1. Clyde Geronimi (1901)

American Animator

Acclaimed animator and director remembered for his work on classic Disney films like Cinderella, Peter Pan and Sleeping Beauty. In 1978, he received the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime...

2. Eric Larson (1905)

American Animator

He worked on top movies including: Snow White, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan.

3. Wilfred Jackson (1906)

American Animator

Animator, cartoonist and composer, most known for his work on the Mickey Mouse segments, Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria, from Disney's Fantasia.

4. Les Clark (1907)

American Animator

Animator and cartoonist, most recognized as the first of Disney's Nine Old Men. He was an incredibly fast worker and created Disney's Steamboat Willie in a matter of hours.

5. John Hench (1908)

American Animator

Animator, storyboard artist, special effects artist, and art director who worked for The Walt Disney Company for six decades. He was Mickey Mouse's official portrait artist and was responsible for...

6. Milt Kahl (1909)

American Animator

Prolific animator recognized as one of Disney's Nine Old Men. He worked on such Disney films as Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, and Lady and the Tramp.

7. Ray Harryhausen (1920)

American Animator

Visual effects artist and author who created a new form of stop-motion model animation called "Dynamation." He was known for such movies as "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" from 1958...

8. Lee Unkrich (1967)

American Animator

Directed the Academy Award-winning film Toy Story 3 starring Tom Hanks.

9. Art Clokey (1921)

American Animator

Artist and and animator best known as the creator of the iconic stop-motion character Gumby.

10. Mike Judge (1962)

American Animator

Creator of the legendary Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill animated TV series. He also directed the comedy films Office Space and Extract.

11. Stephen Hillenburg (1961)

American Animator

Marine biologist, writer, and director best known for creating the highly popular Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.

12. Monty Oum (1981)

American Animator

After being nominated for a Producers Guild of America Award for his work on the web series Red vs. Blue, this popular animator won both a Streamy Award and an International...

13. Floyd Norman (1935)

American Animator

Award-winning animator and cartoonist known for his work on legendary Disney films such as Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, and Monsters, Inc. His long and illustrious artistic career has led...

14. Will Vinton (1947)

American Animator

Co-director of the first claymation film titled Closed Mondays in 1974. His TV specials, A Claymation Christmas Celebration and A Claymation Easter both won Prime-Time Emmy awards. 

15. Don Bluth (1937)

American Animator

Animator, producer, and director known for his work on "The Land Before Time" from 1988, "All Dogs Go to Heaven" from 1989, and "An American Tail" from 1986.

16. Aaron Springer (1973)

American Animator

Famous as a storyboard artist, writer, and director of the popular SpongeBob SquarePants animated children's series, this cartoonist also worked on the Samurai Jack and Grim Adventures of Billy &...

17. Justin Wright (1981)

American Animator

American artist known for his work with Pixar Animation Studios. He has completed drawings for Ratatouille and storyboards for WALL-E and Presto.

18. Paul Germain (1959)

American Animator

Screenwriter known for his animated work and for writing for The Tracey Ullman Show.

19. Craig Bartlett (1956)

American Animator

Producer and animator of the popular children's series Rugrats and Hey Arnold! on Nickelodeon and Dinosaur Train on PBS.

20. Pendleton Ward (1982)

American Animator

Screenwriter and animator best known as the creator of Cartoon Network series Adventure Time. Ward stepped down from running the show in its fifth season.

21. John Lasseter (1957)

American Animator

Animator and director of several Pixar films including Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Cars. In 1988, his film Tin Toy received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film...

22. Craig McCracken (1971)

American Animator

Artist who created the immensely popular Cartoon Network animated television shows The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. His work as a writer and storyboard artist for Dexter's...

23. Genndy Tartakovsky (1970)

American Animator

Russian director, producer, and animator known for his work on such Cartoon Network series as Dexter's Laboratory and Star Wars: Clone Wars. His first feature film, Hotel Transylvania, was released...

24. Chris Savino (1971)

American Animator

Animator and writer known for creating the Nickelodeon show The Loud House and Bigfoot & Gray on the run. He's also worked on shows like Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory,...

25. Clayton Morrow (1974)

American Animator

Clayton McKenzie Morrow is an American animator writer and storyboard artist. He is credited as Clayton Morrow Clay Morrow Clayton McKenzie Morrow and Clayton M. Morrow. He is married to...

26. Giancarlo Volpe (1974)

American Animator

Giancarlo Volpe is an Italian American animator director and producer. Volpe is currently Senior Animation Producer at Riot Games popular for its online game League of Legends. In January 2014...

27. Tissa David (Unknow)

American Animator

Thérèse Tissa David was a Romanian-born American animator of Hungarian ethnicity whose career spanned more than sixty years. She was one of the pioneering women in animation a field which...

28. Benjamin Arthur (1982)

American Animator

Benjamin Timothy Arthur is an animator who gained modest acclaim for his animation Once Upon a Time in the Woods a Rotoscope of his younger brother Julian Arthur during a...

29. Dan Scanlon (1976)

American Animator

Dan Scanlon is an American storyboard artist and director working for Pixar.

30. Ron Husband (1950)

American Animator

Ron Husband is an American character animator known for his work at Walt Disney Feature Animation.

31. Adam Beckett (Unknow)

American Animator

Adam Beckett was an animator special effects artist and teacher most notable for his work on Star Wars.

32. Jim Smith (animator) (1954)

American Animator

Jim Smith is an American animator and musician. He worked on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures with his long-time working partner John Kricfalusi. Smith later briefly worked on Tiny Toon...

33. Randy Fullmer (1950)

American Animator

Randall Randy Wyn Fullmer is an American businessman and former executive for The Walt Disney Company. After a successful eighteen-year career at Walt Disney Feature Animation Fullmer launched his own...

34. David Feiss (1959)

American Animator

David Feiss is an American animator. Feiss was born in Sacramento California. He joined Hanna-Barbera around 1978 while still a teenager. He worked on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons...

35. Randy Cartwright (1951)

American Animator

Randy Cartwright is an American animator. Randy graduated from UCLA in 1974 where he made his student animated film Room and Board which won several awards and was included in...

36. William Reeves (animator) (Unknow)

American Animator

Bill Reeves is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics. He was the technical director who worked with John Lasseter on the animation breakthrough shorts: Luxo Jr. and The...

37. John Pomeroy (Unknow)

American Animator

John Pomeroy is an American animator who has worked for several major studios including The Walt Disney Company and Sullivan Bluth Studios. He has also worked as producer and screenwriter...

38. Bob Gardiner (animator) (1951)

American Animator

James Robbins Bob Gardiner was an animator holographer and musician who helped pioneer what would become known as Claymation. He was born in Torrance California and died in Grass Valley...

39. Kevin Lima (1962)

American Animator

Kevin Lima is an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film A Goofy Movie in 1995 Tarzan 102 Dalmatians and Enchanted. He...

40. Dan Haskett (Unknow)

American Animator

Dan Haskett is a veteran animator who designed the character Belle for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as well as Ariel for The Little Mermaid and Tod as an adult...

41. Sherm Cohen (1965)

American Animator

Paul Sherman Sherm Cohen is an American storyboard artist. During college Sherm worked as a cartoonist for his local newspaper. He got his start in animation at Nickelodeon on The...

42. Mitch Schauer (1955)

American Animator

Mitchell L. Schauer is an American animation professional who's been involved in children's programming primetime live-action series and feature films since 1978. He is perhaps best known as the...

43. Eben Fiske Ostby (1955)

American Animator

Eben Fiske Ostby is a famous animator and technical director who worked with John Lasseter on early breakthrough Pixar animation shorts such as Luxo Jr. Ostby was born in Hampton...

44. Darrell Van Citters (1956)

American Animator

Darrell Van Citters is an American director animator and author perhaps best known for directing the animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and directing popular Looney Tunes cartoons featuring...

45. Tom Sito (1956)

American Animator

Tom Sito is a well-known American animator animation historian and teacher. He has been called a key figure in the Disney Renaissance and one of the One Hundred Most Important...

46. Vincent Waller (1960)

American Animator

Vincent Waller is a writer artist and animator. He was writer and director for The Ren & Stimpy Show directing the popular episodes Rubber Nipple Salesmen and Big Baby Scam....

47. J. Allen Williams (1960)

American Animator

Jeffery Allen Williams is an American animator writer producer musician and director. Williams founded Parallax Studio in Nixa Missouri and presently continues in the capacity of its CEO. Williams wrote...

48. Rubén Procopio (1961)

American Animator

Rubén Procopio is an American animation and comic book artist. Long affiliated with Walt Disney Feature Animation as an animator and sculptor Rubén is credited with restoring the maquette process...

49. Joe Grant (1908)

American Animator

Joe Grant was a Disney artist and writer.

50. Paul Rudish (1968)

American Animator

Paul Rudish is an American animator originally known for his art writing and design work at Cartoon Network Studios on series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. He went on to co-create...