Traditional Animation

Born: Alexander S. Kupershmidt Birthday: January 27, 1960 Location: Lviv, Ukraine Alma mater: New York School of Visual Arts Occupation: Animator Years active: 1988–present Born in Ukraine, Alex moved to the U.S. as a young man. After graduation from the New York School of Visual Arts in 1982, he began

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: Anthony Neil Fucile Birthday: September 27, 1964 Location: San Francisco, CA, U.S. Occupation: Animator, Writer, Storyboard Years active: 1981–present Tony Fucile has spent over thirty years designing and animating characters for cartoon feature films. Beginning at Disney on 1988’s “Oliver and Company,” Tony demonstrated his traditional animation skills on

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 < Back To Animation Artist Directory

Born: John McAnuff Sanford Birthday: October 1, 1971 Location: Denver, CO, U.S. Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts Occupation: Animator, Storyboard, Director, Writer Years active: 1993-present John Sanford is a writer, storyboard artist, animator, and director who has worked since 1993 for studios like Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Nick Toons,

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 < Back To Animation Artist Directory

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: Floyd E. Norman Birthday: June 22, 1935 Location: Santa Barbara, CA, U.S. Alma mater: Art Center School Occupation: Inbetweener, Writer, Director Years active: 1957-present Floyd E. Norman’s love for animation started began when he saw Disney’s Dumbo and Bambi feature films. While still in high school, he began his

Born: William Bartlett Peet Birthday: January 29, 1915 Location: Grandview, IN, U.S. Alma mater: John Herron Art Institute Occupation: Inbetweener, Storyboard, Writer Years active: 1937–1990 Died: May 11, 2002 Bill Peet developed a love of drawing from a young age, filling sketchbooks with drawings. His happiest childhood memories were of

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

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 Philip Bradley Bird in Kalispell, Montana, Brad grew up in Oregon. He started drawing at age three and an interest in the art

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

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 Walter Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York, to Italian immigrant parents. Nearly orphaned, Walter ran