Animation

It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company.

Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby pictures are created or manipulated and then played in sequence to create the illusion of moving images.

Bambi is a 1942 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures, loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods.

Watership Down is a 1978 British animated adventure drama film, written, produced, and directed by Martin Rosen and based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams.

Fantastic Planet (French: La Planète Sauvage; Czech: Divoká planeta, lit. 'The Wild Planet') is a 1973 surrealist adult animated science fiction art film directed by René Laloux.

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, and written by Philip LaZebnik.

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is a 2025 Japanese animated fantasy short film produced by Studio Daisy and GeeXPlus

Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

The series has been adapted into an anime entitled Soreike! Anpanman

the first device to show moving images

Studio Ghibli Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社スタジオジブリ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi) is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo.

Clito "Clyde" Geronimi (June 12, 1901, April 24, 1989), known as Gerry, was an Italian-American animation director.

Wilfred Emmons Jackson (January 24, 1906, August 7, 1988) was an American animator, musical arranger and director best known for his work with Walt Disney Productions.

Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909, May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German-American animator, director and producer.

Philip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor.

Ronald Francis Clements (born April 25, 1953) is an American animator and filmmaker.

John Edward Musker (born November 8, 1953) is an American animator and filmmaker.

John Alan Lasseter ( LASS-ə-tər; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator.

Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is an English filmmaker, animator, and voice actor who created Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep.

Thomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist.

Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and animator.

Dean Allan DeBlois ( də-BLWAH; born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian filmmaker and animator.

Nora Twomey (born 31 October 1971) is an Irish animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actress.

Satoshi Kon (今 敏, Kon Satoshi; October 12, 1963, August 24, 2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).

Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968) is an American animator, character designer, story artist, film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Rich Moore (born 1962 or 1963) is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor.

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor.

Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator.

Robert Ralph Minkoff (born August 11, 1962) is an American director, animator, and producer.

Joseph Roland Barbera ( bar-BAIR-ə; Italian: [barˈbɛːra]; March 24, 1911, December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist.

Kevin Lima (born June 12, 1962) is an American film director, voice actor and animator who has directed A Goofy Movie (1995), Tarzan (1999), 102 Dalmatians (2000), and Enchanted (2007).

Donald Virgil Bluth ( BLOOTH; born September 13, 1937) is an American filmmaker, animator, video game designer and author.

William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910, March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and musician.

Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru; born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese filmmaker and animator.

John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor.

Arthur Christopher Stevens (May 1, 1915, May 22, 2007) was an American animator, director and producer for Walt Disney Productions.

Eric Darnell (born 1961) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, screenwriter, songwriter and occasional voice actor best known for co-directing Antz with Tim Johnson, as well as co-directing and co-writing Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted with Tom McGrath, as well as the spin off Penguins of Madagascar (2014) with Simon J. Smith.

Thomas McGrath is an American voice actor and animator.

Kirk Wise is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Duke Johnson is an American film director who specializes in stop-motion animation.

Mike Gabriel (born November 5, 1954) is an American animator and film director, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and as co-director of the Disney animated films The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and Pocahontas (1995).

Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973) is an American filmmaker, animator, and former rapper.

Barry Cook is an American film director who has worked in the animated film industry since the late 1970s.

Brenda Chapman (born 1962 or 1963) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and director.

Mark Dindal is an American filmmaker, effects animator and voice actor.

Jared Bush (born June 12, 1974) is an American filmmaker serving as the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2024.

Robert Persichetti Jr. (born September 28, 1970) is an American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist.

Ari Folman (Hebrew: ארי פולמן; born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, and film score composer.

Tony Bancroft is an American animator and film director who frequently collaborates with Disney.

Donald Lee Hall (born March 8, 1969) is an American animation film director, voice actor and screenwriter who is best known for directing the films Winnie the Pooh (2011), Big Hero 6 (2014), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Strange World (2022), and co-directing the film Moana (2016) for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Roger Allers (June 29, 1949, January 17, 2026) was an American filmmaker, animator, storyboard artist and playwright.

Lee Edward Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American film director, editor and writer.

Mark Elliott Andrews (born September 12, 1968) is an American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist.

Christopher James Buck (born February 24, 1958) is an American film director, animator, and screenwriter known for co-directing Tarzan (1999), Surf's Up (2007) (which was nominated for the 2007 Oscar for Best Animated Feature), Frozen (2013; which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2014), Frozen II (2019), and Wish (2023).

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is a French comic writer, animator and film director

is a Latvian filmmaker, animator and composer

is an Italian and American director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist

is an American animator, filmmaker, songwriter and actor

is an American animator, filmmaker, songwriter and actor

is an American filmmaker, designer, storyboard artist, and voice actor

is a French animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor

was an Iranian and French comic book author, film director, and children's book author

is a French comics artist and filmmaker

was a French animator and filmmaker

is an Indian actor, author and filmmaker

is an American animator, voice actor, and filmmaker best known as the creator of the YouTube channel FilmCow

are an American filmmaking and acting duo

are American screenwriters and producers

are American screenwriters and producers

is a German filmmaker, animator, cartoonist, and voice actor

was an American film director and producer for Disney

was an American animator and film director

was an American animator for Walt Disney Studios and a central contributor to the studio's stylistic development in the 1930s

was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts

was an American animator, director, and teacher

is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director

is an American filmmaker and playwright

was an American animator and film director known for his work at Walt Disney Productions

is an American film producer, director, animator, writer and voice actor

is an American animator and filmmaker, known for his fantastical animated films

Animation studio Production I.G has produced several anime adaptations of the series.

In 2009, it was adapted into a stop-motion animated film by Wes Anderson and included the voice of George Clooney as Mr Fox.

Kung Fu Panda is an American media franchise that started in 2008 with the release of the animated film Kung Fu Panda produced by DreamWorks Animation.

Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle, developed under the code name Project Gooseberry, is 2015 animated absurdist science fantasy short film directed by Mathieu Auvray, written by Esther Wouda, and produced by Ton Roosendaal.

SpongeBob SquarePants, also known simply as SpongeBob, is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon.

The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series Merrie Melodies, produced by Warner Bros.

The franchise, mainly consisting of animated series produced by Cartoon Network Studios, revolves around a young boy named Ben Tennyson, who discovers the Omnitrix-a high-tech, extraterrestrial device shaped like a wristwatch.

Created by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien, it began in 2006 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, The film was followed by the sequels Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017).

Puss Gets the Boot is a 1940 American animated short film and the first short in what would become the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, though neither are yet referred to by these names.

Inspector Gadget is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series Inspector Gadget.

Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical historical fantasy film directed and produced by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman from a screenplay by the writing teams of Susan Gauthier and Bruce Graham, and Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, and based on a story adaptation by Eric Tuchman.

Tenchi Muyo! (天地無用!, Tenchi Muyō!; lit. 'Do Not Turn Over" or "No Need for Tenchi') is a Japanese anime, light novel and manga franchise.

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (also known as 101 Dalmatians) is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions with distribution by Buena Vista Distribution.

Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion animated Gothic dark fantasy horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Henry Selick and based on the 2002 novella by Neil Gaiman.

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961, November 26, 2018) was an American animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and marine biology educator.

Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933, August 26, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor.

Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938, November 6, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor.

Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903, November 25, 1982) was an American animator, film producer, and film director.

Rudolf Carl Ising ( EYE-zing; August 7, 1903, July 18, 1992) was an American animator, film producer, film director, voice actor, and United States Army major.

Cartoons, a prolific producer of animated short films during the Golden Age of American animation.

Steven Ross Purcell (born October 1, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor.

Bruno Bianchi (Italian: [ˈbruːno ˈbjaŋki], French: [bʁyno bjɑ̃ki]; 6 September 1955-2 December 2011) was a French cartoonist, comics artist and animation director.

Jean Chalopin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃalɔpɛ̃]; born 31 May 1950) is a French businessman, banker and former television animation producer.

Heyward (born February 19, 1949) is an American media executive and animator who is CEO of Kartoon Studios, formerly known as Genius Brands International.