swap_horiz John Lasseter 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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Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones is a highly influential American animator primarily known for his work at Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes studio...

Warner Bros Looney Tunes Golden Age Director

9.5 Brilliant

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Tex Avery

Tex Avery was a highly influential American animator primarily known for his dynamic and often chaotic style during the...

Looney Tunes Slapstick Golden Age Mgm

9.4 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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Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich is a prominent animator and director recognized for his contributions to Pixar’s acclaimed films. He co-dire...

Pixar Cgi Director Toy Story 3

9.0 Excellent

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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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Rich Moore

American animation director who directed Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and co-directed Zootopia (2016) at Walt Disney Animation...

Disney Cgi Director Zootopia

8.8 Great

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Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois is a Canadian film director and animator notable for writing and directing the How to Train Your Dragon fil...

Cgi Dreamworks Director How To Train Your Dragon

8.8 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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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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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

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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