Heck (Henry) Allen
Filed under: people, Screenwriter, Short Story Writer, Storyman, Writer, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, U.S.A., Walter Lantz Productions
"Heck Allen was an American screenwriter, novelist and story artist who worked as a contract writer at MGM in the late 30's, writing for Harman and Ising's Barney Bear series and had a long standing collaboration with
Ken Anderson
Filed under: people, Animator, Art Director, Producer, Production Designer, Screenwriter, Short Story Writer, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
"Versatile talent lent to a long and project filed career in animation. Remembered best for his work as art director on Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)."
Layaly Badr
Filed under: people, Animation Story Developer, Animator, Artist, Director, Filmmaker, Production Manager, Screenwriter, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Documentary, East Germany, Educational films, Egypt, Musical, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization, Papercut
"Layaly Badr is a Palestinian-Jordinian screenwriter, artist, and animator. To this day she remains a role-model for women, children, and displaced Palestinians, utilizing film as a tool for education and advocacy (Nasr)."
Warren Foster
Filed under: people, Animator, Cartoonist, Composer, Screenwriter, Writer, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Porky Pig, Warner Bros.
"Warren Foster was an American animator, writer and composer, known for his work first at Warner Bros. and later at Hanna-Barbera. "
Ray Harryhausen
Filed under: people, Animator, Producer, Screenwriter, Special Effects Animator, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Stop Motion, Technicolor, U.K., U.S.A.
"Ray Harryhausen is an American-British screenwriter, animator, and special effects designer known for integrating stop-motion animation into real-action films. Amazed by animation from The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933) by Wilis O’Brien,..."
James Algar
Filed under: people, Animator, Director, Screenwriter
"James Algar was an animator, director, and screenwriter associated with The Walt Disney Studios from his time of employment in 1934 to his retirement in 1977. Algar attended Stanford University, where he was the editor of the university’s humour ma..."
Marcell Jankovics
Filed under: people, Animator, Character Designer, Director, Screenwriter, Writer, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Anime, Color, Hungary, Pannonia Studio, Technicolor
"Marcell Jankovics is a Hungarian animator, director, graphic artist, and writer. He was the former art director and managing director of Pannonia Film Studio in 1995 and 1996, the former president of the Hungarian Cultural Society in 1998 and the St...."
Réne Laloux
Filed under: people, Animator, Director, Screenwriter, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, France, Réne Laloux
"Réne Laloux is a French animator, screenwriter, and director. Laloux studied painting at the university before working in advertising (Brode 174). Later, Laloux entered La Borde Psychiatric Clinic, where he treated the patients by creating short ..."
Len Lye
Filed under: people, Animator, Artist, Director, Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter, Sculptor, Visual Artist, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 20th Century Studios, Australia, Britain, Color, Direct Animation, Dufaycolor, Experimental, Gasparcolor, GPO Film Unit, London Film Society, New Zealand, Painted Animation, Samoa, Time Inc., U.K., U.S.A.
"Leonard Charles Huia Lye—more famously known as Len Lye—was born on July 5th, 1901, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was a trailblazer in early-to-mid 20th century filmmaking, best known for his development of cameraless or “direct” animat..."
Vatroslav Mimica
Filed under: people, Author, Director, Screenwriter, Writer, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Anime, Croatia, Technicolor, Vatroslav Mimica, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (Croatia), Zagreb Film
"Vatroslav Mimica is a Croatian screenwriter and director who is considered one of the pioneers of the Zagreb school animation originated from Croatia and former Yugoslavia. Mimica entered the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before joining ..."
Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎駿)
Filed under: people, Animator, Author, Cartoonist, Director, Screenwriter, Studio Head, Writer, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Anime, Color, Japan, Mayazaki Hayao, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor
"Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎駿) is an internationally renowned and influential Japanese animator, director, screenwriter, and comic artist. He is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the winner of two Best Animated Feature Academy Awards. "
Kemp Powers
Filed under: people, Director, Screenwriter, 2010s, 2020s, 3D Animation, Anime, Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, U.S.A.
"Kemp Powers (1973-present) is an African-American director, screenwriter and playwright working for both animation and theatrical play. Powers worked as a journalist for 17 years before entering the film industry. He began writing for real-life wor..."
Duke Redbird
Filed under: people, Actor, Artist, Director, Educator, Filmmaker, Painter, Poet, Screenwriter, Visual Artist, Writer
"Duke Redbird was born in Saugeen First Nation, Ontario. Redbird is an accomplished writer, filmmaker, scholar, and artist. He is also an educator across Canada, collaborating with several schools to revise curriculums with the objective to decolon..."
Amer Shomali
Filed under: people, Director, Filmmaker, Screenwriter
"Amer Shomali is a Palestinian artist interested in multi-media including painting, films, digital media, installations and comics, all of which he applies to address the socio-political landscape of Palestine. Graduated from Birzeit University, Pa..."
Isao Takahata (高畑 勲)
Filed under: people, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Anime, Color, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor
"Isao Takahata (高畑 勲, 1935-2018) is a Japanese, director, screenwriter and producer. He is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli alongside his lifetime friend Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿). Takahata was born in Ise and grew up in Okayama where his h..."
Hermína Týrlová
Filed under: people, Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Animation Types, Czech Republic, Stop Motion, Ziln Studios
"Often called the mother of Czech animation, Hermína Týrlová was a pioneer in the long Czech tradition of puppet and stop-motion animation. She helped to found animation production at the major company Ziln Studios, laying further groundwork for fu..."
The Wan Brothers (万氏兄弟)
Filed under: people, Animator, Cartoonist, Character Designer, Director, Screenwriter, Writer, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, China, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Silent, Technicolor
"The Wan Brothers (万氏兄弟) are the group entitlements of a total of brothers—Wan Jiazong (万嘉综), Wan Jiaqi (万嘉淇), Wan Jiajie (万嘉结), and Wan Jiakun (万嘉坤)—who later took aliases as Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan, Wan Chaochen, ..."
Taiji Yabushita (藪下泰司)
Filed under: people, Director, Educator, Screenwriter, Writer, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Japan, Taiji Yabushita, Technicolor, Toei Animation Studio
"Taiji Serushita graduated from Tokyo School of Fine Arts and studied photography. He is a pioneer of Japanese animation. After graduation, he joined the filming department of Matsuktake Co. Ltd. in 1925. Later, he worked in the film production equipm..."