Traditional Animation

Birthday: June 5, 1970 Location: Atlanta, GA, U.S. Nationality: American Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Writer, Director Years active: 1988–present Stephen Anderson was born in Atlanta, Georgia on the 5th of June, 1970, but lived all over USA due to his adopted father’s work. Stephen

Birthday: June 21, 1951 Location: Ogden, Utah, U.S. Nationality: American Alma mater: Brigham Young University Occupation: Writer, Director, Producer, Years active: 1972–present Richard James “Rick” Rich was born in Ogden, Utah on June 21, 1951. He graduated from Ogden High School and attended Weber State College before earning a degree

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

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

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

Born: David Dodd Hand Birthday: January 23, 1900 Location: Plainfield, NJ, U.S. Alma mater: Chicago Art Institute Occupation: Animator Years active: 1919-1986 Died: October 11, 1986 David Hand’s animation career began in 1920s as he worked on the Out of the Inkwell cartoons for Max Fleischer. David was recruited by

Born: Eric Alfred Cleworth Birthday: January 3, 1920 Location: Minneapolis, MN, U.S. Occupation: Inbetweener, Animator, Director Years active: 1938-1989 Died: December 10, 1999 Eric Cleworth started at Disney straight out of high school in 1939. He was hired as an in-betweener for Fantasia and worked his way up to full-animator

Born: Howard E. Swift Birthday: August 29, 1912 Location: AR, U.S. Occupation: Animator, Director, Writer Years active: 1938-1983 Died: January 13, 1983 Howard Swift was a straight-ahead animator who got his start at Disney in 1938. With no formal art training, he learned the craft of animation when he was

Born: Richard James Lundy Birthday: August 14, 1907 Location: Sault Ste. Marie, MI, U.S. Occupation: Animator, Director Years active: 1929-1973 Died: April 07, 1990 Dick Lundy began in the ink & paint department at the Disney Studio on Hyperion in the summer of 1929. In just a few months, he

Born: Randy Haycock Birthday: April 29, 1968 Location: Rangely, CO, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute for the Arts Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Director Years active: 1990-present Randy Haycock always loved to draw, but it wasn’t until he saw the Disney animated film “Fantasia” when he was 15, that he decided to

Born: William Lokey Birthday: April 5, 1904 Location: Birmingham, AL, U.S. Alma mater: Vanderbilt University Occupation: Animator, Director, Writer Years active: 1920s-1986 Died: November 4, 1990 Hicks Lokey spent his early animation years in the 1920s at Van Beuren Studios, working on Aesop’s Film Fables. In 1934, he became as

Born: Russell H. Edmonds Birthday: October 11, 1961 Location: New York City, NY, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute for the Arts Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Director, Producer Years active: 1986–present Russ Edmonds began as a self-taught artist working as an engineer at the Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant. Ready for a

Born: Bruce Wayne Smith Birthday: September 6, 1961 Location: Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Director, Producer Years active: 1984-present < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: Michael Surrey Birthday: August 17, 1964 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Alma mater: Sheridan College Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Director Years active: 1990-present Michael Surrey is an animator of some of Disney’s iconic films, beginning with “Beauty and the Beast.” Michael went on to animate the titular character in “Aladdin,” Timon

Born: William Barnard Justice Birthday: February 9, 1914 Location: Dayton, OH, U.S. Alma mater: Herron School of Art and Design Occupation: Animator Years active: 1937–1979 Died: February 10, 2011 Bill Justice began at Disney as an in-betweener in 1937 on “Snow White” and by the next year had earned a