- male, deceased (2001)
- William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 - March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together...
- male, deceased (2002)
- Bill Peet (January 29, 1915 - May 11, 2002) was a children's book illustrator and a story writer for Disney Studios. He joined Disney in 1937 and...
- male, deceased (2005)
- Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was a magician, animation storyboard artist, and voice actor who worked for Pixar and Disney.
- male, 49 years old
- Jeff Smith (born 1960 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book...
- male
- Patrick Smith is an award winning animator. His film "Puppet" has premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Smith directed episodes of the...
- female, 41 years old
- Nina Paley (born May 3, 1968) is an American cartoonist and animator. While she is widely known as the artist and often the writer as well of...
- male, 61 years old
- Will Vinton (born 1948) is a director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for...
- male, deceased (1949)
- Leon Schlesinger was an American film producer, most noted for founding what later became the Warner Bros. Animation studio during the golden age...
- male, 74 years old
- is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term...
- male, 52 years old
- David Silverman (born on 15 March 1957 in New York City, New York) is an animator best known for directing numerous episodes of the animated TV...
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