List of famous animation directors, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top animation directors in the world? This includes the most prominent animation directors, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable animation directors is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic animation directors were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned animation directors.
Everyone from Hayao Miyazaki to Chuck Jones is included on this list.
From reputable, prominent, and well known animation directors to the lesser known animation directors of today, these are some of the best professionals in the animation director field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous animation directors ever?" and "What are the names of famous animation directors?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
- 1Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker,... more
- 2705Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator,... more
- 3698Donald Virgil Bluth (; born September 13, 1937) is an American animator, film director,... more
- 4Genndy Tartakovsky (; born January 17, 1970) is a Russian-American animator, director,... more
- 5638Andrew A. "Andy" Luckey (born October 7, 1965 in San Francisco, California) is an American... more
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Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka (Japanese: 手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治, Hepburn: Tezuka Osamu, (1928-11-03)3 November 1928... more - 7544William Everett "Bud" Luckey (July 28, 1934 – February 24, 2018) was an American animator,... more
- 8534Tomm Moore is an Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker. He is co-founder of Cartoon... more
- 9Isao Takahata (高畑 勲, Takahata Isao, October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018) was a Japanese film... more
- 10Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano (Russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Ивано́в-Вано́; 8 February [O.S. 27... more
- 114817David William Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian, actor and television writer.... more
- 124212Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, YouTuber,... more
- 13Attila Dargay (June 20, 1927 – October 20, 2009) was an Hungarian comics artist and animator.... more
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Kenji Kodama
Kenji Kodama (こだま 兼嗣, Kodama Kenji, December 13, 1949) is a Japanese anime director, and... more - 15294Phillip Roger "Phil" Vischer (born June 16, 1966) is an American animator, puppeteer, writer,... more
- 16272Gary Wayne Goldman (born November 17, 1944) is an American film producer, director, animator,... more
- 17295Fred Wolf may refer to: Fred Wolf (animator) (born 1932), American animator Fred Wolf... more
- 18Bruno Bozzetto (born 3 March 1938 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian cartoon animator, creator of... more
- 19210Yoram Gross is an Australian producer of children’s and family entertainment. His company is... more
- 20Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and... more
- 21200John Edward Musker (born November 8, 1953) is an American animation director. Along with Ron... more
- 22200Ronald Francis Clements (born April 25, 1953) is an American animation director, screenwriter... more
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Shingo Araki
Shingo Araki (荒木 伸吾, Araki Shingo, January 1, 1939 – December 1, 2011) was a Japanese... more - 24190William "Bill" Kroyer is an American director of animation and computer graphics commercials,... more
- 25Brian Pimental (born 1963) is an American veteran story artist, director and screenwriter of... more