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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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Bill Tytla

Bill Tytla was a prominent animator primarily known for his evocative character work during Disney’s Golden Age. His met...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Character Animator

9.3 Excellent

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Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas was a prominent American animator working primarily at Disney during the studio’s Golden Age. He was a memb...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Nine Old Men

9.2 Excellent

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Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston was a highly influential American animator primarily known for his work at Disney during the studio’s “Go...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Nine Old Men

9.2 Excellent

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Milt Kahl

Milt Kahl was a highly respected American animator primarily associated with Disney Studios during its Golden Age. He is...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Nine Old Men

9.2 Excellent

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Ward Kimball

Ward Kimball was a prominent American animator during Disney’s Golden Age. He was one of the “Nine Old Men,” a group of...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Nine Old Men

8.9 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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Ub Iwerks

American animator who co-created Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney in 1928 and was renowned for his extraordinary draftsmans...

Traditional Disney Pioneer Golden Age

8.7 Great

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Max Fleischer

Austrian-American animator who invented the rotoscope (patented 1917), co-founded Fleischer Studios, and produced the Be...

Pioneer Golden Age Rotoscope Studio Founder

8.6 Great

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Art Babbitt

American Disney animator who defined the screen character of Goofy and animated the mushroom dancers in Fantasia (1940),...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Character Animator

8.5 Great

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Ken Harris

Ken Harris was an American animator who was the lead animator for Chuck Jones at Warner Bros., bringing to life many cla...

Traditional Warner Bros Looney Tunes Golden Age

8.5 Great

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Fred Moore

American Disney animator credited with redesigning Mickey Mouse into a more rounded, appealing form in the 1930s and wid...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Character Animator

8.4 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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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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Myron Natwick

American animator, known professionally as Grim Natwick, who created Betty Boop at Fleischer Studios in the early 1930s...

Traditional Disney Golden Age Fleischer

7.9 Good

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Rod Scribner

Rod Scribner was an American animator at Warner Bros. renowned for his highly expressive, energetic, and exaggerated ani...

Traditional Warner Bros Looney Tunes Golden Age

7.9 Good

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Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Soviet animator Ivan Ivanov-Vano was a co-founder of Soyuzmultfilm studio and directed numerous Russian fairy tale adapt...

Traditional Pioneer Soviet Folklore

7.9 Good

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Dave Fleischer

American animator and director who co-ran Fleischer Studios with his brother Max and directed many of the studio's Betty...

Traditional Pioneer Golden Age Director

7.4 Good