swap_horiz John Halas Alternatives

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Walt Disney

Walt Disney was a pioneering American animator and studio founder. He established Walt Disney Productions in 1923, revol...

Traditional Pioneer Producer Golden Age

9.6 Brilliant

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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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Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno is a Japanese animator and director renowned for his innovative approach to animation and storytelling. He...

Traditional Japanese Science Fiction Evangelion

9.2 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

French animator Sylvain Chomet directed "The Triplets of Belleville" (2003) and "The Illusionist" (2010), both nominated...

French Independent Traditional Director

8.8 Great

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Paul Grimault

French animator Paul Grimault directed "The King and the Mockingbird," a landmark of French animation whose definitive v...

French Traditional Pioneer Director

8.8 Great

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Fyodor Khitruk

Soviet animator Fyodor Khitruk directed the influential Soviet "Winnie the Pooh" series beginning in 1969 and was a foun...

Traditional Pioneer Soviet Director

8.8 Great

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Eric Goldberg

American Disney animator and director best known for animating the Genie in Aladdin (1992) and directing segments of Fan...

Traditional Disney Director Character Animator

8.8 Great

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Nora Twomey

Nora Twomey is an Irish animator and director who co-founded Cartoon Saloon and directed the acclaimed 2017 animated fea...

Traditional Irish Cartoon Saloon Director

8.8 Great

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Yoshifumi Kondō

Yoshifumi Kondō was a Japanese animator and director at Studio Ghibli who directed the acclaimed 1995 coming-of-age film...

Traditional Japanese Studio Ghibli Director

8.5 Great

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Leiji Matsumoto

Japanese manga artist and anime creator Leiji Matsumoto created Space Battleship Yamato (1974) and Galaxy Express 999, f...

Traditional Japanese Science Fiction Director

8.5 Great

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Michel Ocelot

French animator Michel Ocelot is best known for "Kirikou and the Sorceress" (1998), a hand-drawn feature set in West Afr...

French Traditional Silhouette 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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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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Bill Melendez

Bill Melendez was an American animator and producer who directed the classic 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Chr...

Television Traditional Peanuts Director

8.2 Great

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Lev Atamanov

Soviet animator Lev Atamanov directed "The Snow Queen" (1957) at Soyuzmultfilm, a film that reportedly inspired a young...

Traditional Soviet Director Snow Queen

8.2 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