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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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Michaël Dudok de Wit

Michaël Dudok de Wit is a Dutch animator known for his distinctive, traditional animation style. His work emphasizes pat...

Independent Traditional Dutch Oscar Winner

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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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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Bruno Bozzetto

Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto directed "Allegro Non Troppo" (1976), a comedic parody of Disney's Fantasia, and created...

Italian Independent Satirical Director

8.3 Great

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Kunio Kato

Japanese animator Kunio Kato won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009 for La Maison en Petits Cubes, a...

Independent Japanese Oscar Winner Director

8.2 Great

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Georges Schwizgebel

Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel is known for his fluid, painterly short films, earning numerous international festiva...

Swiss Independent Experimental 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