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John Lasseter

John Lasseter is a prominent figure in animation history. He co-created Pixar Animation Studios and spearheaded “Toy Sto...

Disney Pixar Cgi Toy Story

9.3 Excellent

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James Baxter

James Baxter was a British animator recognized primarily for his innovative work on the iconic ballroom scene within Dis...

Traditional Disney Dreamworks Character Animator

9.0 Excellent

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John Musker

John Musker is a prominent animator and director recognized for his contributions to beloved animated films. He has nota...

Traditional Disney Aladdin Director

9.0 Excellent

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Ron Clements

Ron Clements is a prominent animator and director recognized for his contributions to Disney’s classic animated films. H...

Traditional Disney Aladdin Director

9.0 Excellent

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Eric Goldberg

Eric Goldberg is a celebrated American animator recognized primarily for his work at Disney. He gained prominence throug...

Traditional Disney Director Character Animator

8.8 Great

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Rich Moore

Rich Moore is a prominent animator and director recognized for his contributions to Disney’s animated features. He spear...

Disney Cgi Director Zootopia

8.8 Great

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Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois is a prominent animator recognized primarily for his pivotal role in creating and overseeing the “How to Tr...

Cgi Dreamworks Director How To Train Your Dragon

8.8 Great

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Gary Trousdale

American Disney director who co-directed Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) alongside Ki...

Traditional Disney Beauty And The Beast Director

8.5 Great

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Kirk Wise

American Disney director who co-directed Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) alongside Ga...

Traditional Disney Beauty And The Beast Director

8.5 Great

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Roger Allers

American Disney director who co-directed The Lion King (1994) and subsequently wrote and directed the Broadway stage ada...

Traditional Disney Director Lion King

8.5 Great

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Byron Howard

American Disney director who co-directed Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010), and Zootopia (2016), the last of which won the Aca...

Disney Cgi Director Tangled

8.5 Great

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Jennifer Lee

American screenwriter and director who co-directed Frozen (2013) and later became chief creative officer of Walt Disney...

Disney Cgi Frozen Director

8.5 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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Chris Buck

American Disney director who co-directed Tarzan (1999) and Frozen (2013), the latter becoming one of the highest-grossin...

Disney Cgi Frozen Director

8.3 Great

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Don Hall

American Disney director who co-directed Big Hero 6 (2014), which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and l...

Disney Cgi Director Big Hero 6

8.3 Great

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Brenda Chapman

Brenda Chapman is an American animator and director notable for co-directing the Pixar film Brave, becoming the first wo...

Pixar Brave Dreamworks Director

8.3 Great

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Mark Osborne

Mark Osborne is an American film director and animator recognized for co-directing the 2008 animated feature Kung Fu Pan...

Cgi Dreamworks Director Kung Fu Panda

8.3 Great

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Rob Minkoff

American director who co-directed The Lion King (1994) at Disney and later directed Stuart Little (1999) and The Forbidd...

Traditional Disney Director Lion King

8.2 Great

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David Hand

American Disney director who served as supervising director on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Bambi (1942),...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Snow White

8.1 Great

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Wolfgang Reitherman

American Disney animator and director, one of the Nine Old Men, who directed several Disney animated features including...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Director

8.0 Great