Traditional Animation

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: 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

Born: Sergio Pablos Birthday: c 1972 Location: Barcelona, Spain Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Writer, Director, Producer Years active: 1993–present

Born: Ralph Bakshi Birthday: October 29, 1938 Location: Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine Occupation: Animator, Director, Producer Years active: 1956-2015

Born: Michael John Kricfalusi Birthday: September 9, 1955 Location: Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada Alma mater: Sheridan College Occupation: Animator, Writer, Director, Producer, Storyboard Years active: 1979-2020

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: 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: 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:

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: Walter Elias Disney Birthday: December 5, 1901 Location: Chicago, IL, U.S. Alma mater: Chicago Academy of Fine Arts Occupation: Animator, Director, Producer Years active: 1919-1966 Died: December 15, 1966 Walter “Walt” Elias Disney was born in Chicago, but his family moved to Marceline, Missouri when he was just 5

Born: Majer Fleischer Birthday: July 19, 1883 Location: Kraków, Poland Alma mater: Art Students League of New York Occupation: Producer Years active: 1918–1962 Died: September 25, 1972

Born: Walter Benjamin Lantz Birthday: April 27, 1899 Location: New Rochelle, NY, U.S Alma mater:  Art Students League of New York Occupation: Animator, Writer, Director, Producer Years active: 1915–1972 Died: March 22, 1994