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Animators who are known for drawing in a very wacky style
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Tex Avery was a descendant of Judge Roy Bean and Daniel Boone, but all his grandma ever told him about it was "Don't ever mention you are kin to Roy Bean. He's a no good skunk!!" After graduating from North Dallas High School in 1927, Avery moved to Southern California in 1929 and got a job in the harbor. After showing samples of his artwork he got a job at Walter Lantz Studios in 1929 as animator. His contributions during the years at Walter Lantz Studios were minor. From 1936 to 1941 he worked as supervisor - another word for cartoon director - of some 60 titles in the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series for Leon Schlesinger at Warner's. From 1942 to 1954 Avery worked as director of cartoons at MGM. He was responsible for practically every MGM Cartoon that did not feature Tom and Jerry. In 1955 he did four cartoons, again for Walter Lantz Studios, before leaving the field for advertising, where, alas, his unique sense of humor went largely unappreciated, but primarily because commercials are not credited for the viewing audience (perhaps his best known commercial work was for Raid bug spray, which always featured the cartoon bugs screaming "Raid!" before getting smashed.)
Among the many cartoon characters Avery created are Daffy Duck, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and Chilly Willy. Tex Avery is also credited with creating the basic personality of Bugs Bunny. He was the one who coined the phrase "What's up, Doc?"- Director
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Born in San Diego, California, the young Robert Clampett was monumentally moved as a child by the film The Lost World (1925), inspiring him to create a sea-serpent sock-puppet that he used in puppet shows to entertain the neighborhood kids. This led him to create a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy, which became a prototype for the first mass-produced Mickey Mouse doll.
Between 1931 and 1947 Clampett was an animator and later director for the legendary Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Brothers Animation) where alongside his one time boss Tex Avery he became known as the wackiest and most archetypally cartoonish of all the directors.
During this time he also developed a test for a animated adaptation of 'John Carter of Mars' however, despite the support of the author Edgar Rice Burroughs it failed to materialize.
Amongst his famous fare was the Dalí inspired Porky in Wackyland (1938), his loving adaption of the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hatches the Egg (1942), the controversial all-black cast musical Snow White parody Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943), the Fantasia (1940) parody A Corny Concerto (1943) and John Kricfalusis's favorite cartoon The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) featuring the acerbic irreverence of Daffy Duck -- easily the most Clampett-esque of all his characters.
Clampett, at the time the longest serving employee at the animation studio, finally left in 1947. After a brief stint at Columbia, and a one-off cartoon at Republic It's a Grand Old Nag (1947) he was inspired by the new innovation of television to resurrect his old sea-serpent puppet, and created the phenomenally successful Time for Beany (1949)_ puppet television show, which was acclaimed by the likes of Albert Einstein and Groucho Marx, and even inspired the AC/DC line "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap".
Clampett later returned to animation as a supervising producer on a cartoon series based on the characters of his puppet show Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959).- Animation Department
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Rod Scribner was one of the most original and innovative animators of the golden age of Hollywood cartoons. He spent most of his career at the Leon Schlesinger/Warner Bros. cartoon studio working as an animator for the directors Tex Avery (1936-1941), Robert Clampett (1941-1945), and Robert McKimson (1948-1953) on their Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. It was under Clampett's direction, though, that Scribner did his best work. During this period Scribner developed a unique style of animation, one that broke away from the literalistic animation done at the time and into something far more expressive. He employed a level of exaggeration and distortion never before seen in an animated cartoon, which he used to illustrate the inner emotions of the cartoon characters in a humorous way. Examples of this can been seen to great effect in the cartoons Baby Bottleneck (1946) where Porky tries to get Daffy to sit on an egg, stretching the duck's leg several feet in the process; and in the controversial Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) during Prince Chawmin' frenetic attempts to revive So White. His work influenced the other animators at the studio and they employed some of Scribner's innovations until eventually it became the Warner "house style." Even Scribner's methods were idiosyncratic: he would sometimes animate using a brush and ink. After he left Warners, Scribner worked on a variety of animated commercials at Playhouse Pictures, Cascade, and Jay Ward Productions. He directed a few episodes of The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956) and animated for the _"George of the Jungle" (1967)_ television show. In the 1970s he spent five days working on Fritz the Cat (1972) before quitting.- Animation Department
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Irven Spence was born on 24 April 1909 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Rugged Rangers (1942), Rats in Spats (1941) and The Lord of the Rings (1978). He died on 21 September 1995 in Dallas, Texas, USA.- Animation Department
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Gerry Chiniquy was born on 23 June 1912 in Kankakee, Illinois, USA. He was a director, known for Muppet Babies (1984), Baggy Pants & the Nitwits (1977) and The Super 6 (1966). He was married to Olve Lee Bailey. He died on 22 November 1989 in Ventura County, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Art Babbitt (born Arthur Harold Babitsky) was an American animator and animation director from Omaha, Nebraska. He worked in several animation studios over his long career, but is mostly remembered for his early work for the Walt Disney Animation Studios. During the 1930s, Babbitt redesigned and developed the character of Goofy. In his view, Goofy was a composite character: "a composite of an everlasting optimist, a gullible Good Samaritan, a half-wit, a shiftless, good-natured hick". Babbitt was credited as the main animator for the Evil Queen in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), and for Geppetto in "Pinocchio" (1940).
In 1907, Babbitt was born to a Jewish family in Little Bohemia, Omaha. It was a neighborhood of Omaha which had a large population of Czech emigrants from Austria-Hungary since the 1880s. By the time he finished kindergarten, his family decided to move to Sioux City, Iowa. His father was paralyzed in an accident at work, forcing Babbitt to become a breadwinner at an early age.
In the late 1920s, Babbitt had decided to follow the career of an animator. At the time, the industry was providing career opportunities for hopeful young artists. In 1929, Babbitt was among the first animators hired by a new animation studio, Terrytoons (1929-1973). The studio had been established by experienced animator Paul Terry, and its headquarters were located in Long Island, New York.
In 1932, Babbitt applied for a job at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Los Angeles. The studio was more prestigious than Terrytoons, and was reputed to offer better salaries for its top talents. Babbitt was initially hired as an assistant animator, but was soon promoted to a regular animator in recognition of his talents. He was put to work in animated short films, helping animate characters such as Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and the Big Bad Wolf.
When the studio started working on its first animated feature film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" , Babbitt was entrusted with animating the Evil Queen. It was one of the toughest assignments on the film, as the character was not rotoscoped (unlike several of the others). There was an effort to make the character "regally beautiful", to have her movements be graceful, and for her emotions to be primarily expressed through her lovely mouth and eyes. Babbitt and his assistants reportedly produced enough drawings of the Queen to fill a paper house.
His efforts on the feature film were rewarded with a salary increase. Babbitt was one of the highest-paying jobs in the studio. For the first time in his life, he could afford a large house, three cars, and two servants. At about this time, Babbit married his first wife. She was the actress and dancer Marge Champion (1919-2020). She had been hired as a dance model for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", and had impressed Babbitt. Their marriage only lasted to 1940, ending in divorce.
During the late 1930s, Babbitt worked on two other feature films "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia". He animated Geppetto in "Pinocchio", the protagonist's father. He also designed several characters for two segments of Fantasia: "The Nutcracker Suite" and "The Pastoral Symphony". Among his creations were Disney's versions of the gods Zeus, Vulcan, and Boreas.
In 1941, came the Disney animators' strike. Many of the studio's animators wanted to unionize in order to achieve better working conditions. Babbitt became one of the strike's leaders, though he was primarily campaigning for the rights of others and not his own self-interest. At one point, Babbitt and studio head Walt Disney nearly had a fist fight over a verbal insult. Studio staff intervened to stop them.
Following the strike, Babbitt and Walt Disney continued working together for a while, despite their mutual distrust and hostility. Babbitt found a friendlier working environment at his next employer, Warner Bros. Cartoons. His career was interrupted for a few years by military service in the Pacific War. In the post-war years, Babbitt was among the early staff of the animation studio United Productions of America (UPA, 1941-2000). The studio had been established by former Disney personnel, and Babbitt found himself working alongside former colleagues.
UPA was noted for its "very flat" and stylized designs, in contrast with Disney's style. They were considered as one of the most innovative animated studios of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Babbitt worked on several of their award-winning shorts until 1955. He subsequently acquired partial ownership of Quartet Films, a studio primarily working on television commercials.
Over the following decades, Babbitt rarely worked on theatrical films. But he was eventually hired by animator Richard Williams (1933-2019) to serve as the lead animator for the unfinished feature film "The Thief and the Cobbler". Babbitt designed several of the film's characters. The film was in production from 1964 until 1993, and was eventually released in a partially finished form. Babbitt did not live long enough to finish the film or to see it released. During that film's production, Babbitt also provided some character animation for "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure" (1977).
In the early 1990s, Babbitt was invited by executive Roy E. Disney (Walt's nephew) to reconcile himself with Disney and its staff. Babbitt had reunions with his former rivals Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. He died in March 1992, at the age of 84. He was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, located in Hollywood Hills. Babbitt was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 2007. A small collection of Babbitt's personal films and home movies was eventually acquired by the Academy Film Archive. Babbitt is long gone, but continues to have a high reputation among animation historians and fans of American animation.- Animation Department
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Manny Gould was born on 30 May 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Rail Rode (1927), The Stork Exchange (1927) and Bird Man (1935). She died on 19 July 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
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James Tyer was born on 7 February 1904 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Fritz the Cat (1972), A Little Bird Told Me (1934) and Grandfather's Clock (1934). He was married to Margaret Lee. He died on 23 March 1976 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.- Animation Department
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Glen Kennedy is known for Tiny Toon Adventures (1990), Packages from Planet X (2013) and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983).- Animation Department
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Jon McClenahan is known for Animaniacs (1993), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) and Tiny Toon Adventures (1990).- Producer
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Spike Brandt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Spike is a producer and director, known for Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), Space Jam (1996) and Duck Dodgers (2003).- Animation Department
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Harold Duckett was born on 4 May 1958. Harold is known for Tiny Toon Adventures (1990), Rock & Rule (1983) and The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990). Harold died on 13 January 2009.- Animation Department
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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: The New Adventures (1987). The show was canceled after a scene where Mighty Mouse sniffed a flower to get superpowers and some people thought he was using cocaine. Soon afterwards, Nickelodeon bought his twisted brainchild The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991). But after continuous battles over script content and control, he was fired from his own show in 1992. After he was fired, he furthered his fight for creative freedom by founding a website where he sold dolls of his other characters. He then hired some of his old Ren and Stimpy co-workers and produced the first 'made for the web' cartoon series The Goddamn George Liquor Program (1997). He also created and produced "Weekend Pussy Hunt" another 'made for the web' series. Other work includes directing a Yogi Bear short for Cartoon Network, directing a music video for Björk. And in 2001 he returned to TV with the Saturday morning cartoon for Fox Kids called The Ripping Friends (2001), which he created and produced. By 2019, he released the cartoon by Kickstarter Cans Without Labels (2019).- Art Department
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Jim Smith was born on 8 October 1954 in Lubbock, Texas, USA. He is known for The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991), Samurai Jack (2001) and Piranha 3D (2010).- Art Department
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Vincent Waller was born on 30 September 1960 in Texas, USA. He is a director, known for SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and Hercules (1997). He has been married to Pin since 19 February 2019.- Art Department
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David Feiss was born on 16 April 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.- Animation Department
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Ray Abrams was born on 19 April 1906 in Utah, USA. Ray was a writer, known for It's the Wolf (1969), Linus the Lionhearted (1964) and Hot for Hollywood (1930). Ray died on 4 June 1981 in California, USA.- Animation Department
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Virgil Ross was a legendary animator who worked chiefly at Warner Brothers during the 'Golden Years of Animation'. Having moved through the ranks of the pioneering studios (as a trainee for Charles Mintz, in 1930, for $6 a week salary, and for Walter Lantz -- briefly -- in 1935), Ross joined Tex Avery at Leon Schlesinger's 'Termite Terrace'. He remained there until Warner Brothers dissolved their cartoon department in 1964. Thereafter, he delved into the world of low-budget animation, ending up at Filmation in the 60's and 70's, turning out 'Batman', 'Superman' and 'Star Trek' cartoons. Ross excelled at facial expression and had a keen eye for gesture and movement in his drawings. He was at his best designing action and dance sequences, ideally showcased in episodes like Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) (he was reputedly quite nimble on the dance floor himself). Moreover, he was instrumental in the development and maturation of the character who captained the Looney Tunes ship: Bugs Bunny (his creations included the rabbit's first Oscar-nominated short, A Wild Hare (1940)). During his lengthy tenure as a key member of Friz Freleng's unit, he also perfected perennial favorites Yosemite Sam (Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)) and Sylvester (Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949), A Mouse Divided (1953),A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953). etc). In 1988, Ross was honored with the highest accolade in animation, the Winsor McKay Achievement Award in animation.- Animation Department
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Though his primary ambition was to work for Walt Disney, he had obtained no formal qualifications from any art college. He thought himself already as too old (at the age of 26) to apply and when he finally did, his drawings were rejected. Moreover, he had lost the sight in his right eye before even starting his career as an animator. Lloyd Lincoln Vaughan remained, nonetheless, undeterred to break into his chosen field after treading water respectively as a shipping clerk, ticket agent and tobacconist. He was finally hired by Leon Schlesinger for the princely salary of $6 a week. Schlesinger's company soon fell under the Warner Brothers umbrella and Vaughan -- his salary now doubled -- joined the unit of Chuck Jones at Looney Tunes as an "inbetweener" (somebody who provides drawings which complete the gaps left by the main animators, usually to create the illusion of movement). By the mid-40's, he had been promoted to fully-fledged animator.
He had a special fondness for drawing Bugs Bunny, but ended up establishing a pretty good track record with all of the key Looney Tunes inhabitants: his animations are showcased in classic episodes like Rabbit Fire (1951) (the famous "Rabbit season-Duck season" sequence between Bugs and Daffy) and Drip-Along Daffy (1951) (the saloon scene with 'Nasty Canasta'); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Bully for Bugs (1953) and Duck Amuck (1953) (Daffy transformed into a flowery critter). He was credited as chief animator on one of the all-time favorites, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) as well as on the Pepe Le Pew episode The Cats Bah (1954).
Vaughan left Warner Brothers when their animation department closed and later did some work for Hanna-Barbera. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Art & Sciences and the Screen Cartoonists Guild (he also served as editor of their newspaper, "The Animator').- Animation Department
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Toshihiko Masuda is known for Superman: The Animated Series (1996), Akira (1988) and The New Batman Adventures (1997).- Animation Department
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Masaaki Yuasa was born on 16 March 1965 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Mind Game (2004), Lu Over the Wall (2017) and Adventure Time (2010).- Writer
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Jhonen Vasquez was born and raised on San Jose's East Side. He graduated from Mount Pleasant High in 1992 and was a one-time film student at De Anza College. Even though he has little formal artistic training, he entered the world of alternative comics, as the writer/creator/artist of such titles as "SQUEE!" and "Johnny, The Homicidal Maniac", both published by Slave Labor Graphics. "SQUEE!" was nominated for several Eisner Awards, the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars.- Animation Department
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Milton Knight was born on 12 May 1962 in Mineola, New York, USA. He is a director, known for The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995), Attila and the Great Blue Bean (2007) and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993).- Writer
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Maxwell Atoms is an American animator, voice actor and writer known for creating Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. He is also the creator of CN's Evil Con Carne and Underfist, the Executive Producer and Supervising Director of Disney's Fish Hooks, Executive Producer of WB's Bunnicula, and the writer and director of several Scooby-Doo! DTV movies.
He has four cats.- Animation Department
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Danny Antonucci was born on 27 February 1957. He is a writer and director, known for Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999), Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show (2009) and Heavy Metal (1981).- Writer
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John Dilworth was born on 14 February 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).- Animation Department
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Joe Murray was born on 3 May 1961 in San Jose, California, USA. He is a writer, known for Rocko's Modern Life (1993), Camp Lazlo! (2005) and Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019). He has been married to Carol Wyatt since May 2011. They have two children. He was previously married to Aleide Daley and Diane Murray.- Animation Department
John Carey was born on 4 June 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is known for The Bugs Bunny Show (1960), Africa Squeaks (1940) and The Up-Standing Sitter (1948). He was married to Dorothea. He died on 11 November 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Art Department
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Dan Povenmire is an American writer, director, cartoonist, singer and voice actor known for co-creating the Disney cartoons Phineas & Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law alongside Jeff Marsh. He also worked on episodes of Rocko's Modern Life, Family Guy and SpongeBob SquarePants. He voiced Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the enemy of Perry the Platypus and antagonist of Phineas & Ferb.- Writer
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Bill Kopp is known for Eek! The Cat (1992), Mad Jack the Pirate (1998) and Tales from the Crypt (1989).- Animation Department
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Bob Camp is an American animator, writer, cartoonist and storyboard artist who is known for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show. He also did animation for Evil Con Carne, SpongeBob SquarePants, Osmosis Jones, Thundercats, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Robots, Jackie Chan Adventures, Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.- Producer
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Doug TenNapel writes books, makes art and created Catscratch and Ami Jones, The Neverhood and Earthworm Jim. His work in television includes creating Earthworm Jim, Nickelodeon's Catscratch, Nick Jr's Ami Jones (Movie Only) and serving as show runner for the Netflix/Dreamworks VeggieTales in the House. He made the comic Cardboard, the mysterious Mothman and created the Youtube hit Sockbaby series featuring Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery) and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). He is also the author of seventeen graphic novels and sold stories to studios including: Fox New Regency, Disney, Sony and Universal. He has a Facebook page and posts free art tutorials on Youtube. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife and four children as he continues to create stories that families love.- Art Department
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Eddie Fitzgerald is known for Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) and Frozen (2013).- Animation Department
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Michael Lah was born on 1 September 1912 in Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Tom and Jerry Classic Collection Volume 3 (1953), Tom and Jerry Classic Collection Volume 4 (1956) and Journey Back to Oz (1972). He died on 13 October 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Ward Kimball joined Disney Studios in 1934 as an animator. He eventually became involved in all aspects of animation production, most notably as the designer of Jiminy Cricket for the film "Pinocchio." He was also responsible for the redesign of Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney recognized Kimball's achievements by making him one of the "Nine Old Men", Disney's semi-official group of advisors. Kimball retired from Disney in 1972, but still maintained ties with the studio. He joined other leading Disney animators in 1978 for a whistle-stop tour to promote Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday. In addition to animation, Kimball was both an avid musician and train enthusiast. In 1948 he formed the Firehouse Five Plus Two, a Dixieland jazz band composed of fellow Disney employees. He also maintained a full-sized train and tracks at his home in California, and was a past president of the Train Collectors Association. Not only did his love of trains get him the job of designing the World of Motion display at EPCOT, it also got another train collector started--Walt Disney himself. Kimball received many honors during his lifetime, and in 1989 was named a Disney Legend.Mostly on the shorts, he didn't do it a lot in the feature films.- Producer
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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 films, one of which was the basis of his series Dexter's Laboratory (1996). The character of Dee-Dee was inspired by his older brother Alex, who would often spoil younger brother Genndy's plans (as Dee-Dee does to Dexter). His first long form directing work was for the TV movie of the series, Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (1999). He also directed animation for his collaborator Craig McCracken on The Powerpuff Girls (1998) and The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).
His most celebrated work was the epic animated series Samurai Jack (2001), featuring a time-traveling samurai in a battle of good vs. evil. He stopped work on the series to produce Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) as a direct story tie-in to the beginning of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). He then directed animation for the Adult Swim pilot Korgoth of Barbaria (2006). Plans were up in the air for over a decade for a possible movie conclusion to Samurai Jack, as well as directing a sequel to The Dark Crystal (1982). He created storyboards for the action-packed opening of Iron Man 2 (2010) during this time period.
Genndy produced another dynamic TV series Sym-Bionic Titan (2010), before finally landing his first feature on Hotel Transylvania (2012), which would involve taking over a tumultuous production and incorporating 2D techniques to 3D animation. Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) was the first film for which he had creative control over the entire production, although it was still in the style developed during the first film. In 2017, he finally returned to direct a darker season of Samurai Jack to conclude the story on Adult Swim. He is currently directing Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018).- Animation Department
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Ed Love was born on 24 May 1910 in Tremont, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Fantasia (1940), Fantasia 2000 (1999) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987). He died on 6 May 1996 in Valencia, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Grant Simmons was born on 11 November 1912 in Arizona, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Dumbo (1941), Fantasia (1940) and Spider-Man (1967). He died on 31 October 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Thurop Van Orman was born on 26 April 1976 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).- Animation Department
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Robert 'Bobe' Cannon began his career at Leon Schlesinger Productions in 1934, assisting ace animators Robert Clampett and Chuck Jones. After a two-year apprenticeship he graduated to full animator. Cannon became an integral part of that anarchic Warner Brothers in-house cartoon outfit, known as 'Termite Terrace' (due to its cramped and austere quarters). In the process, he laboured on such iconic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Elmer Fudd. He animated for Tex Avery, Clampett and Jones from 1936 to 1944, after which he became co-founder and a leading light in the innovative United Productions of America (UPA). He served as UPA's vice-president from 1949 to 1957. Unlike at Warners or MGM, his new studio permitted him to direct as well, especially cartoons featuring the famous character Mr. Magoo. Cannon later taught animation at San Fernando Valley State College and was awarded in 1976 with the International Film Society's Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Achievement.- Animation Department
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Emery Hawkins was born on 30 April 1912 in Jerome, Arizona, USA. He was a director, known for The Egg Cracker Suite (1943), The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) and Manolin Torero (1954). He died in June 1989 in Taos, New Mexico, USA.- Animation Department
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Pat Matthews was born on 17 May 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Pat is a director, known for Mucho Macho (1954), Viaje Interplanetario (1955) and ¡Cambio de Musica, Maestro! (1954).- Animation Department
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Walter Clinton was a layout artist in the animation industry, best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and began his career in animation as a character designer in Tex Avery's studio at MGM. He worked on animated commercials for Five Star Productions from 1953 to 1957, and then joined Hanna-Barbera. He was a layout artist on shows like 'The Flinstones', 'The Ruff & Reddy Show' 'Top Cat', 'The Yogi Bear Show', 'The Huckleberry Hound Show' and 'Quick Draw McGraw'. Clinton was characterized to draw great part of the human characters with the low ear in the H-B cartoons of the period. It is said that he also drew the first installments of the 'Flinstones' daily comic strip under supervision of Gene Hazelton in October 1961. During his career, he developed several personal comic strips, that never went into syndication. He retired in 1969 and died in Sun City, Arizona, on 15 January 1992.- Art Department
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Christopher Joseph Reccardi was an American animator, writer, director and storyboard artist who is known for The Ren & Stimpy Show, SpongeBob SquarePants and the failed pilot The Modifyers. He also worked on Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, My Life as a Teenage Robot and Wander Over Yonder.- Animation Department
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Takeshi Koike was born on 26 January 1968 in Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan. He is a director, known for Redline (2009), The Animatrix (2003) and Ninja Scroll (1993).- Animation Department
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Gil Turner was born on 11 September 1913 in the USA. Gil was a director, known for Rebel (1973), Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1959) and The Alvin Show (1961). Gil died in 1967 in the USA.- Producer
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Chris Prynoski was born on 1 November 1971 in New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Motorcity (2012), Her (2013) and Freddy Got Fingered (2001).- Producer
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Mike Judge is an American actor, animator, film director, screenwriter, and television producer.
In 1962, Judge was born in Guayaquil, the largest city of Ecuador and the country's main port. His parents were expatriate Americans. His father was archaeologist William James Judge and his mother was librarian Margaret Yvonne Blue. At the time of Mike's birth, William Judge was working for a non-profit organization which promoted agricultural development in Ecuador.
Around 1969, the Judge family returned to the United States, and settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mike spend most of his school years in Albuquerque. He received his secondary education at St. Pius X High School, a private, Roman Catholic high school located in Albuquerque. The school was named after Pope Pius X (1835-1914, term 1903-1914), who is venerated as a saint,
Following his graduation from high school, Judge enrolled at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The UCSD is a public land-grant research university, located in San Diego, California. Judge was interested in a science career, and followed science studies. In 1985, Judge graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics. From 1985 to 1987, Judge held various jobs relating to either physics or mechanical engineering. He was dissatisfied with his work life, because he found that these jobs were boring.
In 1987, Judge was hired by Parallax Graphics, a startup video card company. Its headquarters were located in Santa Clara, California. Santa Clara is located at the center of Silicon Valley, and houses the headquarters of several high-tech companies. Parallax only had about 40 employees. Judge quit following only 3 months of work, because he disliked the company's corporate culture and his co-workers. In later interviews, Judge claimed that his co-workers reminded him of the Stepford Wives. His negative experiences contributed to his unflattering portrayal of Silicon Valley in his television career.
Judge next attempted to start a new career as a musician, serving as bass player in a blues band. For a couple of years, Judge was part of a music group headed by blues guitarist Anson Funderburgh (1954-). In the early 1990s, Judge worked alongside singer and drummer Doyle Bramhall (1949-2011). Bramhall was a well-known figure in the Texas music scene. During his musical career, Judge was taking graduate math classes at the University of Texas at Dallas.
In 1989, Judge was shown animation cels on display, and became fascinated with animation. Judge purchased a Bolex 16 mm film camera, and started working on his own animated short films. The amateur animator worked from his home at the time, located in Richardson, Texas. His short films were initially on display in local animation festivals.
In 1991, Judge developed "Milton", a series of short films satirizing the typical life of office workers. Judge voiced all the characters. The films were acquired by Comedy Central, and showcased Judge's talents to a wider audience. In 1992, Judge created the animated short "Frog Baseball", depicting two cruel and stupid teenagers. The short film was featured in the television series "Liquid Television" (1991-1995), which showcased works by independent animators. The network MTV was sufficiently impressed with the short film to order an animated television series featuring its main characters.
Judge's first work as a television producer was the animated series "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993-1997), a satirical, scathing commentary on modern society. Besides producing the series, Judge voiced the two protagonists. He also wrote and directed most of its episodes. The series was considered quite controversial in its own era, but was commercially successful. In its initial incarnation, it lasted for 7 seasons, and 200 episodes. Judge gave permission for the use of supporting character Daria Morgendorffer in the spin-off series "Daria" (1997-2002), which was also successful. Judge was otherwise not involved in the production of the spin-off.
In 1997, Judge directed the animated feature film "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". It featured the protagonists in a road trip across the United States. It earned about 63 million dollars in the North American box office, and was critically well-received as a satire of youth culture.
Judge's next television series was the animated sitcom "King of the Hill" (1997-2010), which was broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company. For this series, Judge's partner and co-creator was the experienced comedy writer Greg Daniels (1963-). Daniels was previously a screenwriter on the popular animated sitcom "The Simpsons". Daniels had written several episodes in seasons 5 to 7 (1993-1996), and some of them were considered among the highlights of the series. For "King of the Hill", the duo of creators decided to maintain a relatively realistic depiction of modern life. Much of the humor derived from depicting the frustrations and absurdities of an otherwise mundane existence. "King of the Hill" was both a critical and commercial hit, and commercial hit. It lasted for 13 seasons and 259 episodes.
In the late 1990s, Judge wrote and directed the live-action film "Office Space" (1999). It was loosely based in his own "Milton" series of animated short films,, but featured additional characters. The film under-performed at the box office, only earning about 12 million dollars from its worldwide release. However the film sold surprisingly well in the home video market, and became a cult hit.
In 2003, Judge and fellow animator Don Hertzfeldt (1976-) co-founded the annual film festival "The Animation Show". It showcased animated short films from various eras, with its initial goal being to cover "everything from forgotten classics to the very latest in computer animation". In its first year, the touring festival visited over 200 movie theaters in North America.
Judge's third feature film was the dystopian science fiction comedy "Idiocracy" (2006). It depicted a soldier from the early 21st century who spends 500 years in suspended animation. He awakes in the 26th century, in a future world which has fully embraced anti-intellectualism. The film never received a wide theatrical release, and only earned 495,000 dollars at the box office. However it sold very well in the home video market, and became a cult film.
In 2008, Fox decided to cancel "King of the Hill" despite the series' decent ratings. At the time it was the 105th most watched series on American television. The final group of episodes were broadcast over the following 2 years.
In 2009, Judge directed his fourth (and so far last) feature film. It was the live-action comedy film "Extract". It features a successful flavoring-extracts company who has to deal with a lawsuit by an injured employee, with the schemes of a female con-artist, and with the sexual frustration and impaired judgment of its owners. The film earned about 11 million dollars at the box office, and was critically well-received.
In 2009, Judge developed his third television series, the animated comedy "The Goode Family" (2009) for ABC. Compared to "King of the Hill", this series contained more political satire. The series failed to find an audience, and some critics considered that its humor more properly belonged in the 1990s than the 2000s. It only lasted 1 series and 13 episodes, canceled by ABC due to its low ratings. It was the first series created by Judge to be considered a failure.
In 2011, "Beavis and Butt-Head" was revived for another season, with Judge as a producer and an updated setting. The 8th season only lasted for 2 months (October 27-December 29, 2011) and 2011. The opening audience attracted an audience of 3,3 million viewers. Ratings fell during the season, and the final episode only had 900,000 viewers. MTV decided not to order a 9th season.
Judge next developed his fourth television series, the live-action comedy "Silicon Valley" (2014-2019). The original premise was to focus on the competitive business environment of the Silicon Valley. Following the first season's success, "Silicon Valley" continued in the long-term. The series lasted for 6 seasons and 53 episodes. The series received critical acclaim for its "hilarious" take on the business world and modern technology, and was nominated for several awards. Conversely, a number of critics felt that a number of its characters were stereotypical nerds, and lacked proper character development.
While "Silicon Valley" was still ongoing, Judge developed his fifth television series. It was the animated documentary series "Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus" (2017-2018), which focused on the oral history of professional musicians and their associated musical genres. It presented anecdotes concerning the featured musicians, "as told by their families, band-mates, and close associates". The series lasted 2 seasons and 16 episodes .The series was critically acclaimed, but never attracted a large audience.
In its relatively short run, this series featured biographies of (in order of presentation): Johnny Paycheck (1938-2003), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-), George Jones (1931-2013), Tammy Wynette (1942-1998), Billy Joe Shaver (1939-2020), Waylon Jennings (1937-2002), Blaze Foley (1949-1989), George Clinton (1941-), Rick James (1948-2004), Bootsy Collins (1951-), James Brown (1933-2006), Morris Day (1957-), and Betty Davis (1945-).
In 2021, Judge was 58-years-old. He has never fully retired, though he has yet to make a television comeback. His professional career in television has lasted 30 years so far, and he has gained a reputation for innovative series concepts.Mostly in his earlier work.- Animation Department
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Often cited as one of the greatest animators of all time, Vladimir 'Bill' Tytla was born of Ukrainian immigrant parentage in Yonkers, New York, in October 1904. His close-knit family strongly supported his artistic inclinations. By the tender age of nine he had become set on his course after attending a screening of Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) (a creation by America's first successful pioneer animator, Winsor McCay, filmed for use in his vaudeville act). Emotionally volatile and prone to truancy, Tytla studied briefly at the New York Evening School of Industrial Design but yearned for work in his chosen field. In 1920, he was hired to write title cards for Paramount animations, at six days a week for $1.50 a day. His prodigious output earned him the nickname "Tytla the Titler". His first gigs as animator were on Mutt & Jeff cartoons for the Barré-Bowers Studio in the Bronx and for Paul Terry in Greenwich Village, bringing to life 'Aesop's Fables'. Dissatisfied with the poor standard of animation at 'Terrytoons', Tytla traveled abroad in 1928 and spent eighteen months in Europe touring countless museums and galleries and attending art classes. He studied sculpture (under the French master Charles Despiau) and painting (significantly influenced by the works of Dutch renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder). He returned to New York with more strings to his bow and immediately slotted in to his old job as a more accomplished and sophisticated animator. A colleague, Art Babbitt, became one of his closest friends. When Babbitt joined the Disney Organisation in 1932, he urged Tytla to follow. Two years later, Tytla traded in his job security at 'Terrytoons', moved to the West Coast to join Disney as a bona fide animator, albeit at a reduced salary. Before long, Tytla gained a reputation as one of the fastest and best draftsmen in the business. Over time, he acquired a new, rather more complimentary, sobriquet as "The Michelangelo of Animation".
One of Tytla's great strengths was an intuitive flair for character animation and for imbuing his creations with feeling. There was also a three dimensional quality to his work, very much the product of his new-found expertise in sculpture. As chief animator of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), he created both Doc and Grumpy. He also brought to life the villainous puppet master Stromboli in Pinocchio (1940), the monstrous demon Chernabog in Fantasia (1940), the delightful Jose Carioca and Pedro the Mail Plane in Saludos Amigos (1942), and, perhaps most memorably, the baby elephant Dumbo (1941) (plus his assorted fellow pachyderms). Had it not been for joining a strike action (led by his friend Babbitt) by 300 members of the Cartoonists Guild in support of better wages and film credits for assistants and production staff, Tytla may have seen out his career at Disney. As it turned out, the strike led to bitter acrimony between management and union supporters. Babbitt was fired in 1941, having incurred Walt Disney's lasting wrath. Following a lengthy legal case, he was briefly reinstated for a year. Like Babbitt, Tytla began to feel uncomfortable in this divisive environment and left the company in 1943. He was later to regret that decision. Back at his old stomping grounds at 'Terrytoons' and Paramount, he became more and more dissatisfied with modernist trends and methodologies in animation, plus lower-than-ever standards. This added to the law of diminishing returns in his own work. By the 1950's, Tytla was working on television commercials for Tempo Productions in New York's 'Animation Alley'. He briefly headed his own production company by the end of the decade, but business acumen had never been his forte and the venture failed. The last few years of his life were marred by ill-health, including blindness in his left eye. He died on his Connecticut dairy farm in December 1968. Tytla's contributions to animation were indelible. In his own words, the key ingredient being "the feeling and vitality you get into the work".- Animation Department
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Eric Goldberg is an animator, director and voice actor from Pennsylvania who is known for his work on Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Pocahontas, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, Fat Albert, Fantasia 2000, Moana, Winnie the Pooh and Hercules. He voiced Marvin the Martian, Tweety Bird and Speedy Gonzales in Looney Tunes media. He is married to Susan.- Animation Department
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Izzy Ellis was born on 19 January 1910. He is known for Spider-Man (1967), The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969). He died on 26 April 1994.- Director
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Arthur Davis is among the most overlooked & forgotten members of Warner Brother's "Golden Age". He has been overshadowed by other animation directors, including Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones & Robert Clampett. A serviceable animator, Davis came to Warner Brothers with fellow animator Frank Tashlin, after working for Columbia Screen Gems. Davis continued to work for Tashlin's animation unit until 1944, when Tashlin left to pursue a career in live-action. He then worked as an animator in Bob Clampett's animation unit until 1945, when Clampett left over contract disputes with Edward Selzer. Davis completed several cartoons, that were already in production, such as "The Goofy Gophers" (1947), for which the dialogue had already been recorded. Davis' cartoons can be recognized by their laid-back attitude, and their characters' predilection for wearing bow ties. While not a ground-breaker like Jones, he did manage to direct one of the funniest Bugs Bunny cartoon shorts, of Bowery Bugs (1949), a retelling of the Steve Brodie/Brooklyn Bridge legend, [just like an ode]. Among the most popular Daffy Duck cartoons, (with Elmer Fudd & an unnamed fox), he directed is What Makes Daffy Duck (1948). In the early 1950's, cost-cutting measures at Warner Brothers forced the break-up of the Davis animation unit, and he was folded into Friz Freleng's unit. After spending the rest of the 50's as an animator, Davis directed one final Warner's cartoon, "Quackodile Tears," using Freleng's unit, in 1962. Following this, Davis left Warner Brothers & after working as an animator for Walter Lantz and a story-boarder for Hanna-Barbera, he joined Freleng's production company, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, as a director, in 1968. Once there, Davis made two of the last truly classic Pink Panther cartoon shorts, "Pinkcome Tax" & "In the Pink of the Night." But at the start of the 70's, DePatie-Freleng's cartoons suffered an overall decline in quality. Neither Davis nor any of the studio's other directors were able to bring anything special to generally uninspired stories featuring the Pink Panther and DePatie-Freleng's lower second-rate characters (Ant & Aardvark, Blue Racer & others). At the end of the 70's, DePatie-Freleng dissolved and Freleng returned to Warner's, bringing much of the staff with him. Davis worked briefly as a sequence director for TV specials featuring classic Warner's characters, then moved to Hanna-Barbera. Working once again as a sequence director on their Saturday morning and syndicated cartoon series, Davis stayed there until his retirement in the mid-late 80's. Davis passed away in 2000, at the age of 94. He was 36 days from reaching 95.- Animation Department
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Myron "Grim" Natwick was born in 1890 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, where he is still considered a favorite son and, throughout his lifetime, displayed exhibitions of his work there. He is best known as the creator of the animated character, "Betty Boop", which often in the past was credited to Max Fleischer as she debuted in his "Out of the Inkwell" series. Natwick also worked for Disney Studios and worked on the film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), as the lead animator of the character. Mr. Natwick was given a huge tribute party for his 100th birthday. He died not long after and received tributes from many of the famous in the animation field. He was considered one of the masters of his craft.- Animation Department
Tatsuo Ryûno is known for Akira (1988), Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985) and 1000nen Jo'ou (1982).- Animation Department
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Bill Littlejohn was born on 27 January 1914 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Watership Down (1978) and Heavy Metal (1981). He was married to Fini Rudiger. He died on 17 September 2010 in Malibu, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Nik Ranieri was born August 23,1961 in Toronto, Canada and was trained in animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada.
After college, Nik worked in several commercial houses in Canada, later relocating to England, where he worked as a Journeyman Animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. That experience propelled him into his impressive career at the Walt Disney Animation Studios, which he officially joined in 1988.
Nik has traveled a long creative road since his journeyman days, with similar Supervising Animator positions on eight other Disney titles: The Princess and the Frog (Charlotte), Meet the Robinsons (Lewis), Chicken Little (Buck Cluck), The Emperor's New Groove (Kuzko, Kuzko Llama), Hercules (Hades), Pocahontas (Meeko and Additional Story Writer), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere) and The Rescuers Down Under (Wilbur). His animation skills have also been seen in Winnie The Pooh, Tangled, Treasure Planet, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. His animation of Hercules' Hades garnered him a second Annie Award for Best Character Animation and National Cartoonist Society's prize for feature animation. He won his first Annie for his animation of Meeko in Pocahontas.
In 2013, Nik Left Disney animation and since then has worked on a number of independent projects and the long running television series "The Simpsons".- Producer
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Kazuhide Tomonaga was born on 28 April 1952 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is a director, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), The Cat Returns (2002) and The Wind Rises (2013).Occasionally.- Animation Department
Kenneth Muse was born on 26 July 1910. He is known for Super Friends (1973), Godzilla (1978) and The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983). He was married to Oneta Sill. He died on 26 July 1987 in Templeton, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Bill Melendez was born on 15 November 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and actor, known for A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). He was married to Helen Antionette Huhn. He died on 2 September 2008 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Art Department
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Tom Sito was born on 19 May 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director, known for The Lion King (1994), Shrek (2001) and Aladdin (1992). He has been married to Pat Sito since 4 January 1980.- Sound Department
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Sidney Sutherland was born on 7 August 1901 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer, known for I've Got Your Number (1934), Bowery Boy (1940) and Wife Wanted (1946). He died on 20 April 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Les Kline was born on 6 April 1906. He was a writer and director, known for The Magic Beans (1939), The Disobedient Mouse (1938) and Queen's Kittens (1938). He died on 22 March 1997.- Additional Crew
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Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in the propane business, and his grandfather, Francis Wesley "Frank" Bird, who was born in County Sligo, Ireland, was a president and chief executive of the Montana Power Company. On a tour of the Walt Disney Studios at age 11, he announced that someday he would become part of its animation team, and soon afterward began work on his own 15-minute animated short. Within two years, Bird had completed his animation, which impressed the cartoon company. By age 14, barely in high school, Bird was mentored by the animator Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine Old Men. Bird recalls Kahl's criticisms as ideal: Kahl would point out shortcomings by gently delivering thoughts on where Bird could improve. After graduating from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon in 1975, Bird took a three-year break. He was then awarded a scholarship by Disney to attend California Institute of the Arts, where he met and befriended another future animator, Pixar co-founder and director John Lasseter.- Animation Department
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Peter Chung was born on 19 April 1961 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a writer, known for The Animatrix (2003), Æon Flux (1991) and Æon Flux (2005).- Producer
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David Silverman was born on 15 March 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Simpsons (1989), The Simpsons Movie (2007) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).- Animation Department
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John Sibley was born on 25 January 1912 in Danville, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Sleeping Beauty (1959) and The Sword in the Stone (1963). He was married to Jane Crockett. He died on 15 February 1973.- Art Department
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Scott Underwood is known for Sausage Party (2016), Escape from Planet Earth (2012) and The Emoji Movie (2017).- Animation Department
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Kelly Armstrong is known for The Baby Huey Show (1994), The Powerpuff Girls (2016) and Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon' (2003). Kelly has been married to Bob Jaques since 15 June 1989. They have one child.- Animation Department
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Bob Jaques was born in 1956 in Ontario, Canada. He is a director, known for The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999), Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987) and The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991). He has been married to Kelly Armstrong since 15 June 1989.- Animation Department
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Phil Monroe was born on 31 October 1916 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was a director and writer, known for The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979), Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983) and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988). She was married to Beverly Lynn Rogers. She died on 13 July 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Jody Schaeffer is known for Mari-Kari (2010), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) and Megas XLR (2004).- Animation Department
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Chris Sauve is known for Mary Poppins Returns (2018), The Iron Giant (1999) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).- Director
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Jessica Borutski was born on 6 November 1983 in Branson, Missouri, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Bunnicula (2016), Shazam! (2013) and The Good Little Bunny with the Big Bad Teeth (2010). She has been married to Eric Bauza since 2 July 2016. They have one child.- Animation Department
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Harold Whitaker was born on 5 June 1920 in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a director, known for Heavy Metal (1981), Animal Farm (1954) and Habatales (1959). He died on 26 December 2013 in England, UK.- Animation Department
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Phil DeLara was born on 11 September 1911 in the USA. He was a writer, known for Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988), Quack Shot (1954) and The Bugs Bunny Show (1960). He was married to Catherine. He died on 5 July 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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C.H. Greenblatt was born on June 17, 1972 in Plano, Texas, USA as Carl Harvey Greenblatt. He is a writer and producer, known for Fish Hooks (2010), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) and Chowder (2007). He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He was an art director for commercials in New York City following graduation. Steve Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, picked Greenblatt up to storyboard on the show after seeing some of his work in cartooning. He boarded on the series from 1999 to 2003 following season 3's completion. He came back to board and voice on a couple episodes for season 4 and 5. Greenblatt is considered to be one of the greatest comedy writers by critics and fans in modern times. Scott Thill of Cartoon Brew praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. Cartoon Brew also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows". James Poniewozik of Time credited Greenblatt as defining SpongeBob's comedic style. Greenblatt was one of the writers of the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. SpongeBob writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy." He is currently working at Warner Brothers where he is executive producing Jellystone. He also mentors a Mahwah, NJ native in animation and is a recurring voice actor on Mexiguin.- Animation Department
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Robertryan Cory was born on 15 October 1979 in the USA. He is an art director, known for Space Jam (1996), Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (2007) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).- Director
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Adam Paloian was born on 9 September 1991 in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Cuphead Show! (2022), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).- Animation Department
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Dale Baer was born on 15 June 1950 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is known for The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Species (1995) and Robin Hood (2010). He was married to Jane Baer and Teddy. He died on 15 January 2021 in Irvine, California, USA.- Director
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He was born in Numazu City. Between 1958 and 1961 joined Toei Doga as animator. Here he became a close friend of reputed animation director Osamu Tezuka, and when Tezuka left the company to create his own, Mushi Production, he called Sugii to work with him. So Sugii joined Mushi until 1967. Here Sugii was promoted to animation director and finally director of several animation TV series ("Iron Arm Atom", "Great Adventure of Son Goku"...). After that experience he becomes free-lance, but he worked again in Mushi as animation director in several more films, including the failed last film of the company, "Belladonna" (1973). In 1969 he joined for the first time a little studio, Group Tack. Here he made his most prominent films, debuting as director with "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1974). He specialized in adaptions of manga author Mitsuru Adachi, directing the animation film version of "Nine" (1983), "Touch" (1986-87, co-directed with his personal assistant Naoto Hashimoto), and "A Beautiful Sun Beam" (1988), as well as the TV series of the latter two. Sugii gained a reputation with his "artsy" animation films "Night On the Milky Way Railroad" (1985) and "Tale of Genji" (1987).- Animation Department
Hugh Fraser was born on 15 August 1904 in Butte, Montana, USA. He is known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Dumbo (1941) and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He was married to Mary Ann White. He died on 6 January 1994 in Walnut Creek, California, USA.- Animation Department
Cliff Nordberg was born on 18 April 1917 in Utah, USA. He is known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Mary Poppins (1964) and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He was married to Olive Molley. He died on 20 December 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Don Patterson was born on 26 December 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Dumbo (1941), Pinocchio (1940) and Fantasia (1940). He died on 12 December 1998 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Director
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Raymond "Ray" Patterson was an American animator. and director of animated films. He was born in Hollywood, California.
Patterson started his animation career in 1929, as an inker for the Mintz studio, the animation studio created by producer Charles Mintz (1889-1939). He remained there when the studio was renamed to "Screen Gems", and remained there for the entire 1930s decade.
In 1940, Patterson was hired as animator for the Walt Disney Animation Studio, where he remained until 1943. He served as an animator for the feature films "Fantasia" (1940) and "Dumbo" (1941). He also worked in the studio's short film department. He at first worked mostly in the Pluto film series, but then worked on the even more popular Donald Duck series.
In 1943, Patterson was hired as an animator by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, where he would continue working until 1954. He mostly served as an animator for the production unit co-headed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, focusing on the then-popular Tom and Jerry film series. However, he also worked at times with Tex Avery's production unit, and even served under Dick Lundy (Avery's substitute director ).
In 1954, Patterson served as one of the founders of Grantray-Lawrence Animation, an animation studio mostly focusing on television commercials. In the 1960s, Grantray-Lawrence produced the animated television series"The Marvel Super Heroes" (1966) and "Spider-Man" (1967-1970), with Patterson still one of their animators. He left the studio in 1967, when it faced bankruptcy.
In 1967, Patterson was hired by Hanna-Barbera, the animation studio created by his former MGM bosses. He was eventually promoted to a supervising director for many of the studio's animated series and films from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Patterson held the position of Vice President of the studio for a number of years. He retired in 1993, at the age of 82.
In 1999, Patterson received a Winsor McCay Award for contributions to animation. He died in 2001, reportedly of natural causes. He died shortly before his 90th birthday.- Animation Department
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Yûzô Aoki is known for City Hunter (1987), Urusei yatsura (1981) and Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985).- Animation Department
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Takafumi Hayashi is known for Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998), Keriyon Shin-chan: Oh, I'm Sorry! (2000) and Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978).- Animation Department
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Yoshinobu Michihata is known for Akira (1988), Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) and The Cat Returns (2002).- Art Department
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Jeremy Polgar was born in Merced, California, USA. Jeremy is a director, known for X-Men '97 (2024), Motorcity (2012) and Area21 (2021).- Animation Department
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Chris Ross is known for The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), Robotboy (2005) and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009).- Director
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Mauro Casalese is known for Atomic Betty (2004), Rocket Monkeys (2013) and The Baby Huey Show (1994).- Animation Department
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Scott Mansz is known for Space Jam (1996), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).- Animation Department
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Mike Fontanelli was born on 23 February 1961 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for The Wacky World of Tex Avery (1997), Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993).- Animation Department
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Teruhito Ueguchi is known for A Thousand & One Nights (1969), Choppy and the Princess (1967) and Champion Joe (1980).