Animation Directory
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Animation Directory

Traditional Animation’s Animation Directory is an ever-growing and evolving record dedicated to preserving the memory of those artists, founders, pioneers, innovators, and renegades who developed this amazing medium.

It celebrates the artistic lineage of the mentor/student relationships in hand-drawn animation, and recognizes the legacy of animation styles, methods, and techniques as passed down through generations of animators.

The Animation Directory is a resource dedicated to the understanding the of traditional animation’s history as both an industry and an art form. The Directory provides a place for the reader to research the personalities who contributed to this most unique performing art.

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Born: Philip Roman Birthday: December 21, 1930 Location: Fresno, CA, U.S. Nationality: American Alma mater: Hollywood Art Center School Occupation: Animator, Director, Producer Years active: 1955–2016 Philip Roman was born in Fresno, California on December 21, 1930. He decided to become an animator after watching Bambi in 1942 and took

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Born: Maurice James Noble Birthday: May 1, 1911 Location: Spooner Township, MN, U.S. Nationality: American Alma mater: Chouinard Art Institute Occupation: Director, Layout Artist, Background Artist Years active: 1934–2001 Died: May 18, 2001 Maurice James Noble was born in Spooner Township, Minnesota on May 1, 1911 and grew up in

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Born: Preston Blair Birthday: October 24, 1908 Location: Redlands, CA, U.S. Nationality: American Alma mater: Otis Art Institute, Chouinard Art Institute Occupation: Animator, Director, Producer Years active: 1930–1995 Died: April 19, 1995 Preston Erwin Blair was born on October 24, 1908 in Redlands California. As a student at Polytechnic High

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Born: Mary Browne Robinson Birthday: October 21, 1911 Location: McAlester, OK, U.S. Nationality: American Alma mater: Chouinard Art Institute Occupation: Animator, Producer Years active: 1933–1967 Died: July 26, 1978 Mary Blair was born Mary Browne Robinson on October 21, 1911 in McAlester, Oklahoma. Drawing from an early age, Mary and

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