to Superman, Betty Boop and Popeyes cartoons, as well as on Fleischer features Gulliver's Travels,Â..."