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Yuriy Norstein

Yuriy Norstein is a prominent Russian animator known for his deeply evocative and experimental films. His work, particul...

Russian Independent Traditional Director

9.6 Brilliant

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Richard Williams

Richard Williams is an independent animator celebrated for his meticulous traditional techniques. He directed animation...

Independent Traditional Director Who Framed Roger Rabbit

9.3 Excellent

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Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer is a Czech animator renowned for his distinctive experimental style. He masterfully combines live action...

Experimental Czech Stop Motion Surrealist

9.3 Excellent

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Jiří Trnka

Jiří Trnka was a pioneering Czech animator who developed innovative stop-motion techniques using puppets. His meticulous...

Pioneer Czech Stop Motion Puppet

9.2 Excellent

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Sylvain Chomet

Sylvain Chomet is a French animator renowned for his distinctive, hand-drawn style. His films, such as “The Triplets of...

French Independent Traditional Director

8.8 Great

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Henry Selick

Henry Selick is a prominent animator recognized for his distinctive stop-motion filmmaking style. He directs visually ri...

Independent Stop Motion Director Nightmare Before Christmas

8.8 Great

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Peter Lord

British animator Peter Lord co-founded Aardman Animations in 1972 with David Sproxton and co-directed the stop-motion fe...

British Stop Motion Aardman Director

8.4 Great

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Don Bluth

Don Bluth is an American animator who left Disney in 1979 to found his own studio, directing successful 1980s animated f...

Independent Traditional Disney Director

8.3 Great

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Bruno Bozzetto

Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto directed "Allegro Non Troppo" (1976), a comedic parody of Disney's Fantasia, and created...

Italian Independent Satirical Director

8.3 Great

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Priit Pärn

Estonian animator Priit Pärn produced satirical short films at Tallinnfilm studio, with "Breakfast on the Grass" (1987)...

Independent Experimental Surrealist Estonian

8.3 Great

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Adam Elliot

Australian claymation animator who won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Harvie Krumpet (2003) and dire...

Independent Australian Theatrical Stop Motion

8.3 Great

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Kunio Kato

Japanese animator Kunio Kato won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009 for La Maison en Petits Cubes, a...

Independent Japanese Oscar Winner Director

8.2 Great

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Georges Schwizgebel

Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel is known for his fluid, painterly short films, earning numerous international festiva...

Swiss Independent Experimental Director

8.2 Great

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Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton is an American independent animator renowned for his distinctive, surreal hand-drawn style, creating accla...

Independent Traditional Adult Animation Director

8.2 Great

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Claude Barras

Swiss stop-motion director Claude Barras made his feature debut with My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de Courgette, 2016),...

Swiss Contemporary Theatrical Stop Motion

8.2 Great

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Travis Knight

American animator Travis Knight served as lead animator on "Coraline" (2009), directed "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016)...

Stop Motion CEO Laika Director

8.1 Great

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Barry Purves

British stop-motion animator Barry Purves is known for intricately choreographed puppet films including Screen Play (199...

Independent British Stop Motion Puppet

7.9 Good

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Graham Annable

Canadian cartoonist and animator who co-directed The Boxtrolls (2014) at Laika Studios and created the independent Grick...

Stop Motion Laika Director The Boxtrolls

7.4 Good

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Anthony Stacchi

American animator and director who co-directed The Boxtrolls (2014) at Laika Studios and previously worked on Open Seaso...

Stop Motion Dreamworks Laika Director

7.3 Good

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Dave Borthwick

British animator Dave Borthwick directed The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993), a dark, inventive film combining sto...

Independent Experimental British Stop Motion

7.0 Good