these guys did much more than just make
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
animators for this list we are taking a
look at the top animators throughout
history
these animators could have specialized
in any form of animation from drawing
claymation flash 3d animation and
anything else you can imagine this is a
climb this is falling with style
number ten hub I works um I works is
truly a legend in animation history he
co-created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and
Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney in
addition to co directing films with
Disney I works typically led animation
production some of his most famous works
were the 1927 debut of Oswald in the
short trolley troubles the first Mickey
Mouse short plane crazy
and the iconic Mickey follow up
Steamboat Willie after a falling out
with Walt in 1930 I works left to create
the short-lived I work Studios but
ultimately returned to Disney in 1940
number nine Nick Park reprise pumpkin is
a baby Nick Park is a claymation expert
morning Gromit
while he’s most well known for creating
the iconic wallace and gromit in their
1990 debut short a grand day out his
first claymation film was the 1989 short
creature comforts
well sometimes you can’t you can’t get
out in a bite as much as you would like
to you’re stuck in for some reason like
I’m stuck in today park went on to
direct three more wallace and gromit
short films so far as well as co-direct
their first full-length movie the curse
of the where rabbit show is is got it
he also co-directed the 2000 film
chicken run and created the Wallace &
Gromit spinoff series Shaun the Sheep
and all too much success Nick parks work
with Aardman Animations or otherwise has
earned him four Academy Awards to date
number eight genndy tartakovsky this
better be important woman you are
interrupting my very delicate
calculation
kindiy Tartakovsky was an overnight
success with his 1995 TV pilot for the
Cartoon Network series Dexter’s
Laboratory now mom droid make me a
peanut butter and bologna sandwich not
until you clean your room
Dexter ran for four seasons and building
off this Fame Tartakovsky premiered the
critically acclaimed series Samurai Jack
in 2001 which also ran for four seasons
once again I am free to smite the world
as I did in days long bad while his
friend Craig McCracken created the
famous Powerpuff Girls Series
Tartakovsky frequently wrote directed
and produced episodes models my mother
in a Powerpuff Girls
what are you doing here in 2003 he
directed the emmy-winning Star Wars
Clone Wars animated series with George
Lucas
Tartakovsky finally released his
full-length film directorial debut in
2012 with the box office hit Hotel
Transylvania there is a clogged toilet
in room 348 it’s okay we all get
stomachaches mr. big foot
daddy Darkon it to normal before
Michelle number seven Tex Avery
Avery created and improved upon Warner
Brothers most revered cartoons while he
didn’t create Porky Pig
Tex definitely developed Porky’s
personality in the characters second
film the 1935 gold diggers of 49 shortly
thereafter Tex was responsible for
introducing Daffy Duck to audiences in
1937 s Porky’s duck hunt and he
presented Bugs Bunny to the world in
1940 with a wild hare while working for
MGM studios
Tex created the monotonous sounding
droopy in 1943 and generated one of the
most mold defying cartoons in history
screwy squirrel the year after you know
hood
number 6 John Lasseter weren’t the real
buzz lightyear you’re uh you’re an
action figure John Lasseter was an early
pioneer of computer animation and
started his career at Disney where he
was fired due to his insistence on them
pursuing 3d animation it’s a buggy bug
world out there Francis he went to work
for Lucasfilm computer graphics group
which was sold off to Steve Jobs and
later renamed Pixar Lasseter received
considerable attention including an
Oscar nod for his 1986 short film luxo
jr. which starred Pixar’s eventual
mascot
it wasn’t until 1995 that Lassiter
released his first full-length film Toy
Story to infinity and beyond
since then Lassiter has directed some of
Pixar’s biggest hits like a bug’s life
and cars and has returned to working for
Disney since the company bought Pixar in
2006 no no no tired
number five Matt graining I’ll never
ever do another stupid thing good night
Matt graining started with his cynical
comic strip series life in Hell in 1977
but it wasn’t until a decade later that
he entered animation with The Simpsons
shorts featured on The Tracey Ullman
Show
sleep tight time don’t let the bedbugs
bite egg box by 1989 The Simpsons were
given their own series which still runs
today and continuously mocks
contemporary topics with the series
show-within-a-show the Itchy and
Scratchy show lampooning the cartoons of
the past century my purpose in life is
to witness this moment
it wasn’t until 2007 that the
longest-running American sitcom and
animated program got its very own
full-length film but it’s critical and
commercial success demonstrate the
Simpsons lasting impact on pop culture
boys before we don’t forget to thank the
Lord for this bountiful penis greetings
other major series Futurama has had a
more tumultuous history but maintains a
strong fan base on the count of three
you will awaken feeling refreshed as if
Futurama had never been canceled by
idiots then brought back by bigger
idiots
number four william hanna and joseph
barbera
william hanna and joseph barbera 60 plus
year partnership started at MGM where
they would create Tom and Jerry which
premiered in the early 1940s
after winning several Oscars and seeing
TV revenues diminish they left MGM and
established hanna-barbera productions in
1957 where their first big hits were the
Huckleberry Hound show and the Yogi Bear
show their success resulted in the
animation duo creating the instant hit
series The Flintstones which found an
audience among both kids and adults
alike
despite being animated oh my mouse up a
little
they were also behind series like the
Jetsons scooby-doo where are you
the Smurfs and many others producing
more than 100 cartoon shows throughout
their lives everybody do the Michigan
rise everybody likes the Michigan rise
number 3 Chuck Jones me Chuck Jones
started working on Warner Brothers
animated series like Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies in the early 30s after
being hired by indie studio Leon
Schlesinger productions where he
collaborated with Tex Avery among others
when does he / 1 ring during world war 2
Jones and dr. Seuss created private
snafu shorts for the US Army snap who’s
a soldier he’s a patriotic conscientious
guy deceased the Army’s swell
with a few minor changes but it was
after this period that he introduced
audiences to some of the most well-known
characters including the less than suave
French skunk pepé Le Pew Marvin the
Martian and the dynamic frenemies wily
coyote and Roadrunner his ambitious
career had continuous hits like the
holiday classic dr. Seuss’s How the
Grinch Stole Christmas but I think that
the most likely reasonable may have been
that his heart was two sizes too small
Jones even created the opening to mrs.
Doubtfire in the 90s salutation Mac type
on your second foot yeah number two
hai-yah Miyazaki
after working for to–we animation and
TMS entertainment Hayao Miyazaki’s
directorial debut was the 1979 lupins
the third film the castle of Cagliostro
don’t force me to be violent I don’t
want to hurt you my dear but you are
going to give me that ring one way or
the other five years later he released
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind whose
success allowed him to properly
establish studio ghibli where he
produced all of his subsequent features
amazing I’ve never seen a whole shell
before Miyazaki then blew up with
western audiences thanks to 1997’s
princess mononoke please leave us in
peace four years later he released his
arguably most beloved film spirited away
let’s go after many successes such as
2008 espagnole Miyazaki retired in 2013
following the release of the wind rises
but his influence lives on
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions you will respect
my daughter Yeah right you better get
back to school little boy come on Roger
let’s go for a big carrot cake Lila
Salem and I plop by last Isle of Man
Eureka this year Christmas will be
number one Walt Disney as mentioned in
our tenth entry Disney started with dub
I works with whom he co-created Mickey
Mouse his studio attracted instant
success with 1928 Steamboat Willie for
which Disney provided all the voices
1932 s Mickey’s review introduced dippy
dog who eventually came to be known as
goofy one of his biggest hits was his
1933 retelling of Three Little Pigs
though his original characters were
absent the following year his short the
wise little hen introduced Donald Duck 1
historic hit after another Disney is a
true legend whose works have stood the
test of time and continued to entertain
children and adults today
do you agree with our list
yeah who are your favorite animators for
more excellent top 10s published every
day it could have been so great do ruin
everything be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com will you join me
images come to life Oh what kind of a
cartoon is just going to be anyway
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
animators for this list we are taking a
look at the top animators throughout
history
these animators could have specialized
in any form of animation from drawing
claymation flash 3d animation and
anything else you can imagine this is a
climb this is falling with style
number ten hub I works um I works is
truly a legend in animation history he
co-created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and
Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney in
addition to co directing films with
Disney I works typically led animation
production some of his most famous works
were the 1927 debut of Oswald in the
short trolley troubles the first Mickey
Mouse short plane crazy
and the iconic Mickey follow up
Steamboat Willie after a falling out
with Walt in 1930 I works left to create
the short-lived I work Studios but
ultimately returned to Disney in 1940
number nine Nick Park reprise pumpkin is
a baby Nick Park is a claymation expert
morning Gromit
while he’s most well known for creating
the iconic wallace and gromit in their
1990 debut short a grand day out his
first claymation film was the 1989 short
creature comforts
well sometimes you can’t you can’t get
out in a bite as much as you would like
to you’re stuck in for some reason like
I’m stuck in today park went on to
direct three more wallace and gromit
short films so far as well as co-direct
their first full-length movie the curse
of the where rabbit show is is got it
he also co-directed the 2000 film
chicken run and created the Wallace &
Gromit spinoff series Shaun the Sheep
and all too much success Nick parks work
with Aardman Animations or otherwise has
earned him four Academy Awards to date
number eight genndy tartakovsky this
better be important woman you are
interrupting my very delicate
calculation
kindiy Tartakovsky was an overnight
success with his 1995 TV pilot for the
Cartoon Network series Dexter’s
Laboratory now mom droid make me a
peanut butter and bologna sandwich not
until you clean your room
Dexter ran for four seasons and building
off this Fame Tartakovsky premiered the
critically acclaimed series Samurai Jack
in 2001 which also ran for four seasons
once again I am free to smite the world
as I did in days long bad while his
friend Craig McCracken created the
famous Powerpuff Girls Series
Tartakovsky frequently wrote directed
and produced episodes models my mother
in a Powerpuff Girls
what are you doing here in 2003 he
directed the emmy-winning Star Wars
Clone Wars animated series with George
Lucas
Tartakovsky finally released his
full-length film directorial debut in
2012 with the box office hit Hotel
Transylvania there is a clogged toilet
in room 348 it’s okay we all get
stomachaches mr. big foot
daddy Darkon it to normal before
Michelle number seven Tex Avery
Avery created and improved upon Warner
Brothers most revered cartoons while he
didn’t create Porky Pig
Tex definitely developed Porky’s
personality in the characters second
film the 1935 gold diggers of 49 shortly
thereafter Tex was responsible for
introducing Daffy Duck to audiences in
1937 s Porky’s duck hunt and he
presented Bugs Bunny to the world in
1940 with a wild hare while working for
MGM studios
Tex created the monotonous sounding
droopy in 1943 and generated one of the
most mold defying cartoons in history
screwy squirrel the year after you know
hood
number 6 John Lasseter weren’t the real
buzz lightyear you’re uh you’re an
action figure John Lasseter was an early
pioneer of computer animation and
started his career at Disney where he
was fired due to his insistence on them
pursuing 3d animation it’s a buggy bug
world out there Francis he went to work
for Lucasfilm computer graphics group
which was sold off to Steve Jobs and
later renamed Pixar Lasseter received
considerable attention including an
Oscar nod for his 1986 short film luxo
jr. which starred Pixar’s eventual
mascot
it wasn’t until 1995 that Lassiter
released his first full-length film Toy
Story to infinity and beyond
since then Lassiter has directed some of
Pixar’s biggest hits like a bug’s life
and cars and has returned to working for
Disney since the company bought Pixar in
2006 no no no tired
number five Matt graining I’ll never
ever do another stupid thing good night
Matt graining started with his cynical
comic strip series life in Hell in 1977
but it wasn’t until a decade later that
he entered animation with The Simpsons
shorts featured on The Tracey Ullman
Show
sleep tight time don’t let the bedbugs
bite egg box by 1989 The Simpsons were
given their own series which still runs
today and continuously mocks
contemporary topics with the series
show-within-a-show the Itchy and
Scratchy show lampooning the cartoons of
the past century my purpose in life is
to witness this moment
it wasn’t until 2007 that the
longest-running American sitcom and
animated program got its very own
full-length film but it’s critical and
commercial success demonstrate the
Simpsons lasting impact on pop culture
boys before we don’t forget to thank the
Lord for this bountiful penis greetings
other major series Futurama has had a
more tumultuous history but maintains a
strong fan base on the count of three
you will awaken feeling refreshed as if
Futurama had never been canceled by
idiots then brought back by bigger
idiots
number four william hanna and joseph
barbera
william hanna and joseph barbera 60 plus
year partnership started at MGM where
they would create Tom and Jerry which
premiered in the early 1940s
after winning several Oscars and seeing
TV revenues diminish they left MGM and
established hanna-barbera productions in
1957 where their first big hits were the
Huckleberry Hound show and the Yogi Bear
show their success resulted in the
animation duo creating the instant hit
series The Flintstones which found an
audience among both kids and adults
alike
despite being animated oh my mouse up a
little
they were also behind series like the
Jetsons scooby-doo where are you
the Smurfs and many others producing
more than 100 cartoon shows throughout
their lives everybody do the Michigan
rise everybody likes the Michigan rise
number 3 Chuck Jones me Chuck Jones
started working on Warner Brothers
animated series like Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies in the early 30s after
being hired by indie studio Leon
Schlesinger productions where he
collaborated with Tex Avery among others
when does he / 1 ring during world war 2
Jones and dr. Seuss created private
snafu shorts for the US Army snap who’s
a soldier he’s a patriotic conscientious
guy deceased the Army’s swell
with a few minor changes but it was
after this period that he introduced
audiences to some of the most well-known
characters including the less than suave
French skunk pepé Le Pew Marvin the
Martian and the dynamic frenemies wily
coyote and Roadrunner his ambitious
career had continuous hits like the
holiday classic dr. Seuss’s How the
Grinch Stole Christmas but I think that
the most likely reasonable may have been
that his heart was two sizes too small
Jones even created the opening to mrs.
Doubtfire in the 90s salutation Mac type
on your second foot yeah number two
hai-yah Miyazaki
after working for to–we animation and
TMS entertainment Hayao Miyazaki’s
directorial debut was the 1979 lupins
the third film the castle of Cagliostro
don’t force me to be violent I don’t
want to hurt you my dear but you are
going to give me that ring one way or
the other five years later he released
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind whose
success allowed him to properly
establish studio ghibli where he
produced all of his subsequent features
amazing I’ve never seen a whole shell
before Miyazaki then blew up with
western audiences thanks to 1997’s
princess mononoke please leave us in
peace four years later he released his
arguably most beloved film spirited away
let’s go after many successes such as
2008 espagnole Miyazaki retired in 2013
following the release of the wind rises
but his influence lives on
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions you will respect
my daughter Yeah right you better get
back to school little boy come on Roger
let’s go for a big carrot cake Lila
Salem and I plop by last Isle of Man
Eureka this year Christmas will be
number one Walt Disney as mentioned in
our tenth entry Disney started with dub
I works with whom he co-created Mickey
Mouse his studio attracted instant
success with 1928 Steamboat Willie for
which Disney provided all the voices
1932 s Mickey’s review introduced dippy
dog who eventually came to be known as
goofy one of his biggest hits was his
1933 retelling of Three Little Pigs
though his original characters were
absent the following year his short the
wise little hen introduced Donald Duck 1
historic hit after another Disney is a
true legend whose works have stood the
test of time and continued to entertain
children and adults today
do you agree with our list
yeah who are your favorite animators for
more excellent top 10s published every
day it could have been so great do ruin
everything be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com will you join me
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