Traditional Animation

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: 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

Born: Dominic M. Carola Birthday: Location: Alma mater: Occupation: Animator, Director, Producer Years active: < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: Aaron Blaise Birthday: February 2, 1968 Location: Burlington, VT, U.S. Alma mater: Ringling College of Art and Design Occupation: Director, Animator Years active: 1989–present Aaron Blaise remmbers drawing ducks at the age of 6, using pictures from his father’s field guide as models. He knew every species of duck

Born: John Edward Musker Birthday: November 8, 1953 Location: Chicago, IL, U.S. Alma mater: Northwestern University Occupation: Animator, Director, Writer, Producer Years active: 1977-present < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: Ronald Francis Clements Birthday: April 25, 1953 Location: Sioux City, IA, U.S. Occupation: Animator, Writer, Director, Producer Years active: 1972–present < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: John Alan Lasseter Birthday: January 12, 1957 Location: Hollywood, CA, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Writer, Director, Producer, Storyboard Years active: 1978-present John Alan Lasseter was born in Hollywood and grew up in Whittier, California. As a child, Lasseter would race home from school