Traditional Animation

Born: Joseph David Murray Birthday: May 3, 1961 Location: San Jose, CA, U.S. Alma mater: De Anza College Occupation: Animator, Writer, Producer Years active: 1988–present Joe Murray developed an interest in working as an artist as a career when he was three years old, His kindergarten teacher told his mother

Born: Floyd E. Norman Birthday: June 22, 1935 Location: Santa Barbara, CA, U.S. Alma mater: Art Center School Occupation: Inbetweener, Writer, Director Years active: 1957-present Floyd E. Norman’s love for animation started began when he saw Disney’s Dumbo and Bambi feature films. While still in high school, he began his

Born: Ken Stuart Duncan Birthday: March 4, 1964 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Alma mater: Sheridan College Occupation: Animator, Producer Years active: 1985-present After attending Sheridan College, Ken Duncan worked in England and Spain where he collaborated on television commercials and feature films starring the French comic character Asterix. Ken moved

Born: David T. Nethery Birthday: April 28, 1964 Alma mater: Sheridan College Occupation: Animator Years active: 1984-present < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: Christopher Michael Sanders Birthday: March 12, 1962 Location: Colorado Springs, CO, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Director Years active: 1984-present Chris Sanders was born into an artistic household as the middle child of three. Chris remembers, his father provided Blackwing pencils and computer

Born: William Bartlett Peet Birthday: January 29, 1915 Location: Grandview, IN, U.S. Alma mater: John Herron Art Institute Occupation: Inbetweener, Storyboard, Writer Years active: 1937–1990 Died: May 11, 2002 Bill Peet developed a love of drawing from a young age, filling sketchbooks with drawings. His happiest childhood memories were of

Born: Dorse Avery Lanpher Birthday: June 10, 1935 Location: Pontiac, MI, U.S. Occupation: Animator Years active: 1975-2004 Died: December 16, 2011 Dorse Lanpher began his effects animation career at Disney in the late 1950s, working on such classics as Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and The Sword in

Born: Joseph Gilland Alma mater: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design Occupation: Animator Years active: 1980-present Joseph Gilland is an animator who has worked with Walt Disney Feature Animation on movies like Lilo and Stitch, Mulan among many other titles, and with other studios as diverse

Born: Carlo A. Vinciguerra Birthday: February 27, 1906 Location: New York City, NY, U.S. Occupation: Animator Years active: 1933-1993 Died: September 30, 1993 Carlo Vinci had been working as a commercial artist in New York City in 1933,when he was hired as an animator by the Van Beuren Studios. He

Born: Irven LeRoy Spence Birthday: April 24, 1909 Location: Lincoln, NE, U.S. Occupation: Animator, Director Years active: 1930-1992 Died: September 21, 1995 Irv Spence developed an interest in drawing in his youth. He and classmate Bill Hanna, drew cartoons for their high school newspaper. His earliest animation work was for

Birthday: September 15, 1910 Location: Milford, UT, U.S. Alma mater: Brigham Young University Occupation: Director, Animator Years active: 1959–1992 Died: August 23, 1992 Charles August “Nick” Nichols’ first credit for Disney was as the lead animator of Pinocchio’s sinister Coachman. He animated numerous cartoon shorts, often with the character Pluto.

Born: William Norman Ferguson Birthday: September 2, 1902 Location: Manhattan, NY, U.S. Alma mater: Pratt Institute Occupation: Animator, Director Years active: 1920-1953 Died: November 4, 1953 William Norman “Norm” Ferguson, called “Fergy” by his peers, attended Brooklyn’s Heffley Institute for stenography and typing, but he was inspired by the new

Born: Robert Fred Moore Birthday: September 7, 1911 Location: Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Occupation: Animator Years active: 1930-1952 Died: November 23, 1952 Robert Fred “Freddie” Moore was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Growing up, Fred often submitted drawings to a youth magazine, the Los Angeles Junior Times while

Born: John David Thornton Alma mater: Columbus College of Art & Design Occupation: Animator Years active: 1993-2022 < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: Anthony A. West Birthday: October 5, 1965 Alma mater: Columbus College of Art and Design Occupation: Animator, Producer Years active: 1989–present Tony West showed a talent for drawing and animation from an early age. He drew on the corners of phone books and his grandmother’s desktop calendar to create