swap_horiz Don Bluth Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Joanna Quinn

Welsh animator Joanna Quinn created the recurring character Beryl in Girls Night Out (1987) and has received multiple BA...

Independent Traditional British Character Based

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

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Ham Luske

American Disney animator and director who supervised the title character's animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Director

7.9 Good

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Eduard Nazarov

Soviet animator Eduard Nazarov is known for his witty short films at Soyuzmultfilm, including "Once Upon a Dog" (1982),...

Independent Traditional Satirical Soviet

7.9 Good

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Aaron Blaise

American Disney animator who contributed to Pocahontas and co-directed Brother Bear (2003) before becoming an independen...

Traditional Disney Director Character Animator

7.9 Good

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Mike Gabriel

American Disney animator and director who co-directed The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and Pocahontas (1995) during the Di...

Traditional Disney Director Pocahontas

7.9 Good

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Wilfred Jackson

American Disney animator and director who co-directed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and directed the 'Ave Maria...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Director

7.7 Good

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Barry Cook

American Disney director who co-directed Mulan (1998) with Tony Bancroft and later co-directed Arthur Christmas (2011) a...

Traditional Disney Director Character Animator

7.7 Good