Traditional Animation

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

Born: Robert Fred Moore Birthday: September 7, 1911 Location: Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Occupation: Animator Years active: 1930-1952 Died: November 23, 1952

Born: John David Thornton Alma mater: Columbus College of Art & Design Occupation: Animator Years active: 1993-2022

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 drawing ducks at the age of 6, using pictures from his father’s field guide as

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

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

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

Born: Phillip Bradley Bird Birthday: September 24, 1957 Location: Kalispell, MT, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Writer, Director Years active: 1978-present

Born: William Snelgrove Finn Birthday: Novenber 1, 1958 Location: New York City, NY, U.S. Alma mater:  Art Institute of Pittsburgh Occupation: Animator, Writer, Storyboard, Director Years active: 1979–present Will Finn got his start at working as an animator for Don Bluth’s 1982 animated film “The Secret of NIMH.” His efforts

< Back To Animation Artist Directory Born: Andeas Deja Birthday: April 1, 1957 Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland Alma mater: Folkwang Hochschule Occupation: Director, Animator Years active: 1980–present Andreas Deja saw Disney’s “The Jungle Book” at the age of 11 and was inspired to become an animator. He committed to becoming

Born: Glen Keane Birthday: April 13, 1954 Location: Philadelphia, PA, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Director Years active: 1974-2012 Glen Keane is the son of The Family Circus cartoonist Bil Keane, and developed his interest in art while observing his father’s cartooning work. His father,